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Beinn na Lap – 100 words

April 24, 2022 By Ellen

Beinn na Lap. My friend climbed a mountain last week. Not any mountain. The 282nd on a big list of scary spikey hills, boggy heaths, rattling tents, pork pies, snow caps, long trudges in… and out again, courages plucked, deep conversations, cloud inversions, midge bites, friends made and views. Bloody marvellous views. One time she […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 100words, bagging, Corrour, Fionaoutdoors, Munro, walking

What’s the point of feminism when so many men are shit?

January 9, 2018 By Ellen

I wrote this post three years ago. Has anything changed? It was magical. Sunlight made the mountain snow sparkle and the only sound was boots crunching. Boots crunching and people talking.     Three women were chatting – intelligent, successful women enjoying the stunning Scottish scenery, respite from the festive round and the chance to […]

Filed Under: domestic, equality, fair, feminism, Feminist, feminsim, hills, housework, other things I have learned, rant, Scotland, sexism Tagged With: chores, feminism, men, Sexism, shock, walking, women

All the things I’m not writing about this week

July 4, 2017 By Ellen

My head is very full at the moment and there are dozens of things I want to write about. I’ve already forgotten some of the most brilliant ideas and the rest are getting fuzzier. I’d like to theorise more about mental load and how to unload. I want to write poetically about what happens when […]

Filed Under: boys, family Tagged With: aging, Ben Lomond, boys, busy weekend, children, family, hair, humour, in my life, My Life, on my mind, Scotland, Sharmanka, walking, women

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