No prizes for guessing where I ended up for another overnight hillwalking adventure! I have plenty of big epic walks up my sleeve for when conditions are right and I hoped to tick off one of these during May, but the weather gods had other ideas. The weather had been pretty grey and miserable for…
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A Landmark Day: Reaching a Century on the Drumochter Munros
An important milestone during my Munro-Bagging exploits was reached on a day out on the Drumochter Munros – south of Dalwhinnie – with Sarah on a day with a mixed bag of weather. As these were fairly rounded hills giving easy going, we’d decided to tackle the 4 western Munros in one go, making use…
The Affric Kintail Way in 3 Days
After 2 cancelled trips in 2020 and 2021 (surprisingly enough due to the pandemic), Sarah and I finally managed to complete the Affric Kintail Way. This was her first taste of multi-day hiking and was the ideal length for a long weekend, rather than having to take lots of time off work. We opted to…
A Tale of Two Lairigs: Backpacking in the Cairngorms
With winter coming to an end and conditions slowly shifting towards spring in the mountains, Easter has always been a time that my dad and I enjoy getting out and about in the hills. We had completed the West Highland Way and East Highland Way at a similar time in previous years, but with a…
A Solo Trip to Remember (part 2): Beinn a’Chaorainn & Beinn Teallach
For the 3rd day and 2nd leg of my winter Munro bagging trip, I decided to tackle a relatively simple couple of Munros that were close to where I’d spent the night – Beinn a’Chaorainn and Beinn Teallach. This pair of hills lie west of Creag Meagaidh, a mountain I’d camped on with my dad…
A Solo Trip to Remember (part 1): An Overnight in Lochaber
With a half decent spell of weather coming up, I was keen to capitalise on some annual leave that needed used up. With Sarah in Spain for the week, I decided on a few days of hill walking to catch the last of the winter and work my way towards my 100th Munro which wasn’t…
One of Two Will Do: Miserable Weather in the Great Glen
As part of any trip away, Sarah and I always like to try and fit in a hill walk. In fairness, we’ve been extremely lucky with the weather on almost all of our trips so far and have normally managed at least one day in the hills. We were spending a few days in Fort…
Exploring Aberdeenshire: Mixed Emotions on The Deeside Trail
After an excellent trip last year on my bike around the Cairngorms and a successful Rob Roy Way attempt in a day in May, I was keen to organise another biking adventure. I’d considered a number of home-made and known trails and routes, but eventually settled on the Deeside Trail, a 140-mile circular route taking…
Rounding off a Brilliant Holiday: Bynack More
Our third and final hill walk of a week’s holiday exploring the Scottish Highlands. To round off what had been an excellent week, we decided to head up Bynack More, part of the Northern Cairngorms and my last Munro in the area. The forecast couldn’t have been any better! [Sep ’21] Despite 2 hill days…
Bogs & Clouds: a Morning in the Monadhliath
After the first leg of our September holiday in Appin, we were headed to Aviemore for the final few days of our time away. It would have been rude not to make use of the many hills en route that I hadn’t done yet, so we opted for a short and simple hill walk to…
Exploring a Quiet Corner of the Highlands: Beinn Fhionnlaidh
As part of our week’s holiday in September, Sarah and I were keen to try and tick off as many hills as we could get away with. We were staying in Appin for the first leg of our trip, a wee corner of Scotland I hadn’t visited before. With a good choice of hills not…
Signing Off An Awesome Summer: Summit Camping in Argyll
After a busy summer where I tried my best to make up for missing out on lots of opportunities last year, I managed to squeeze in one last trip before the end of the season. With only an afternoon and a morning free, it would have to be a quick one, so I opted for…
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