Off on hols
Posted: Friday, 01 June 2007 |
3 comments |
We are off on holiday for a week - the wilds of the Cairngorms beckon. So its Braemar for all of next week. Been very busy here, running about trying to get finished up before heading off, so not a lot of time for any decent exploring this past week.
If the weather holds it will be great - a PC-free week and some very nice different geology to look at.
The late Jock Nimlin, one of Scotlands finest climbers and outdoorsmen, worked at Glenmore Lodge for a spell - he used to do courses in hunting for semi precious stones in the Cairngorms. Nimlin was also an expert on agates, and in one book was described as the "doyen of Mull agate collectors" He knew all the good places in Mull to find these things.
If anyone is interested in agates and other stones like these, get a hold of Nimlins book "Lets look at Scottish agates". Published by Jarrold in 1974, it can be found easily secondhand through amazon or abe.com
A great little book. Actually, ANYTHING by Jock Nimlin was good - he was one of that generation of working class outdoorsmen (like Tom Weir et al) who really connected with the hills and the people who worked and lived there.
Anyway, I may have an agate hunting trip in Mull sometime soon - it'll be blogged here, I am sure!
Bye for now
JW
Posted on mountainman at 19:03
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enjoy yourself: P.S what years were you studying in St.Andrews???
carol from over here
Carol
I was at St Andrews from 75 to 80. Great place at the time. The Geology Dept was really buzzing then. There was a book published a couple of years ago to celebrate 100 years of Geoscience at St A. Written by Richard Batchelor - worth having a look at this web link:
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/gg/html/geolatstabook.html You will prob have to cut and paste that link to get it to work. Were you at St Andrews yourself?
Mountainman from Tobermory
MM, no i was working in cupar,but late hubby was studying in St.Andrews and was working as a french assistant bat madras college.He lived at that time in bridge st,then we moved into a cottage in strathkinnes from 1974 to 1976;we met in the buttery-don't know if it still exists,have sadly lost touch with friends from St Andrews
carol from under a grey sky
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