Founder of the Angry Corrie hillwalking fanzine and author of Walk The Watershed - a 1986 walk along the Scottish east/west watershed.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=132605&p=518386#p518386
https://airdrierambler.wordpress.com/reviews/book-reviews/walking-the-watershedribbon-of-wildness/
What a shame.
The Angry Corrie was a compulsory reading for us back in the day, usually sitting in a pub in the Highlands on an atrocious weather day.
Bugger.
Dave and I had a great bit of correspondence during the Foot & Mouth outbreak, pushing land owners to re-open the paths and discussing "disruptiveness" 😉
The stuff he posted on TAC and elsewhere was always worth a read.
He was posting on Walk Highlands about the Foot and Mouth era just in the last few weeks.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=131989&start=75#p517887
No inkling he was unwell.
Boo.
Walking the Watershed is on my bedside table.
irc - thanks for that. A good read 🙂
A great reason. I liked the horoscopes.
Aries (March 21 – April 19)
A stepping stone may prove treacherous in April. Carrying dry clothing, a wrist splint and a basic medical kit
would be prudent. Unexpected contact from a previous acquaintance will finally explain those urinary
symptoms.
blu_tone - is that you?
"Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)
You should avoid fish paste sandwiches for the entire month of May, or carry a larger than usual supply of
toilet paper. A sachet of oral rehydration salts might also be of use. In June, HMRC will discover a source of
income you thought you had declared a decade ago.
Lucky bird defaecating on your head: Grey heron"
I remember finding this amusing (before I turned into the type of person described):
Ah that's really saddened me. I was a big fan of TAC , and enjoyed his writing in general. I miss those days I see he was a few months younger than me. Thoughts are with his family and friends