Eagle of the 9th

When I walked into reception today there was much giggling, fanning of brows and other such girlie nonsense. Nothing new there then. But on further investigation it seems that the common local phenomena known as 'film crew in Glencoe' seems to behind such behaviour.

Morgan & Channing

Maybe its because I'm the other side of 40, maybe its because I've seen it all before (have I told you that me and Harry Potter are best mates?) or maybe it's because I just a numb bloke, but I don't quite get it myself. But, who am I to criticise if our reception staff get all doey eyed and want a photo with Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and the gang. On the other hand, if Shakira was in town...

Eagle of the 9th sounds a bit like a golf result but a quick Google reveals that I'm probably not being stitched up with this story and it is in fact being filmed on location in Glencoe. Look out for a release some time in 2010.

Munro: Mountain Man

If mountains are your thing then perhaps you might want to reach for the Sky Plus remote and set record for this coming Sunday night, 20th September, BBC 4.

Stob Coire nan Lochan, Glencoe

Our man at the Beeb advises that Munro: Mountain Man will be screened this weekend. Look out for bearded, bobble hat wearing, map case swinging Munro baggers being interviewed in the Boots Bar at Clachaig Inn, Glencoe.

The man from the BBC

It's been such a busy week that we nearly forgot to say that the BBC film crew were through last weekend, interviewing 'Munro Baggers' in the Boots Bar for a programme about well..., Munros.

Nick Crane - the man from the BBC

All seemed to go quite well until it got a bit busy in the bar. So we grabbed this bloke, gave him to wear a Clachaig t-shirt (looking good, Nick) and told him to get on with serving some pints!

Good to have Nick and the crew back again - last seen here at Clachaig in March 2007. See the Blog entry.

If we can find out when it's due to be screened we will, of course, let you know.