http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/09/02/episodes-of-deceptive-flattery-and-testing-irritation/ Thanks for dropping by. What is now my hillwalking blog started out as a place to put hillwalking trip reports and photo gallery update news. It has since blossomed from those beginnings to take on a life of its own, with the aforementioned being complemented by related topics such as plans for future outings, walking books, outdoors gear, weather, travel and the wonder of nature. Enjoy. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:57:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/09/02/episodes-of-deceptive-flattery-and-testing-irritation/comment-page-1/#comment-829 John Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:28:35 +0000 http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/?p=1368#comment-829 Andy, I often pore over weather maps to see where the sun might be and work from there. Whether it turns up afterwards is another matter. You can have brutal luck like an Argyll/Lochaber trip that undertook at the end of July one year or be spectacularly lucky like my Western Isles escapade last year when a front bearing heavy rain got stuck over the Scotland/England border and drenched Ireland too. I don't profess to have an inside track on the weather but I could see the good people of Newcastle West in Co. Limerick wanting a word with me after last year's flooding of the town if I did. Andy, I often pore over weather maps to see where the sun might be and work from there. Whether it turns up afterwards is another matter. You can have brutal luck like an Argyll/Lochaber trip that undertook at the end of July one year or be spectacularly lucky like my Western Isles escapade last year when a front bearing heavy rain got stuck over the Scotland/England border and drenched Ireland too. I don’t profess to have an inside track on the weather but I could see the good people of Newcastle West in Co. Limerick wanting a word with me after last year’s flooding of the town if I did.

]]> http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/outdoors/2009/09/02/episodes-of-deceptive-flattery-and-testing-irritation/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Andy Howell Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:38:18 +0000 http://www.johnhennessy.co.uk/blog/?p=1368#comment-828 Ah, the memories. How come the sun shone! It was only on this year's Challenge that I ever saw the walls of the Lairig properly! Ah, the memories. How come the sun shone! It was only on this year’s Challenge that I ever saw the walls of the Lairig properly!

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