Matt GT

:thumbup: Aye take care on yer way hame matey and look oot for the spittal cheers loon

Thanks mate appreciated I do like Mar lodge! It has gone a bit wetter here now but I can see up the Lecht way is looking like heavy snowfall.

Ah nice one. Perthshire is beautiful. Yeah I been checking the webcams and they really have lucked out on the snow so far so I hope this is their share Yeah I am in Strathdon but I want back in Deeside. Work is non existent just now as I need to be at home to care for my wife, she is going in hossie the morn for surgery and could be laid up for a few months ;( But.. if it means she is fixed after recovery then it will be party time

Snowing in Strathdon I am really hoping we do get it pltreesurgery as I want to get up Glenshee for a slide about. Are you based in Braemar?

Aye very sad news. Loss of a legend but at least he had a long and interesting life. Inspired people and educated a lot of us. Shared his eccentricity with us all. I feel like he is part of the family. Tears spilled for him and will always smile thinking of his game show days where he would answer kids Q on video games (y)

I find the orange husky lids give me a headache in winter winds. I think it is the contracting and expanding of the headband as you heat up and then cool down if you stop for a min or so. Otherwise I have never had this happen.

Ahh brilliant news David, I was opposed to the idea of its removal! Thanks for the info and the link, appreciated

Bookmarked the site David, many thanks it is clean and well displayed and most certainly useful! I heard pole rescues might be getting removed from CS38 so this would give value to you having them, just a thought.

Hi Jon mate yeah it was. I just love the snow I never grew up

Snow snow and more snow. And it is snowing.

Yeah Guss I just nipped out and its done same here. Louped as they say but only for an hour or so. This as you is perfect for ice making tonight and will freeze the snow into boilerplate. It is all a bit manky out there now.

husky 262 xp for a service Love this saw

100% whiteout, Blizzards, -2 with no winds and low light and visibility. Dry powdery snow about 4 - 6 inches depth with ice underneath Heavy snowfall as I type this. I am like an excited kid in this weather

Ows.. sheesh sorry to see that

Thanks Grass hopper, anything over E1 and I was top roped I am sure I was just his gear retriever lol oh and onsite medic And witness for any new routes he was trying out. Awesome days though in the sun on rocks surrounded by half naked girls watching and joining in the fun. I only have 2 x 50 meter ropes (condemned for climbing now), petzel Jump harness and a no.5 Camelot left from those days. Seems like a different life now.

Hi Andy, thanks for the welcome and that is a cool idea you have there I will give that some serious thought. Pics.. oh I love my pics I will be sharing some of those thanks again mate!

Hi Guss I am based in Aberdeenshire grew up in Aboyne on Deeside but now reside over in Strathdon. Love the idea of a rec climb and soon as I get a basic climbing kit together I will be banging your down

Will love to take you up on that, I am going to try to get a decent amount of time on snow at Nevis this year as I have never boarded there . But Glenshee is my home from home, mind you i do love Glencoe as well.! Thanks David I will be in touch to organise that

You got a like from me purely on the strength of your photo art and use of HDR well done!

Hi folks, I have been lurking on forums for a year or so and I have to say the wealth of information and knowledge here is a treasure! I used to be in forest management but moved into tree cutting more when working for FC my FM squad was put on the cutters rota for a month due to workloads. Well I loved it. Since then I have always been tree cutting one way or another. 20 years on and fully recovered from a dislocated fracture of my wrist (snowboarding injury) I am back on my saws and have this month just passed my 38/39. I had the absolute time of my life on that climbing course and I would say it was life changing I took a shed load of photos. Now all I can think about is getting my own climbing kit to rec climb. Never mind work lol. I was an avid rock climber in the 80's - 90's but lost my bottle for that not long after becoming a father. I used to climb at E1 and would belay and second my mate on his crazy E5 stuff (I still shudder at Smiths Arete (E5 6a) at pass of Ballater). I have also been into all snow-sports all of my life. I am hoping to find work with an Arb team that are positive and bouncy like myself. I have worked for past two years with an Arb team but well they have more cons than pros for me. Mainly due to squads not playing nice with each other and to much bitching and dogged behaviors. Kit is abused and never maintained etc.. its horrible. No I am not going to go off on a bitchfest about that, I left it's in the past and I self funded my 38/39 to branch out to better experiences. I have been so inspired by the attitudes and positive postings that are all over these forums Talk about an about turn to what I am used to in forestry ! I am in a dilemma just now as I do not have a climbing kit thus can not effectively seek work as climber or groundy with out. Seeking tree planting work for the season is/should be underway now. Might go snowboard instruction again for the season. Dunno But I am happy and relaxed at this time of my life.. I did have a 4 year spell of stress and depression that came from 12 years of working in an office! This is another long story and the "STRESS" thread on Arbtalk by Stephen has reduced me to a blubbering mess of tears on many an occasion (all good though)! That thread has given me strength and confidence! It proved that what I went through, others were also going through it. To all that posted in that thread I admire you and love you for posting and I will try and put my story in there to aid others! Righty o' I never expected such an amount of words to fly on to the screen! It must be meant cheers muckers Matt

OMG the country is beautiful. How romantic is that

Brilliant

Superb! gave me goosebumps I still get jittery at 80ft. Such a cool secret meeting place

Bluebird skies, about -3 fair to strong winds and a fresh cover of 2-4 inches of snow. Ski centers open today are Cairngorm and Lecht. I am waxing my snowboards Charging DSLR batteries, making coffee and thinking "I need to go collect that ringed up norway and douglas's. It is a long handbarrel in and out though. I need an arbor trolley, I need a climbing kit and a need a job lol I love this cold bright dry weather.