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…
A Solo Trip to Remember (part 3): Beinn a’Ghlo
The last night of my trip away had me staying in Blair Atholl, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to tick off Beinn a’Ghlo, a range with 3 close-knit Munros that give some wonderful views and a great feeling of remoteness. I was sad to be heading home after my last day’s…
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…
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…
A Hill At Last: Beinn Challuim
After an ankle sprain in November 2021 – which meant missing some absolutely awesome weather at points in December – I had been desperate to get back out in the hills and enjoy some winter conditions for the first time since the pandemic. My ankle was getting better and a cracking spell of weather over…
Another Perthshire Outing: Coire nan Cat Circuit
With the usual uncertain Autumn weather in Scotland, it’s pretty difficult to refuse any good-weather opportunities in the hills. Thankfully the planets aligned and allowed Sarah and I one last hill day before some really rotten weather arrived. Sarah’s fond of Perthshire, so we returned to an area we visited earlier in the year and…
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…
Munro Madness: Summit Camping in Kintail
After my original plans had to be scrapped due to Calmac ferry issues, I was in need of something else to fill a few days off work. I had enjoyed an epic day on my bike a couple of weeks before, so I was keen to start ticking off some hills again. The forecast looked…
Mountains, Midges and Many Miles: A Cairngorms Adventure
For some reason, any camping trip to the Cairngorms (this was my 3rd) I undertake seems to be in peak Midge season, but that didn’t put me off from organising another overnight adventure in one of my favourite places. Slowly but surely, I’m working my way through all of the Munros in the Cairngorms and…
A Fine Winter’s day: Schiehallion
A great winter’s day on Schiehallion, a very popular Munro in Perthshire. Although the weather was calm and reasonably cloudless, the conditions weren’t really “wintery”, with only a small dusting of snow, meaning once again crampons and ice axes were carried but not needed. Still, great conditions made for a brilliant and easy-going day out…
Signing Off the Summer: Camping High on Ben Starav
A fantastic way to sign off a great summer of adventure by enjoying a spectacular summit camp on Ben Starav, before taking in Beinn nan Aighenan and Glas Bheinn Mhor. [September 2018] For my last chance at wild camping and Munro-bagging before starting my final year at university, I wanted to try and pick somewhere…
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