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  • 2022
  • August
  • › TWO MOUNTAIN DAYS SPENT FAR FROM THE BAGGING CROWD
  • July
  • › LONG DAY CIRCUIT TO THE SHORES OF ENIGMATIC LOCH LOCH
  • › AN EXORCISE REGIME IN THE MOUNTAINS OF GLEN TILT
  • June
  • › THE CUCKOO, THE THIEF, HIS CAVE AND A PLOVER
  • May
  • › RETURN TO KNOYDART: TWO MIXED DAYS OF MUNROS HEAVEN
  • › TAKING THE STEADY APPROACH TO BIG WEEK IN THE CAIRNGORMS
  • March
  • › PICKING A WAY THROUGH THE DEVASTATED FORESTRY OF GLEN DOLL
  • › DAY OF TOIL IN DEEP, SOFT SNOW ON THE ATHOLL HILLS
  • January
  • › MOOD TRIGGERS THAT CAN MAKE OR BREAK A MOUNTAIN DAY
  • 2021
  • November
  • › AUTUMN GLORY OF COLOUR AND LIGHT IN CAIRNGORMS TRAVERSE
  • October
  • › THE MIRACLE OF STAYING DRY IN THE MONADHLIATH WETLANDS
  • August
  • › WHY CLOUDY DAYS ON MOUNTAINS ARE HARD TO BEAT FOR DRAMA
  • › IT WAS HEARTENING TO SEE THE HEALING OF BEAUTIFUL GLEN AFFRIC
  • › THE DAY IT RAINED FOREVER: WET AND WILD ON LAWERS RANGE SUMMITS
  • March
  • › FIONN BHEINN: IN PRAISE OF AN UNSUNG MUNRO
  • February
  • › KINKY BOOTS: AN OUTDOORS ANTIDOTE TO VALENTINE'S DAY
  • January
  • › 2020: AN EXTRAORDINARY AND TRYING YEAR IN FOUR PARTS
  • › THE SEARCH FOR LIGHT IN THE SHORT DAYS OF DARK DECEMBER
  • 2020
  • December
  • › THERE ARE DAYS ... THE RESTORATIVE POWER OF MOUNTAINS
  • November
  • › PARADISE LOST? A MISSED OPPORTUNITY OVER NATURE EMERGENCY
  • September
  • › MULLARDOCH MUNROS AND THE CONTINUING QUEST FOR SOLITUDE
  • › NO SUMMITS REQUIRED FOR CLASSIC CIRCUIT INTO HEART OF THE CAIRNGORMS
  • › FLAT FINISH TO A GLORIOUS MOUNTAIN DAY IN THE ALDERS
  • August
  • › GROUSE, MOUNTAIN HARES AND THE GROWING STERILITY OF ANGUS GLENS
  • July
  • › DROVERS' ROAD PROVIDES QUIET BACKDOOR ROUTE TO GLAS MAOL MUNROS
  • › TWO SUNDAYS, TWO NIGHT MUNROS TO CATCH A SUNRISE
  • › AN EVENING ALONE ON BUACHAILLE ETIVE MOR WITH OLD FRIENDS
  • June
  • › THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE FOR ACCESS AND CONSERVATION IN SCOTLAND
  • › MIDGES, CLEGS AND ZEBRAS – THE BITEBACK STARTS HERE
  • May
  • › DISCOVERING NATURE'S BEAUTY SECRETS FROM YOUR OWN DOORSTEP
  • › MOUNTAINS BY MOONLIGHT – THE FINAL CHAPTER
  • March
  • › ALONE IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT NEVER LONELY
  • › THE JOYS OF WANDERING IN AN EMPTY WINTER LANDSCAPE
  • February
  • › THREE CAIRNGORMS DAYS ON THE EDGE OF THE STORM
  • 2019
  • December
  • › HEARTENING TO SEE THAT YOUNGSTERS KNOW THE SCORE WITH NATURE
  • November
  • › A NEW ZEALAND VIEW OF OUR WONDERFUL LANDSCAPE
  • › GOLDEN AUTUMN MORNINGS WITH OLD FRIENDS IN KINTAIL
  • September
  • › FOURTH TIME LUCKY ON A CLASSIC MULL MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT
  • › REACHING DONALDS FINISHING LINE WITH A BIG SUMMIT SWEEP
  • August
  • › A SPECIAL MOUNTAIN 'COMPLEATION' ON SLIOCH WITH HUGH MUNRO THE FIRST
  • › DODGING THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (AND BRITT EKLAND) IN GALLOWAY
  • July
  • › A GREY DAY OF THE UNEXPECTED ON THE HART FELL CIRCUIT
  • › AN 11-HOUR HEATWAVE DAY FOR TWO HILLS IN THE HEART OF KNOYDART
  • › GRAND TOUR OF THE ISLES: FOUR HILL DAYS IN THE HEBRIDES
  • June
  • › ISLAY AND JURA: MOUNTAINS, BEACHES, BOTHIES AND ADDERS
  • May
  • › BIG MOUNTAIN FINISH HAS TO BE ABOUT QUALITY NOT JUST TICKS
  • April
  • › BOGS AND HIGH PASSES: TWO DAYS OF MOUNTAIN SOLITUDE
  • › SAVING THE BEST UNTIL LAST ON COWAL'S ROUGH SLOPES
  • › A DAY FULL OF SURPRISES ON A PAIR OF LONELY HILLS
  • › TWO DAYS, THREE HILLS, 73KM – LONG TREKS IN THE EMPTY NORTH
  • March
  • › READ IT AND WEEP: WE ARE LOSING THE BATTLE FOR OUR WILD LAND
  • 2018
  • November
  • › SHORTER DAYS AND THE DANGER OF DARK MOUNTAIN DESCENTS
  • October
  • › AUTUMN SHADES, SHIFTING MISTS AND ROARING STAGS LIGHT UP ARDGOUR CIRCUIT
  • › RAW BEAUTY OR BARREN LANDSCAPE? THE CASE FOR MORE TREES
  • › SEARCHING FOR THE HARVEST MOON ON THE MOUNTAIN OF MIST
  • September
  • › HOW TWO SMALL HILLS IN COWAL PROVED TOUGHER THAN SEVEN MUNROS
  • August
  • › POIGNANT REMINDERS OF SHATTERED LIVES IN OUR WETTEST GLEN
  • › TWO WET DAYS OVER TEN MUNROS ON THE RIDGES OF GLEN SHIEL
  • › POWER BATTLE TO SAVE GLEN ETIVE FROM INDUSTRIAL VANDALISM
  • › AN ITALIAN SOJOURN: WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GODS
  • July
  • › TO THE MOON AND BACK: A GRAND SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN TOUR
  • › THE BIG (T)ISSUE: BANANA SKINS, ORANGE PEEL, FAG BUTTS AND WET WIPES
  • June
  • › GRAND CIRCUIT IN GALLOWAY HILLS WAS A WELCOME CHANGE OF SCENERY
  • May
  • › CHASING THE FLOWER MOON ON BEN LAWERS WITH BBC LANDWARD TEAM
  • April
  • › MORVEN AND SCARABEN: GOING WITH THE FLOW IN THE FAR NORTH
  • March
  • › SNOW BEAST STOPPED THIS EARLY BIRD GETTING THE WORM (MOON)
  • 2017
  • December
  • › LEARNING SOME HARSH LESSONS ON THE SMALLER HILLS
  • November
  • › LET'S ALL TRY TO HOLD THE LINE AND GIVE BEN WYVIS A CHANCE
  • › ROARING STAGS, DARTING HARES AND THE LAST DAYS OF AUTUMN
  • October
  • › FINDING NEW DELIGHTS TO COMBAT AN ENFORCED LAY-OFF
  • › BUTTERFLIES QUEST PROVIDED AS BIG A THRILL AS THE MOUNTAINS
  • August
  • › FOUR SOGGY DAYS IN THE WET HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND
  • July
  • › SOGGY BOTTOMS AND SOGGY FEET IN THE DEEP SOUTH
  • › THREE TOUGH LITTLE GUYS THAT PROVIDE BIG, BIG VIEWS
  • April
  • › SEARCH FOR BLUE SKIES LED ME TO A MINIATURE MOUNTAIN GEM
  • March
  • › HUGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE TAKING A TERRIBLE TOLL ON OUR GLENS
  • January
  • › BLOWING AWAY THE COBWEBS IN FROZEN BEAUTY OF GLEN DOLL
  • › ROLLING HILLS AND PARALLEL LINES - A MISTY DAY IN GLEN ROY
  • 2016
  • November
  • › WORN-OUT WALKER WAS SIMPLY A VICTIM OF CRANNACH WOOD SYNDROME
  • October
  • › START KIDS OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT AND THEY WILL GROW TO LOVE HILL DAYS
  • › GELDIE MUNROS PROVIDE A LONG DAY OF SOLITARY REFINEMENT
  • August
  • › LITTER PROBLEM IS SMALL BEER COMPARED TO WIND FARM VANDALISM
  • June
  • › BOTHY DISPLAY PROVIDES A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST
  • › GRUINARD TO POOLEWE: FISHERFIELD TRAVERSE WITH A TWIST
  • › CATCHING THE SUNRISE IN ARRAN: GOATFELL NIGHT WALKS
  • May
  • › MICHAEL'S WAY: IONA AND A LONG WALK ACROSS MULL
  • March
  • › ALL QUIET ON THE FESTERIN' FRONT: GLEN LYON REVISITED
  • January
  • › SCOTLAND'S BEAUTY SHINES THROUGH EVEN IN A DAY WITHOUT COLOUR
  • 2015
  • December
  • › FOGGY GLEN PROSEN WALK SERVED UP DEVASTATION AND DELIGHTS
  • November
  • › RUINS THAT TELL A SAD TALE IN EMPTINESS OF GLEN EY
  • › BIDEAN NAM BIAN IS A MOUNTAIN THAT STAYS IN THE MEMORY FOREVER
  • › SHADES OF AUTUMN ON A LONG CAIRNGORMS TRAVERSE
  • September
  • › I WAS HAPPY TO HELP TV CREW PUT KNOYDART ON THE EURO MAP
  • August
  • › THERE'S NOWHERE ON EARTH CAN TRUMP OUR MAGNIFICENT HILLS
  • February
  • › UNSUNG CARN a' MHAIM IS MORE THAN A MATCH FOR CAIRNGORMS GIANTS
  • 2014
  • December
  • › THE TIMELESS ALLURE OF SCOTLAND'S GRANDEST CORRIE
  • › WHY VENTURING INTO THE WOODS CAN BE A VERY BAD MOVE
  • November
  • › A DAY OF AUTUMN CALM ON MIGHTY MEAGAIDH
  • July
  • › NEW GOLD RUSH THAT'S THREATENING TO SCAR OUR LAND
  • March
  • › MIGHTY SLIOCH PROVIDES DRAMA AND MAGIC IN EQUAL MEASURE
  • January
  • › CHILLING OUT IN THE ICY BEAUTY OF THE TROSSACHS
  • 2013
  • December
  • › LOST AT LOCHNAGAR – A TIMELY REMINDER OF HOW THINGS CAN GO WRONG
  • Latest Posts
    • WE MUST MAKE SURE OUR ACCESS RIGHTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SLIP AWAYPublished 18th March 2023, 11:00
    • THESE HIGH AND MIGHTY PEAKS REIGN SUPREME OVER THEIR NEIGHBOURSPublished 11th March 2023, 11:53
    • REFLECTIONS ON A DAY OF SORROW ABOVE GLEN COEPublished 9th March 2023, 19:20
    • WHY 2022 WAS IN LEAGUE OF ITS OWN FOR CHAOS AND CONFUSIONPublished 1st January 2023, 21:10
    • GOING NOWHERE FAST IN THE SNOWY DEPTHS OF GLEN DOLLPublished 1st January 2023, 20:58
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