It’s a glorious winter’s day when my hiking guide Brian Sharp and I reach the snowy summit of the Pap of Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland. One of those days, in fact, that you almost never see here, where nature dropped a foot of fresh powder the day before then gifted us with brilliant blue skies and sunshine for our hike.
We kick the snow off our hiking boots and inhale deeply as if to absorb the views of the famous Aonach Eagoch ridge and Glencoe into our beings, then Brian pulls out his Mokka pot and camping stove and asks me how I take my coffee.
