A catch-up post
Wednesday 10 October 2018 Tuesday’s walk to Inverness was a non-starter, as the rain, wind and the exposed path made the prospect thoroughly unappealing. After two days of wind and showers, and with the...
Author: Chris Bounds
What goes up must hopefully go down (please?)
Monday 8 October I’ve done some tough days of walking, but that takes the cake. We finished 25 km in mist and light rain, with a feeling of achievement but a suspicion that Everest...
Wandering in the wild country
Sunday 7 October The walk from Fort Augustus to Invermoriston is quite short (9 miles or so), which isn’t a full day’s walking. With the weather looking distinctly dodgy – walkers’ talk for driving...
The perfect day
Saturday 6 October We are sitting in our B and B in Fort Augustus feeling very thankful after one of the nicest days of walking we’ve spent. The weather was beyond perfect – a...
The low road
Today (Friday 5 October) took us from Gairlochy to Laggan Locks, along the shores of Loch Locky. For most of the day, it didn’t feel like we were walking the path of the Canal,...
Check the weather!
It happens every time,and the saving grace is that we are better prepared than for our previous walks. The forecast for day one is rain, without promise of respite. We’ve had a very pleasant...
Starting to feel like the holidays…
“The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.” C.S. Lewis must have loathed school: comparing heaven to school holidays (in The Last Battle) is fairly typical...
Outraged white males
It’s the 29th of September and I am literally in the air; however, 40,000 feet brings no perspective after a week distantly observing events in Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing this week. I’m not sure why...
CaSPA Conference Keynote: Marita Cheng, “The Gender Divide – Strategies to get girls into engineering and technology”
Marita Cheng was the 2012 Young Australian of the Year and is a technology entrepreneur and women in technology advocate. Marita Cheng is the founder and CEO of aubot (formerly called 2Mar Robotics), which makes...
CaSPA Conference Day 3: Nick Wyman, “Skilling UP — why skills-based training is the perfect fit for young adults”
Read Nic’s jointly authored report on VET. Perceptions-Are-Not-Reality-SAF-Media See https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/three-myths-vocational-education-you-need-know-untrue-nicholas-wyman I would like to invite you to put aside your pre-conceived beliefs about vocational education and training (VET) and let me explain how misconceptions...