Spent a fairly wet and unsettled Saturday afternoon tackling Meall a’ Bhuachaille in the Glenmore Forest Park. This handsome, hulking mound lies some 20km from Aviemore and boasts some terrific views over Loch Morlich and the Rothimurcus Pine Forest. At around 900 metres it’s not a Munro but a Corbett, and the ascent is a…
Month: June 2016
Inverness and the Highlands to receive £300 million ‘Smart City’ reboot.
It may be a tad controversial but at least it offers a kindly nudge to all those businesses who intend to ‘sleep through’ the 21st Century. Scotland is seizing the EU’s ‘Smart City’ initiative with both hands and ‘smartening up’ Inverness. Does this mean we all have to start wearing ties and polishing our shoes…
91% of UK Mobile users will pay using mobile in 2015. Google’s April Mobile Update driven by demand not malice
Yes, we’ve been banging on about the Google Mobile Update for some weeks now. Basically, if your website’s format doesn’t adapt well to mobile devices its going to start sinking in Google’s search results. This is going to be a bit of a headache for small businesses and start-ups that rely on Google as their…
Percy Toplis Bothy, Tomintoul – The Enchanting Secret Behind the Monocled Mutineer
More info: http://www.monocledmutineer.co.uk/ On Sunday June 5th 2016, I paid a visit to the Tomintoul bothy where ‘Monocled Mutineer’, Percy Toplis spent his last few days alive. It was almost 96 years to the day that he died in a volley of bullets on a single track road near Carlisle. The bothy lies on the…
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