In this blog post I would like to share some of the best photos from last week, taken on location in Glencoe. As readers will be aware, Glencoe is a key location for my book and the first chapter takes place on the crags of Stob Coire nan Lochan. For the climb I used clothing and equipment that would have been familiar to the 19th century pioneers: rough tweed, woollen mitts, simple leather boots studded with nails, and a yard-long ice axe.
The black and white pictures are my own, but the photos of me were kindly supplied by Christopher Sleight from BBC Radio Scotland.
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| The author in Coire nan Lochan (C) Christopher Sleight |
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| The Monarch of Glencoe: sunlit ridge, windswept pinnacle, and dark abyss. |
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| Victorian climbing equipment (C) Christopher Sleight |
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| “Atoms and frost” |
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| Feathers of ice |
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| A scene from a byegone age (ignore the modern rope!) (C) Christopher Sleight |
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| “Peak of the Loathsome Corrie” |
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| The Beinn Fhada ridge |
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| The intrepid author (C) Christopher Sleight |
Don’t forget, The Only Genuine Jones is being launched in paperback form on the 27th of February at the Clachaig Inn, Glencoe. It is available to read as a Kindle ebook right now.
