The Highlands

Scotland’s oldest mountaineering club for women marks its 100th anniversary by climbing one of the country’s most famous peaks in costumes from throughout its century.

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A BBC film crew have captured some footage showing it gets windy in Scotland. The shots were included as part of BBC natural history producer Fergus Beeley nature diary from Beinn Eighe’s National Nature Reserve show water being blown back uphill on a windy day in Torridon. They have been picked up by the media as an ‘and finally’ and widely circulated. It’s only take 3 months for this material to surface, front line journalism at its best - keep up the good work chaps!

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A note at the end of the article states ‘Secrets of the Highlands is likely to be broadcast on BBC Two in the Spring of 2009, on the BBC Natural World series‘. Watch this space for updates.

The papers are abuzz with speculation that Griff Rhys Jones didn’t make it to the top of Ben Nevis when he went up Ledge Route for the BBC’s ‘Mountain with Griff Rhys Jones‘ shown earlier this year. A BBC spokesman said:

“We felt it would have been overly technical to explain to the viewer that Griff had reached a ‘top’ on the summit plateau, as, for the great majority of viewers, we are sure that to stand on the summit plateau at any of the tops would be the same as having reached the summit.”

Err, I don’t think so!
Griff later said:

“It’s irritating too, as we’d done the worst of the climb on a route most tourists don’t take. I’ll have to go back now and do it for real”.

See you up there then!