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Hill Bagging 2018 HILL BAGGING 2019 Life before lockdown. Members write about their hill-bagging year: List completions; Simms completion; Core Europe Ultras completion; island bagging; kayaking; climbing; backpacking; close shaves; poems; book reviews; adventures at home and overseas. To jump to an item, click on its title (avoid MS edge browser). Press Ctrl+Home at any time to return to Contents Contents Completions ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Relative Hills Society Events ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Spring Bagger Rambles, Islay, Port Charlotte YHA: rescheduled to April 23 – 26, 2021 ................................................. 4 Dinner and AGM, The Moorings Hotel, Banavie, Fort William: rescheduled to Sat May 15, 2021 ................................. 4 Summer Isles SIB bagging, Ullapool: hopefully rescheduled to May 2021 .................................................................... 4 Sept 11 – 15, 2020: St Kilda Island Marilyns, Leverburgh, Harris .................................................................................. 4 October – December, 2020: St Kilda Stacs .................................................................................................................. 4 November, 2020 – Autumn Bagger Rambles @TBD ?Northern England ...................................................................... 4 Top marks ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Michael Earnshaw - 2019 Baglog: first person to complete Simms as well as Marilyns ................................................ 5 Jon Glew: 20 lists and 3 HoFs on Coniston Old Man. ................................................................................................... 6 The 2019 Boat Race: 1 year, 2 baggers, 485 SIBs ......................................................................................................... 7 Bert Barnett Baglog: Fourth time round the Corbetts ................................................................................................. 8 Richard Mclellan: Final Core European Ultra - Store Lenangstind, Norway .................................................................. 8 Britain .......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Glenshee New Year ................................................................................................................................................. 11 Eric Young: The Year of... .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Chis Crocker: The Database of British and Irish Hills: User survey; briefing ................................................................ 12 Henry Marston Baglog: Leicestershire Hall entry....................................................................................................... 13 Anne Bunn: Wombling over The Simms .................................................................................................................... 13 Obituary: Rowland Bowker - Hoffer No 1 (1930 - 2019).............................................................................................. 14 Mam Ban ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Obituary: Nigel Thackrah (1945 - 2019) ...................................................................................................................... 16 Eddie Harwood: Close Shaves: verglass and fighter pilot ........................................................................................... 18 The Unwin Baglog: Dan & Maisie exploits! ................................................................................................................ 18 Andy Tomkins Baglog: storms, ants, ladders and teenybaggers ................................................................................. 19 Dave Irons Baglog: round Britain in 27 Marilyns ........................................................................................................ 20 Jonathan Appleby Baglog: Lewis backpack; Kilda anticlimax ...................................................................................... 20 David Stallard Baglog: 1500th Simm; Wild North and Deep South - of Scotland .......................................................... 21 Seeing Suilven ......................................................................................................................................................... 22 Really Climbing Suilven .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Margaret Squires: Marilyns for Newbies: a pictorial guide ........................................................................................ 23 Ron Bell Baglog: 11 new Marilyns, 2 new knees ........................................................................................................ 24 Mark Trengove Baglog: Gt Links highlight; Hirta lowlight .......................................................................................... 25 Jon Foote: Rescued .................................................................................................................................................. 26 Margaret Squires: Marilyns for Newbies: a pictorial guide (Part 2) ............................................................................ 27 Carn Nan Gobhar ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 Gill Stephens Baglog: 1250th Marilyn; local Simms .................................................................................................... 28 Donald Shiach Baglog: Scottish Marilyns; low-key 1000th ......................................................................................... 29 Rob Woodall: Hall of Mirrors: 600+ Repeated Marilyns ............................................................................................. 30 Barry Smith Baglog: in sunshine, storm and bandages .............................................................................................. 31 Tony Kinghorn: close shave: lightning dodging .......................................................................................................... 31 Ivan Smith Baglog: carpe diem .................................................................................................................................. 32 High Up On The Fara ............................................................................................................................................... 32 Sue & Trevor Littlewood: Close Shave: down in the dark........................................................................................... 32 Islanding ...................................................................................................................................................................... 33 John Henderson: RHSoc Report: Broken bard ........................................................................................................... 33 Jon Foote Baglog: islanding, breaking and knitting .................................................................................................... 33 Marion and Alan Mitchell Baglog: the Foula experience ............................................................................................ 34 Meikle Balloch Hill .................................................................................................................................................. 34 Norman Wares Baglog: frequently escaping Scotland; Saxa, Kilda & other islands ..................................................... 34 Peter Wilson and Frances Wilson Baglogs: GB island Marilyns; Ireland golf avoidance............................................... 35 Alastair Govan: Bagging by kayak ............................................................................................................................. 36 Philip Massey Baglog: 1000th Marilyn; island highlights ............................................................................................. 37 Andrew Finnimore Baglog: savouring Islands and other (Scottish) Marilyns .............................................................. 37 David Gilchrist: Paddling to go Marilyn Bagging ........................................................................................................ 37 Charlie Scott Baglog: in praise of boatmen and lighthouses ...................................................................................... 39 Omnibagging ................................................................................................................................................................ 40 Book Review: The British Lighthouse Trail: Sarah Kerr ............................................................................................... 40 Neil Stewart: monumental Tumping ........................................................................................................................
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