In reply to DR:
> I wish I could go out today as it is a bluebird day but I bust my achilles on a snow run 2 days ago so am confined to barracks anyway. Grrrrr...
Hope that clears up soon - sounds sore. I had a near-miss injury-wise yesterday - managed to fall over in crampons, not sure when I last did that. Had been on Dumyat (didn't really need them there to be honest, but was fancying a big boots outing for the first time in a year) and kept the crampons on for the walk down the quite steep road back to Logie Kirk, as there was compacted snow. Should have taken them off really but got nattering with a couple of blokes who were heading down the same way and next thing I knew I was flying forwards. Don't think I caught the crampons on each other, more on some hidden bramble or something. Could easily have hurt myself quite badly but seem to have got away with it. Felt a bit silly though.