Start: Glenshee Ski Centre Distance: 8 miles Ascent :600m Time taken: 6hrs 15mins Setting the alarm for 5.30am with only … Continue reading ALPENGLOW AND GHOST RAINBOWS – THE JOYS OF A WINTER HIKE
For the best view of the UK’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis, this one is the one to climb…on an excellent (mostly) path…3 hours to the top. Continue reading CARN MOR DEARG – AND THE BEST VIEW OF BEN NEVIS
Ascent: 974m/3,195 feet; time we took to summit – 2.5 hrs. Distance: 13.2km or 8.2miles. Start – Rowardennan car park … Continue reading CLIMBING BEN LOMOND
One of the most famous of glens, steeped in tragedy and translating as ‘The Glen of Weeping’ this is also … Continue reading THE BEST OF GLENCOE
The beautiful little railway station at Corrour is the most remote in Britain. It is slap bang in the middle … Continue reading CORROUR – THE UK’s MOST REMOTE STATION AND OUTDOOR HEAVEN
After years of avoiding it, FINALLY we set out to climb Britain’s highest mountain. Why was I so set against … Continue reading CLIMBING BEN NEVIS – THE MOUNTAIN WITH ITS HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
June 21st : To the Loch I love a wild, high lochan and even better if we can camp on … Continue reading Two Munros and a Wild Camp in Cairngorm NP
Not in a million years could I do the famous scrambly and exposed ridge walk that is Glencoe’s Notched Ridge … Continue reading Up Close and Personal with the Aonach Eagach Ridge
Sometimes we love to treat ourselves to a beautiful hotel, as a reward for a hike into the wilds. Dalmunzie … Continue reading In the High Wilderness above Glenshee
Friday’s forecast was great for the mountains and as we were heading for a weekend on Skye, why not bag … Continue reading The Mountains of the South Glenshiel Ridge
THE BEST OF SCOTLAND 