Challenge Kev Outdoors

Morning Dad

Last night I felt my boy kick me through Kirsty’s belly. He’s not quite ready to say “Morning Dad” yet but in a few short weeks he’ll arrive and we’ll both get to meet him for the first time and find out if his lungs are as powerful as his foot. Seven months of pregnancy have…

28/07/2015

Kevin Johnston

Fatherhood, Writing and Musings

challenge, dad, love, morning, mothercare, pregnancy, son, writing
The Coast and Castles Cycle Route

Broxburn to Bamburgh by bike following the Coast and Castles Cycle Route in July 2015.

28/07/2015

Kevin Johnston

Cycling

1, 76, bamburgh, broxburn, castles, coasts, cycle, cycling, national, routes
The Skye Cuillin

In July 2015 , we went on our second big walk of the year. It was definitely big, although more of a scramble than a walk. The Cuillin is the closest we have in Britain to the Alps and it’s a challenge in every way. To walk in the Cuillin is to walk, scramble, climb,…

28/07/2015

Kevin Johnston

Kev’s Hill Walking Challenges

cuillin, exposure, in pinn, inaccessible pinnacle, mountains, scotland, scrambling, sgurr a ghreadaidh, sgurr a mhadaidh, sgurr dearg, sgurr nan gillean, skye, skye guides, walking
A Foggy Day on Goat Fell

May 2015 – After failing in our first attempt to get to Arran this year (gales, storms, power cuts in Ardrossan, ferry being used to take old soldiers to a mid-sea wreck etc.) we tried again. The weather was better and the mountain was inviting. And despite threatening to drown us in rain and fog,…

28/07/2015

Kevin Johnston

Kev’s Hill Walking Challenges

ardrossan, arran, brodick, coast, fog, goat fell, mountains, rain, scotland, views
Ledi Me Tell You About The Rob Roy Way

The first of this years big hikes in April 2015, we set out to complete a section of the Rob Roy Way from Aberfoyle to Killin over three days. And since we were feeling fit, on day two we also took on Ben Ledi, which is a Corbett nestling on the edge of Callander. We’re…

28/07/2015

Kevin Johnston

Kev’s Hill Walking Challenges, Rob Roy Way

aberfoyle, ben ledi, callander, distance, killin, long, mountains, rob roy way, scotland, strathyre, walking
Climbing Polly’s Skirt – Stac Pollaidh

I always wanted to walk some of the hills in Assynt and this week I did just that. I walked Canisp and was nearly snowed and hail stoned back down to the roadside. A far finer experience was Stac Pollaidh, one of those hills that has icon status. The hill was inviting and the weather…

14/04/2015

Kevin Johnston

Kev’s Hill Walking Challenges

assynt, lochinver, mountains, pollaidh, scotland, stac, suilven, sutherland
Stac Pollaidh looking toward Suilven

Fridays lunch Spot. Stunning.

13/04/2015

Kevin Johnston

Kev’s Hill Walking Challenges

assynt, lochinver, mountain, peak, pollaigh, scotland, stac, suilven, sunny, sutherland
The Listener in the Box (Short Story)

The air was very still and I could hear myself breathing. Low gasps of breath, the kind you take when you’re not sure what’s going on and you’re aware that your breathing sounds louder than usual. It was dark, darker than the night sky, darker than the deepest mine. I could see nothing, no lit…

05/02/2015

Kevin Johnston

Writing and Musings

box, darkness, listener, mcintyre, sam, short, story