Blethering Blonde

No point in me wittering on, here's the story direct from Richard Happer, the author of The hills are stuffed with Swedish girls a book reading...                                                                         . ........... with altitude To celebrate the launch of the new, OS-friendly second edition of his wildly funny novel ʻThe Hills Are Stuffed With Swedish Girlsʼ, author Richard Happer will be holding a very unusual book signing in Glencoe. Date: Saturday 18th September Location: Top of the Devilʼs Staircase Time: from noon Refreshments: yes, sausages So whatʼs the book about then? Three lovesick men (and their ca...

OK, here's day two of last weekend. A wee wander to make the most of the glorious weather on the way home. Whenever anyone does the West Highland Way for the first time its the Devil's Staircase that gets them twitching as its labeled as one of the toughest parts of the route. For any regular hill goer, its just a standard ascent which gives some great views, hence our choice of route. We also added the two wee lumps on either side in order to maximise our experience of the views - well worth it.  Not much else to say except enjoy the photies as we certainly enjoyed being up there taking it in for real :-)

Strange title for a blog post but it's the name of the book that I'm currently chuckling my way through. For years I've had male friends go on about how they had met/were going to meet the Swedish netball team on their hill adventures. Richard Happer has combined this hill goers myth with that of another quintessential hill rite of passage, the West Highland Way and what a combination. There are few books that make me laugh out loud but this is one that is making me do it every other page. I'll be sorry to finish it. Maybe I'll just have to go on the West Highland Way again myself to see what adventures I can have to write about myself :-)