The Annual Munro Lecture
I’m honoured to have been asked to give the annual lecture at the AGM of the Munro Society this coming Saturday. It’s being held at the Birnam Institute in Birnam, near to Dunkeld. The Society will hold its AGM in the afternoon then the evening lecture will be open to the public. Would be great to see some of you there. If you can manage along please stop and say hello. And what will I be talking about? Probably a fairly wide ranging theme, as Munro himself was more than just a collector of Scottish hill summits. Probably talk a bit about my own hero, John Muir, touch on the GR20 in Corsica, take a look at the connections between mountains and culture and finish off with a few words, and video clips, about the Sutherland Trail. Incidentally, I’m just about finished writing the Sutherland Trail book - should be printed and on sale something in the early Autumn, not much good for anyone planning to walk the route this summer and for that I apologise. However, for anyone who wants info on the route can I suggest you buy the DVD? It’s got all the route info on it, plus a whole gallery of images of the route, as well as the original BBC film of the route. You can get it from this website (See Shop) and its costs £15.99.
Hope to see some of you on Saturday…