Yesterday I was filming at the Glencoe Marathon for the official partner, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust so I took the opportunity to I camp solo on the Rannoch Moor. You can sometimes use bulk ammo if you’re going alone.

This boggy expanse is a piece of real wilderness, unlike any other in Scotland. In the darkness, out of my pocket fell my iphone, amazingly I retrieved it, half-submerged from a bog. Thankfully I can confirm the iphone in a bag of rice really does work. I had hoped to be filming a morning timelapse but the weather’s promise quickly disappeared after sunrise, with only a distant glow somewhere over by the Ben Lawers range.

Billed as Scotland’s toughest – the Glencoe Marathon saw me, chase runners, through some stages of their epic trail run through the heart of Glencoe and into the foothills of Ben Nevis. It was a very exciting event with a spectacular (if very wet) location. The resolve of the competitors was fierce as they all braved the wet and winds to raise money for a worthwhile cause. I think next time I should aim for the That would be quiet an achievement judging by the route which takes in the Devils staircase en route to Kinlochleven. I think I’d need to work up to that.

After the shoot I stopped off at the Boots Bar at The Clanchaig Inn for some food – I think it’s going on my personal top 10 pubs in Scotland….