Posts in category "Lochs"
- 2023
- September
- › CARAMEL WAFERS AND PAINKILLERS – THE STATS BEHIND ANNE'S CLEAN SWEEP
- › IT'S TIME WE ALL STEPPED UP TO SAVE OUR MOUNTAIN PATHS
- August
- › SEARCHING FOR A SUMMIT SUNSET IN MOUNTAINS OF ARDGOUR
- July
- › A SPECIAL MUNRO TOPS 'COMPLEATION' 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING
- › TIP-TOEING AROUND THE EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS
- › CHECKING IN WITH THE SPIRITS AT THE EERIE RUIN OF LUIBEILT LODGE
- › LESSONS FROM A LONG DAY OF STRUGGLE IN STIFLING HEAT
- May
- › A SKYEWALKER MOMENT FOR FOURTH ROUND FINISH ON SGURR DUBH MOR
- › SUNSET FROM THE ROOF OF SKYE: AN EVENING ASCENT OF SGURR ALASDAIR
- April
- › DIFFERENT DAYS, DIFFERENT WAYS, A FRESH APPROACH TO CORBETTS REPEAT
- › THRILL AND BEAUTY OF A DEEP SNOW REPRISE ON THE GLEN LYON HORSESHOE
- › KING KONG MERRILY ON HIGH: A MIXED BAG OF MUNRO COMPLEATIONS
- March
- › WE MUST MAKE SURE OUR ACCESS RIGHTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SLIP AWAY
- › THESE HIGH AND MIGHTY PEAKS REIGN SUPREME OVER THEIR NEIGHBOURS
- › REFLECTIONS ON A DAY OF SORROW ABOVE GLEN COE
- January
- › WHY 2022 WAS IN LEAGUE OF ITS OWN FOR CHAOS AND CONFUSION
- 2022
- October
- › GRIPPING YARNS FROM THE STEEP SLOPES OF THE CORBETTS
- › CORBETTS COMPLEATION ON BEINN DAMH WITH OLIVER'S ARMY
- August
- › THE INDISPUTABLE HEALING POWER OF THE MOUNTAINS
- › TWO MOUNTAIN DAYS SPENT FAR FROM THE BAGGING CROWD
- July
- › STAYING COOL IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE OF THE BUACHAILLE
- › LONG DAY CIRCUIT TO THE SHORES OF ENIGMATIC LOCH LOCH
- › STUC IN THE MIDDLE OF A CYCLE OF HIGH WINDS
- 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
- April
- › THE WRITES AND WRONGS OF NEWSPAPER MOUNTAIN REPORTING
- March
- › PICKING A WAY THROUGH THE DEVASTATED FORESTRY OF GLEN DOLL
- February
- › SIGNS THAT POINTED TO SAFE WAY HOME FROM FISHERFIELD HILL DAY
- January
- › TROSSACHS WINTER TRAVERSE WITH WINTER POSTED MISSING
- › AN UNSETTLING ENCOUNTER DURING NIGHT IN REMOTE BOTHY
- › SUNBATHING IN DECEMBER ABOVE THE AONACH EAGACH
- › MOOD TRIGGERS THAT CAN MAKE OR BREAK A MOUNTAIN DAY
- 2021
- October
- › MONSTERS AND SPECTRES: A TRAVERSE OF BEINN a' BHEITHIR
- September
- › THE NECESSITY OF LIATHACH: FINDING THE LIGHT IN TORRIDON
- › ROUTE CHOICE PROVED RIGHT FOR CIRCUIT OF FIVE FANNAICHS
- August
- › HEATWAVE HILLS – AND WATERPROOFS – IN ARKAIG AND KINTAIL
- › WHY CLOUDY DAYS ON MOUNTAINS ARE HARD TO BEAT FOR DRAMA
- › IT WAS HEARTENING TO SEE THE HEALING OF BEAUTIFUL GLEN AFFRIC
- › WHY SGURR MOR IS ONE OF LAST PIECES IN MUNROS JIGSAW
- July
- › SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN IMAGES THAT SELL THEMSELVES
- › MIND YOUR LANGUAGE: THE VEXING QUESTION OF SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN NAMES
- June
- › BEAUTIFUL BEINN ALLIGIN AND THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA
- › FINDING NIRVANA ON THE SUMMIT OF A FAVOURITE MOUNTAIN
- May
- › PERFECT TIMING ABOVE A CLOUD SEA IN THE FANNAICHS
- › SPECTACULAR TRANSFORMATION OF A MISTY DAY IN TORRIDON
- April
- › GETTING THE MOUNTAIN LEGS GOING AGAIN WITH SOME LOCAL JEWELS
- › BEATING THE POLLAIDH WOBBLES TO REACH A TROUBLESOME SUMMIT
- › LOCHS AND MOUNTAINS: MUNROS WITH A DIRECT SHORELINE ASCENT
- March
- › FIONN BHEINN: IN PRAISE OF AN UNSUNG MUNRO
- February
- › TURNING WINTER TRAVERSE ON ITS HEAD SAVED THE DAY
- January
- › MOUNTAIN DREAMSCAPES AND A CRAVING FOR CORBETTS
- › WHY SEVEN MUNROS OF SOUTH SHIEL RIDGE ARE BETTER BY HALF
- › GUEST BLOG: MUNRO MUSINGS OF NEW 'COMPLEATIST' ILONA
- › 2020: AN EXTRAORDINARY AND TRYING YEAR IN FOUR PARTS
- 2020
- December
- › THE BEAUTY AND DANGERS OF A CLASSIC WINTER TRAVERSE
- November
- › PARADISE LOST? A MISSED OPPORTUNITY OVER NATURE EMERGENCY
- September
- › MAOILE LUNNDAIDH AND THE LONG SAGA OF THE SWITCHING SUMMITS
- › MULLARDOCH MUNROS AND THE CONTINUING QUEST FOR SOLITUDE
- › NO SUMMITS REQUIRED FOR CLASSIC CIRCUIT INTO HEART OF THE CAIRNGORMS
- › CONTRARY DAYS AND SHIFTING MISTS ON GLEN SHIEL RIDGES
- › POIGNANT MEMORIAL THAT TELLS TRAGIC TALE OF BOY LOST IN THE HILLS
- › FLAT FINISH TO A GLORIOUS MOUNTAIN DAY IN THE ALDERS
- July
- › AN UNSETTLING ENCOUNTER ON THE SUMMIT OF BEN VORLICH
- › TWO SUNDAYS, TWO NIGHT MUNROS TO CATCH A SUNRISE
- › BATTLING HIGH ANXIETY ON SCOTLAND'S AIRY MOUNTAIN RIDGES
- June
- › MIDGES, CLEGS AND ZEBRAS – THE BITEBACK STARTS HERE
- › MULTI-MUNRO RIDGES ARE GETTING FURTHER AWAY BY THE DAY
- May
- › BROKEN PROMISES IN GLEN ETIVE AND A SHOCKING RISE IN WILDLIFE CRIME
- › MOUNTAINS BY MOONLIGHT – THE FINAL CHAPTER
- April
- › JOCK'S ROAD: A HAUNTING TRAVERSE FROM GLEN DOLL TO BRAEMAR
- March
- › THE JOYS OF WANDERING IN AN EMPTY WINTER LANDSCAPE
- February
- › THREE CAIRNGORMS DAYS ON THE EDGE OF THE STORM
- January
- › LOWERING HILL EXPECTATIONS IS A GOOD PLAN FOR WINTER MONTHS
- 2019
- December
- › GRAHAMS, CORBETTS, MUNROS – THREE COMPLEATIONS ON ONE WALK
- › UNDER A CELTIC MOON: MUNRO VARIATIONS FOR NIGHT ASCENTS
- November
- › WINTER MOUNTAIN WEARINESS AND THE DJOKOVIC FACTOR
- October
- › THE IMPORTANCE OF MOUNTAINS FOR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING
- 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
- › MINES, MYTHS AND MURDER, HISTORY LESSONS ON THE RHINNS OF KELLS
- › GO FURTH AND MULTIPLY – A WEEK ON IRELAND'S 3,000-FT SUMMITS
- › DODGING THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (AND BRITT EKLAND) IN GALLOWAY
- July
- › 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
- › REMEMBERING THE BATTLE OF GLEN SHIEL 300 YEARS ON
- May
- › BIG MOUNTAIN FINISH HAS TO BE ABOUT QUALITY NOT JUST TICKS
- › SNOW AND SUNSHINE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO GLENSHEE MUNROS
- › THE CONTRARY NATURE OF A SPRING CIRCUIT IN THE CAIRNGORMS
- › CELEBRATING THE MOUNTAIN LEGACY OF SIR HUGH MUNRO
- April
- › PERFECT TIMING ON A NIGHT TRAVERSE OF BYNACK MORE
- › 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
- › WALKING THE LINE ON OUTDOOR PRODUCT PLACEMENT
- January
- › TEN MUNRO ROUNDS BUT HAZEL SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN
- › DON'T LET SNEAK THIEVES RUIN YOUR DAY IN THE HILLS
- › LOOKING BACK ON A GREAT HILL YEAR – HERE'S TO THE NEXT ONE
- 2018
- December
- › JOURNEY'S END: BEN HOPE UNDER THE COLD MOON
- › LOST AND FOUND: A WINTER STROLL ABOVE LOCH MUICK
- › DARK NIGHT IN THE SHADOW OF CRUACHAN DAM FOR THE BEAVER MOON
- November
- › SHORTER DAYS AND THE DANGER OF DARK MOUNTAIN DESCENTS
- › ALL ROADS LEAD NORTH-WEST WHEN YOU HEAR MAGIC WORD
- › ARE YOU CLUED UP ON STRATHFARRAR GATE WINTER ACCESS?
- › DARK LOCHNAGAR AND A WILD NIGHT FOR THE HUNTER'S MOON
- October
- › AUTUMN SHADES, SHIFTING MISTS AND ROARING STAGS LIGHT UP ARDGOUR CIRCUIT
- › RAW BEAUTY OR BARREN LANDSCAPE? THE CASE FOR MORE TREES
- › RAGING RIVERS AND FLYING DOGS ON A WILD DAY AT BEN NEVIS
- › RAIN, WIND, SUN AND SNOW, A CLASSIC DAY OUT IN THE SKYE CUILLIN
- › SEARCHING FOR THE HARVEST MOON ON THE MOUNTAIN OF MIST
- September
- › HOW TWO SMALL HILLS IN COWAL PROVED TOUGHER THAN SEVEN MUNROS
- August
- › ACROSS LOCH ETIVE BY CANOE FOR FULL MOON WALK ON BEN STARAV
- › NEVER MIND THE SUMMITS, THIS WAS MY MOST SATISFYING MOUNTAIN DAY EVER
- › POIGNANT REMINDERS OF SHATTERED LIVES IN OUR WETTEST GLEN
- › TWO WET DAYS OVER TEN MUNROS ON THE RIDGES OF GLEN SHIEL
- › HOW I DOUBLED MY CHANCES OF A PERFECT BUCK MOON WALK
- July
- › SUNSET TO SUNRISE IN GLEN AFFRIC FOR THE STRAWBERRY MOON
- › 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
- › TEN DAYS OF MOUNTAIN DIVERSITY IN THE NORTH-WEST HIGHLANDS
- › PINK MOON AND TEQUILA SUNRISE ON BEINN EIGHE
- April
- › BLA BHEINN AND A MOONLIT NIGHT OF SHEER INTIMIDATION
- › CORRAN CIRCUIT PROVED ONCE AGAIN THAT SIZE ISN'T EVERYTHING
- › WINTER CAN BE TOUGH GOING BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU ARE STRUGGLING
- March
- › AN EPIC DAY OUT ON A WINTER TRAVERSE OF CREAG MEAGAIDH
- › LEARN TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED IN OUR WINTER MOUNTAINS
- › SNOW BEAST STOPPED THIS EARLY BIRD GETTING THE WORM (MOON)
- February
- › CRAMPONS, SPIKES AND SNOW SHOES, THE OPTIONS FOR WINTER CONDITIONS
- › THERE'S NO NEED TO BE CLIMBING THE WALLS IF YOU ARE STUCK INDOORS
- January
- › THE LURE – AND THE FRUSTRATIONS – OF WINTER MOUNTAIN DAYS
- › CHASING THE FIRST FULL MOON OF THE YEAR IN TORRIDON
- 2017
- December
- › THE TRASHING OF GLEN AFTON IS A DISGRACE ON EVERY LEVEL
- November
- › MAKE SURE TO LEAVE EXTRA TIME FOR WINTER MOUNTAIN WALKS
- › THOUGHTS ON A WINTER DAY CIRCUIT IN HEART OF CAIRNGORMS
- › ROARING STAGS, DARTING HARES AND THE LAST DAYS OF AUTUMN
- October
- › FINDING NEW DELIGHTS TO COMBAT AN ENFORCED LAY-OFF
- › HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE ONE OF MY LEAST FAVOURITE MUNROS
- September
- › FINDING A SENSE OF PLACE BETWEEN MOUNTAIN AND SEA
- August
- › CURSE OF THE MUNROS – AND HOW A BIG FINISH SETS YOU FREE
- › ARKAIG TRAVERSE BROUGHT HOME REALITY OF THOSE NIGHT ADVENTURES
- › MOUNTAINS, SEASCAPES AND WILDFIRES: A CLASSIC DAY ON BEN MOR COIGACH
- › FOUR SOGGY DAYS IN THE WET HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND
- July
- › SOGGY BOTTOMS AND SOGGY FEET IN THE DEEP SOUTH
- June
- › BREAKFAST AT SUNRISE IN THE HEART OF THE CAIRNGORMS
- › TRAINS, CHAMPAGNE AND LIGHTNING STORMS – A DAY OF THREE COMPLEATIONS
- April
- › BEINN BHUIDHE COMPLETED MY PERFECT VIEW FROM EVERY MUNRO
- › WHEN SPRING TURNED BACK TO WINTER ON A ROUND OF THE LOCHNAGAR MUNROS
- March
- › HUGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE TAKING A TERRIBLE TOLL ON OUR GLENS
- › BLUE SKIES, DEEP SOFT SNOW - AND A FEW SURPRISES
- › A MOODY HALF-DAY OUT IN GLEN COE PROVED PERFECT PICK-ME-UP
- February
- › ON A SCALE OF ZERO TO 12, HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR WIND SPEEDS?
- › WHY SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL PARKS DREAM HAS SOURED
- January
- › BLOWING AWAY THE COBWEBS IN FROZEN BEAUTY OF GLEN DOLL
- › THERE'S SAFETY IN NUMBERS - BUT THREE CAN BE THE EXCEPTION
- 2016
- December
- › SUNRISES, SUNSETS AND SNOWSCENES IN A YEAR OF MIXED EMOTIONS
- › TWO DECEMBER DAYS IN TORRIDON AND A MOUNTAIN REVELATION
- › LONG, LONELY TRAMP ALONG A GLENSHEE RIDGE WITH SO MUCH TO OFFER
- November
- › WORN-OUT WALKER WAS SIMPLY A VICTIM OF CRANNACH WOOD SYNDROME
- › FIRST TASTE OF WINTER IN THE HILLS IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL MOMENT
- › LESSONS I'VE LEARNED FOR TACKLING ALL TEN MAMORES MUNROS IN A DAY
- October
- › HELTER-SKELTER APPROACH TO A REMOTE AND BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN
- › START KIDS OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT AND THEY WILL GROW TO LOVE HILL DAYS
- › WHAT LIES BENEATH CAN BE MORE SATISFYING THAN THE PEAKS
- September
- › HERE'S A MOUNTAIN LINE-UP TO MAKE YOUR KNEES TREMBLE
- › BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU ON THE BONNIE BANKS
- August
- › HOW ONE BAD DAY OUT OF FIVE PROVED TO BE THE MOST SATISFYING
- › AGE AND EXPERIENCE HAVE TAUGHT ME TO SUPERSIZE MY MUNRO DAYS
- › LITTER PROBLEM IS SMALL BEER COMPARED TO WIND FARM VANDALISM
- › SUNSET AND SUNRISE ON A TRAVERSE OF THE FISHERFIELD MUNROS
- July
- › PATIENCE PAYS OFF AS OUR FINEST MOUNTAIN IS REVEALED IN ALL ITS GLORY
- June
- › BEINN GHOBHLACH IS A LITTLE GEM THAT PROVIDES BIG VIEWS
- › GRUINARD TO POOLEWE: FISHERFIELD TRAVERSE WITH A TWIST
- › HOPELESSLY LOST ON SEANA BHRAIGH – A LESSON IN NAVIGATION
- May
- › MICHAEL'S WAY: IONA AND A LONG WALK ACROSS MULL
- › PALM TREES AND SNOWFALL – SEVEN DAYS IN THE NORTH-WEST HIGHLANDS
- › WINTER SPRINGS A LATE AMBUSH ON CREAG MEAGAIDH TRAVERSE
- March
- › SUNSCREEN, FULL WINTER GEAR AND THE WRONG TROUSERS
- › THE DANGERS OF FOLLOWING IN SOMEONE'S FOOTSTEPS
- January
- › SCOTLAND'S BEAUTY SHINES THROUGH EVEN IN A DAY WITHOUT COLOUR
- › DON'T FORGET YOUR HEADTORCH – IT COULD BE A WINTER LIFESAVER
- 2015
- November
- › SHADES OF AUTUMN ON A LONG CAIRNGORMS TRAVERSE
- October
- › MY THIRD MUNRO FINISH HAD A DISTINCT FEELING OF DEJA VU
- › SUNRISES, MEASLES AND FESTIVAL FEVER: A HARRIS ADVENTURE
- September
- › AND THEN THERE WAS ONE ... NEARING THE MUNRO FINISH LINE IN SKYE
- › BRIDGING A 12-YEAR GAP ON ONE OF GLEN COE'S FINEST
- › I WAS HAPPY TO HELP TV CREW PUT KNOYDART ON THE EURO MAP
- › TWO LITTLE WORDS THAT WRECKED MY PLANS FOR CAIRNGORMS BIG NIGHT OUT
- August
- › GLAS TULAICHEAN IS A MOUNTAIN FULL OF SURPRISES
- › SUNRISE ON BRAERIACH: A CAIRNGORMS NIGHT TRAVERSE
- July
- › ONE-WAY TICKET TO A GREAT DAY'S WALK IN GLEN ETIVE
- June
- › DON'T LET OUR ACCESS RIGHTS BE CHIPPED AWAY PIECE BY PIECE
- › POIGNANT BEAUTY OF AMERICAN AIR CREW'S FINAL RESTING PLACE
- May
- › DAY TRIP TO CLIMB KNOYDART PEAK WAS LIKE STEPPING BACK IN TIME
- › HOODWINKED ON LOCHNAGAR: A MUNRO CIRCUIT OF LOCH MUICK
- April
- › SO SAD TO SEE BULLDOZERS ON HISTORIC ROAD TO THE ISLES
- March
- › LOCH LOMOND HILL THAT TOOK 23 YEARS TO CLIMB
- › BOTHY GHOSTS, GIANT MICE AND JOHN FORD
- › MOUNTAIN MISSION BROUGHT ME BACK FROM TALKING TO WALKING
- 2014
- December
- › THE TIMELESS ALLURE OF SCOTLAND'S GRANDEST CORRIE
- › I NEVER SEEM TO CATCH A VIEW OF THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
- November
- › PASS TO GLENELG OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD
- › A DAY OF AUTUMN CALM ON MIGHTY MEAGAIDH
- October
- › TWO PERFECT DAYS HANGING AROUND WITH SKYE'S FINEST
- › CHAMPAGNE, BEACHES AND BOULDERS IN HEART OF THE CAIRNGORMS
- › WINNING MIND GAMES IS KEY TO CONQUERING THE BLACK CUILLIN
- September
- › SENSES WORKING OVERTIME FOR A LONG, LONELY MOUNTAIN TREK
- August
- › A LONG, HOT DAY OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF FISHERFIELD
- July
- › SCOTLAND HAS PLENTY IN THE BAG FOR MOUNTAIN DAYS
- June
- › WHY BRAERIACH EXPEDITION LEFT ME FEELING A BIT FLAT
- › STRIKING A DEAL AT THE GATEWAY TO A GREAT DAY
- › PLENTY OF OPTIONS BUT NO SHORT CUTS TO FISHERFIELD PEAKS
- › BEINN DEARG'S GREAT WALL IS SAD REMINDER OF OUR PAST
- May
- › AN OASIS OF CAM ON THE LOCH LOCHY MUNROS
- › BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – THE TWO FACES OF GULVAIN
- › BETWEEN TRAINS – A LONELY WALK AROUND LOCH TREIG
- April
- › CORRYHULLY MUNROS PROVED TO BE A LUCKY HORSESHOE
- › SUNSHINE ON SKYE AND A TRIP TO SEE THE OLD MAN
- March
- › CULRA BOTHY WILL BE A SAD LOSS TO ALDER EXPEDITIONS
- › MIGHTY SLIOCH PROVIDES DRAMA AND MAGIC IN EQUAL MEASURE
- February
- › FABULOUS FEBRUARY GAVE ME A SPELL OF REAL MOUNTAIN HIGHS
- › GOLDEN EAGLES ARE ALWAYS A SIGHT FOR SOAR EYES
- January
- › CHILLING OUT IN THE ICY BEAUTY OF THE TROSSACHS
- 2013
- November
- › BEINN ALLIGIN: A MIST OPPORTUNITY ON THE JEWELLED MOUNTAIN
- › HAVE A PLAN B TO AVOID HAZARD OF RAGING RIVERS
- October
- › ASSYNT GREY TOPS ARE BLESSED WITH AN AGELESS BEAUTY
- › MY SURREAL NIGHT ON THE HILLS AS A FILM STAR
- › MIGHTY AN TEALLACH ALWAYS LEAVES YOU AWESTRUCK
- › IT'S ALWAYS A TOUGH DAY OUT ON THE MULLARDOCHS
- › TRAINSPOTTING STATION HAS BECOME A REAL STAR FOR WALKERS
- › BETTER TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE HEADING TO THE MOUNTAINS
- › HOW TO CATCH THE CAIRNGORMS IN A GOOD LIGHT
- › THE OLD HEIGHT IS A WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN FROM ANY SIDE