Malcolm Cinnamond
@thepigguy.bsky.social
20th century sports writer, now trying to persuade vegetables to grow in Westray, Orkney. Walk up hills when I can. Wolf ⚽️
Glen Luss and Beinn Eich last week
November 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Glen Luss and Beinn Eich last week
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Contin Woods and Rogie Falls, Easter Ross
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Contin Woods and Rogie Falls, Easter Ross
I suspect this wasn't as much fun as it should have been.
August 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I suspect this wasn't as much fun as it should have been.
Seafarers' memorial at Wick, Caithness.
August 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Seafarers' memorial at Wick, Caithness.
Loch Ness from the quiet side.
August 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Loch Ness from the quiet side.
With the All-Scotland Synchronised Snoozing Championship almost upon us, the team from Westray put the finishing touches to their routine.
August 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
With the All-Scotland Synchronised Snoozing Championship almost upon us, the team from Westray put the finishing touches to their routine.
Heading up The Merrick in Galloway - Scotland's highest hill south of The Highlands. Taken in May.
July 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Heading up The Merrick in Galloway - Scotland's highest hill south of The Highlands. Taken in May.
Cloudy today, but what an astonishing (and a little worrying) week in Westray.
July 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Cloudy today, but what an astonishing (and a little worrying) week in Westray.
First new tatties of the year.
July 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
First new tatties of the year.
Ben Rinnes from the top of its more plain neighbour Corryhabbie Hill earlier this week.
May 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ben Rinnes from the top of its more plain neighbour Corryhabbie Hill earlier this week.
Munro-bagging from Glenshee ski centre yesterday. The ugly twins of Carn Aosda and The Cairnwell and the delightful Carn à Ghèoidh. Eight done 274 to go.
May 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Munro-bagging from Glenshee ski centre yesterday. The ugly twins of Carn Aosda and The Cairnwell and the delightful Carn à Ghèoidh. Eight done 274 to go.
Westray's Fitty Hill - the dizzy height of 169m.
April 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Westray's Fitty Hill - the dizzy height of 169m.
First rhubarb of the year. Force grown under an old bin.
April 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
First rhubarb of the year. Force grown under an old bin.
It's spring in Orkney so we got the lawnmower out.
March 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's spring in Orkney so we got the lawnmower out.
Last week's trip up Ben Vorlich by Loch Earn.
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Last week's trip up Ben Vorlich by Loch Earn.
Ben Chonzie - a Munro considered "dull" and "easy" by some. Not last week.
March 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Ben Chonzie - a Munro considered "dull" and "easy" by some. Not last week.
Decent day doing the Glen Striddle Horseshoe walk. Ben Lomond, the Arrochar Alps and the Luss Hills all looking grand.
March 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Decent day doing the Glen Striddle Horseshoe walk. Ben Lomond, the Arrochar Alps and the Luss Hills all looking grand.
For a couple of minutes around five yesterday we had this in Westray.
February 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
For a couple of minutes around five yesterday we had this in Westray.
Cross Kirk, Westray.
February 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Cross Kirk, Westray.
Very damp walk from Dufftown to the Giant's Chair and back via Mortlach and Balvenie Castle.
January 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Very damp walk from Dufftown to the Giant's Chair and back via Mortlach and Balvenie Castle.
Visitor from Orkney while everyone in the Central Belt loses their mind over a bit o' wind.
January 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Visitor from Orkney while everyone in the Central Belt loses their mind over a bit o' wind.
Farragon Hill, Perthshire, today from the slopes of Ben Vrackie.
January 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Farragon Hill, Perthshire, today from the slopes of Ben Vrackie.
Fiery sky in Westray this morning.
January 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Fiery sky in Westray this morning.
Decent day at last. First proper walk of the year. Six miles around The Ness, Westray.
January 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Decent day at last. First proper walk of the year. Six miles around The Ness, Westray.