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  • 2019
  • December
  • › HEARTENING TO SEE THAT YOUNGSTERS KNOW THE SCORE WITH NATURE
  • November
  • › GOLDEN AUTUMN MORNINGS WITH OLD FRIENDS IN KINTAIL
  • › EMPTY HILLS AND EMPTY CAR PARKS: A SUNDAY IN THE ARROCHAR ALPS
  • August
  • › DODGING THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (AND BRITT EKLAND) IN GALLOWAY
  • July
  • › A GREY DAY OF THE UNEXPECTED ON THE HART FELL CIRCUIT
  • › GRAND TOUR OF THE ISLES: FOUR HILL DAYS IN THE HEBRIDES
  • June
  • › ISLAY AND JURA: MOUNTAINS, BEACHES, BOTHIES AND ADDERS
  • May
  • › SNOW AND SUNSHINE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO GLENSHEE MUNROS
  • April
  • › SAVING THE BEST UNTIL LAST ON COWAL'S ROUGH SLOPES
  • › FROM WINTER TO SPRING IN ONE DAY ON BEN CHONZIE
  • March
  • › READ IT AND WEEP: WE ARE LOSING THE BATTLE FOR OUR WILD LAND
  • 2018
  • December
  • › 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
  • › SEARCHING FOR THE HARVEST MOON ON THE MOUNTAIN OF MIST
  • August
  • › NEVER MIND THE SUMMITS, THIS WAS MY MOST SATISFYING MOUNTAIN DAY EVER
  • › HOW I DOUBLED MY CHANCES OF A PERFECT BUCK MOON WALK
  • › POWER BATTLE TO SAVE GLEN ETIVE FROM INDUSTRIAL VANDALISM
  • › AN ITALIAN SOJOURN: WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GODS
  • July
  • › SUNSET TO SUNRISE IN GLEN AFFRIC FOR THE STRAWBERRY MOON
  • › TO THE MOON AND BACK: A GRAND SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN TOUR
  • 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
  • › MORVEN AND SCARABEN: GOING WITH THE FLOW IN THE FAR NORTH
  • March
  • › LEARN TO EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED IN OUR WINTER MOUNTAINS
  • › SNOW BEAST STOPPED THIS EARLY BIRD GETTING THE WORM (MOON)
  • 2017
  • November
  • › 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
  • › BUTTERFLIES QUEST PROVIDED AS BIG A THRILL AS THE MOUNTAINS
  • August
  • › MOUNTAINS, SEASCAPES AND WILDFIRES: A CLASSIC DAY ON BEN MOR COIGACH
  • July
  • › SOGGY BOTTOMS AND SOGGY FEET IN THE DEEP SOUTH
  • June
  • › BREAKFAST AT SUNRISE IN THE HEART OF THE CAIRNGORMS
  • › WE NEARLY TURNED OUR BACKS ON TWO GREAT MOUNTAIN DAYS
  • May
  • › HOW WE BECAME VICTIMS OF A HEINOUS CRIME ON SUILVEN
  • April
  • › SEARCH FOR BLUE SKIES LED ME TO A MINIATURE MOUNTAIN GEM
  • February
  • › WHEN LIFE GETS IN THE WAY STICK TO THE SIMPLE PLEASURES
  • January
  • › ROLLING HILLS AND PARALLEL LINES - A MISTY DAY IN GLEN ROY
  • 2016
  • December
  • › SUNRISES, SUNSETS AND SNOWSCENES IN A YEAR OF MIXED EMOTIONS
  • 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
  • September
  • › BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU ON THE BONNIE BANKS
  • June
  • › BOTHY DISPLAY PROVIDES A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST
  • › 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
  • February
  • › DIFFERENT APPROACH CAN BRING NEW LIFE TO OLD FAVOURITES
  • January
  • › SCOTLAND'S BEAUTY SHINES THROUGH EVEN IN A DAY WITHOUT COLOUR
  • 2015
  • December
  • › FOGGY GLEN PROSEN WALK SERVED UP DEVASTATION AND DELIGHTS
  • › A FEW WORDS OF CAUTION ON SCOTS MOUNTAIN HUTS PROPOSAL
  • November
  • › RUINS THAT TELL A SAD TALE IN EMPTINESS OF GLEN EY
  • › SHADES OF AUTUMN ON A LONG CAIRNGORMS TRAVERSE
  • October
  • › MY THIRD MUNRO FINISH HAD A DISTINCT FEELING OF DEJA VU
  • September
  • › I WAS HAPPY TO HELP TV CREW PUT KNOYDART ON THE EURO MAP
  • August
  • › SUNRISE ON BRAERIACH: A CAIRNGORMS NIGHT TRAVERSE
  • April
  • › HARE SEA RESCUE PUT AN END TO MY STRUGGLE IN THE SNOW
  • February
  • › TRIP TO SEE TWO OLD FRIENDS WAS PERFECT TONIC FOR THE BLUES
  • › UNSUNG CARN a' MHAIM IS MORE THAN A MATCH FOR CAIRNGORMS GIANTS
  • 2014
  • December
  • › 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
  • September
  • › SENSES WORKING OVERTIME FOR A LONG, LONELY MOUNTAIN TREK
  • › LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE ON THE ORCHY FLOOD PLAINS
  • June
  • › WHY BRAERIACH EXPEDITION LEFT ME FEELING A BIT FLAT
  • › STRIKING A DEAL AT THE GATEWAY TO A GREAT DAY
  • April
  • › CORRYHULLY MUNROS PROVED TO BE A LUCKY HORSESHOE
  • › TIMING IS EVERYTHING IF YOU WANT TO CONQUER RUM CUILLIN
  • February
  • › GOLDEN EAGLES ARE ALWAYS A SIGHT FOR SOAR EYES
  • 2013
  • November
  • › BRILLIANT WHITE DAY OUT IN THE SHADOW OF CRUACHAN
  • › MOUNT KEEN WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR A LAZY DAY
  • › WOLVES AND BEARS RETURN COMES AT TOO HIGH A PRICE
  • › GOOD MANNERS ARE KEY TO HARMONY DURING THE DEER STALKING SEASON
  • › BEINN a'GHLO GAVE US A FIREWORKS DISPLAY TO REMEMBER
  • October
  • › TRIAL AND ERROR IN BATTLE TO WARD OFF THE DREADED MIDGE
  • › ONE MOUNTAIN WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH IN HEATWAVE
  • › IT'S ALWAYS A TOUGH DAY OUT ON THE MULLARDOCHS
  • › THE OLD HEIGHT IS A WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN FROM ANY SIDE
  • Latest Posts
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    • UNDER A CELTIC MOON: MUNRO VARIATIONS FOR NIGHT ASCENTSPublished 13th December 2019, 20:49
    • HEARTENING TO SEE THAT YOUNGSTERS KNOW THE SCORE WITH NATUREPublished 13th December 2019, 20:43
    • MOONS, MOUNTAINS AND A STELLAR LINE-UP IN DUNDEEPublished 13th December 2019, 20:35
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