http://stravaiger.com/blog/tags/mountains/ Recent content in Mountains on eBothy Blog Hugo en-us Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2012/05/28/munros-from-the-air/ Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2012/05/28/munros-from-the-air/ <p>It&rsquo;s not often you get to fly over the summit of your last Munro but that&rsquo;s exactly what I did on Thursday last week. I had to fly from Glasgow to Stornoway on Flybe for a meeting and am I glad I took my camera! I was glued to the window the whole way. Our route took us across Inchmurrin just west of Conic Hill then over the top of Ben Lomond.</p> <p><a title="Ben Lomond by Stravaiger" href="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/munros_from_the_air/ben_lomond-7279841634.jpg"><img src="http://stravaiger.com/blog/images/posts/munros_from_the_air/ben_lomond-7279841634-800px.jpg" alt="Ben Lomond" width="500" height="375" /></a></p> http://stravaiger.com/blog/2007/12/01/spelling-and-pronouncing-gaelic-mountain-names/ Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2007/12/01/spelling-and-pronouncing-gaelic-mountain-names/ <p>To non speakers of the language, Gaelic mountain names can look daunting on paper, a veritable glottal assault course, with mouth saying to brain, &ldquo;get ready to process&rdquo; and brain replying &ldquo;don&rsquo;t bother, just say <a title="Gaelic Mountain Names" href="http://stravaiger.com/blog/2007/11/20/gaelic-mountains-names">cheesecake</a>!&rdquo;. However, if I&rsquo;m sitting in the bar at the Kingie and explain to the imbibers that Glen Etive is pronounced Glen Etchive, the accusations of pretentiousness soon follow. So, I thought I&rsquo;d clear up spelling and pronunciation once and for all. Pretentious? Moi?</p>