Over 350,000 people went skiing in our area last year. That makes it the best skiing season for 15 years. Glencoe has been totaly re-vitalised under its new owners - I hope they are into profit soon. Gillian and I enjoy going to the cafe there which is open from 9.00 until 5.00
Both the Glencoe Mountain and Nevis Range resorts have been helped by downhill cycle tracks and the craze for mountain biking. Well, to be truthful, the Glencoe resort is just starting out on this, but these things make the difference between and profit and loss. That is vitally important for the future. Glencoe had an amazing entry of 300 downhill bikers in May for the Championships - they're all nuts, have you seen them?
If you go to Glencoe Mountain, it will be fairly quiet during the week. Most people take the £10 chair lift, walk around a bit and take photographs, then go back down to the cafe. Some people take the chair lift up high and walk down - the walks are superb in nice weather.
The biking tracks are still being made, there is only one downhill at the moment. You can hire bikes there for about £25 including your helmet and a certificate to say you are of sound mind. A few people do it, but it will become more popular as the news spreads. It is easy to reach the resort from Glasgow so it will become popular for weekend nutters from there.
You can always try your hand at Archery. The Viking settlers were the last to shoot arrows for real in the Highlands. Bows were made from Scottish Ash. A 14th century law made it compulsory for all adults above 10 years old to practise archery every Sunday. You could get off a murder charge if you killed someone during archery practice. Mind you, the clansmen made up their own laws. You could get off a murder charge if you killed a man from a different clan probably.
John
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