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  • 2023
  • March
  • › THESE HIGH AND MIGHTY PEAKS REIGN SUPREME OVER THEIR NEIGHBOURS
  • January
  • › WHY 2022 WAS IN LEAGUE OF ITS OWN FOR CHAOS AND CONFUSION
  • › GOING NOWHERE FAST IN THE SNOWY DEPTHS OF GLEN DOLL
  • 2022
  • November
  • › FORGETTING EYE PROTECTION WAS BIG MISTAKE IN WINTER SUN
  • October
  • › GRIPPING YARNS FROM THE STEEP SLOPES OF THE CORBETTS
  • August
  • › THE INDISPUTABLE HEALING POWER OF THE MOUNTAINS
  • › TWO MOUNTAIN DAYS SPENT FAR FROM THE BAGGING CROWD
  • July
  • › AN EXORCISE REGIME IN THE MOUNTAINS OF GLEN TILT
  • April
  • › THE WRITES AND WRONGS OF NEWSPAPER MOUNTAIN REPORTING
  • March
  • › PICKING A WAY THROUGH THE DEVASTATED FORESTRY OF GLEN DOLL
  • › DAY OF TOIL IN DEEP, SOFT SNOW ON THE ATHOLL HILLS
  • 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
  • December
  • › MOUNTAIN MAN NICK'S POIGNANT MUNRO MISSION AT THE AGE OF 80
  • › THE WEEKEND WE WERE ABANDONED IN WINTRY GLEN DOLL
  • September
  • › THE NECESSITY OF LIATHACH: FINDING THE LIGHT IN TORRIDON
  • July
  • › SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN IMAGES THAT SELL THEMSELVES
  • › WHY OPERATION BUACHAILLE ETIVE MOR HAD TO BE PUT ON HOLD
  • June
  • › SENSE OF CREEPING DREAD THAT FORCED ME TO QUIT MOUNTAIN WALK
  • › BEAUTIFUL BEINN ALLIGIN AND THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA
  • › FINDING NIRVANA ON THE SUMMIT OF A FAVOURITE MOUNTAIN
  • May
  • › THE JOYS OF MIXED-UP MAY IN THE MOUNTAINS
  • March
  • › FIONN BHEINN: IN PRAISE OF AN UNSUNG MUNRO
  • February
  • › TURNING WINTER TRAVERSE ON ITS HEAD SAVED THE DAY
  • › KINKY BOOTS: AN OUTDOORS ANTIDOTE TO VALENTINE'S DAY
  • › TRAGEDY ON BEN NEVIS: REMEMBERING A FRIEND 20 YEARS ON
  • January
  • › WALKING THE LINE ON MOUNTAIN ROUTES DURING LOCKDOWN
  • › 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
  • › THE BEAUTY AND DANGERS OF A CLASSIC WINTER TRAVERSE
  • › THE DANGER OF MAKING ASSUMPTIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS
  • October
  • › HITCH THAT PUT PAID TO PLANS FOR GREAT FANNAICHS TRAVERSE
  • September
  • › TAKING THE FIRST STEPS ON THE GREAT MOUNTAIN LEARNING CURVE
  • › POIGNANT MEMORIAL THAT TELLS TRAGIC TALE OF BOY LOST IN THE HILLS
  • August
  • › GROUSE, MOUNTAIN HARES AND THE GROWING STERILITY OF ANGUS GLENS
  • July
  • › DROVERS' ROAD PROVIDES QUIET BACKDOOR ROUTE TO GLAS MAOL MUNROS
  • › GET BEHIND THE FIGHT TO SAVE SCOTLAND'S HOSTELS AND BUNKHOUSES
  • June
  • › MULTI-MUNRO RIDGES ARE GETTING FURTHER AWAY BY THE DAY
  • May
  • › MOUNTAINS BY MOONLIGHT – THE FINAL CHAPTER
  • April
  • › JOCK'S ROAD: A HAUNTING TRAVERSE FROM GLEN DOLL TO BRAEMAR
  • March
  • › FACTS AND FIGURES BEHIND THE RISE IN MOUNTAIN RESCUE CALL-OUTS
  • › 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
  • January
  • › TEAMWORK IS KEY IN MOUNTAIN RESCUE – ON AND OFF THE HILL
  • › FACING UP TO THE REALITY OF WINTER WALKING ON SCOTLAND'S MOUNTAINS
  • › LOWERING HILL EXPECTATIONS IS A GOOD PLAN FOR WINTER MONTHS
  • 2019
  • December
  • › UNDER A CELTIC MOON: MUNRO VARIATIONS FOR NIGHT ASCENTS
  • › HEARTENING TO SEE THAT YOUNGSTERS KNOW THE SCORE WITH NATURE
  • › SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU SHIVER: MOUNTAIN FEARS AND PHOBIAS
  • November
  • › WINTER MOUNTAIN WEARINESS AND THE DJOKOVIC FACTOR
  • › A NEW ZEALAND VIEW OF OUR WONDERFUL LANDSCAPE
  • May
  • › SNOW AND SUNSHINE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO GLENSHEE MUNROS
  • › THE CONTRARY NATURE OF A SPRING CIRCUIT IN THE CAIRNGORMS
  • April
  • › FROM WINTER TO SPRING IN ONE DAY ON BEN CHONZIE
  • March
  • › WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES IN THE MOUNTAINS: A FEW THOUGHTS
  • January
  • › TEN MUNRO ROUNDS BUT HAZEL SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN
  • › WINTER MOUNTAINS ARE SUPERB, TROUBLE IS THEY CAN BE HARD TO REACH
  • › 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
  • › A LITTLE KNOWHOW IS VITAL WHEN YOU'RE GEARING UP FOR WINTER
  • › ARE YOU CLUED UP ON STRATHFARRAR GATE WINTER ACCESS?
  • October
  • › RAGING RIVERS AND FLYING DOGS ON A WILD DAY AT BEN NEVIS
  • May
  • › 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
  • › EASTERN FRONT THAT PROMISES A NEW WINTER FLOURISH
  • › THERE'S NO NEED TO BE CLIMBING THE WALLS IF YOU ARE STUCK INDOORS
  • › BLUE MOON, BLUE MOUNTAIN, AND A WALK IN THE WHITE DARKNESS
  • January
  • › THE LURE – AND THE FRUSTRATIONS – OF WINTER MOUNTAIN DAYS
  • › CHASING THE FIRST FULL MOON OF THE YEAR IN TORRIDON
  • 2017
  • November
  • › MAKE SURE TO LEAVE EXTRA TIME FOR WINTER MOUNTAIN WALKS
  • › THOUGHTS ON A WINTER DAY CIRCUIT IN HEART OF CAIRNGORMS
  • › A MUNRO FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR – HAVE YOU DONE A CALENDAR ROUND?
  • › ROARING STAGS, DARTING HARES AND THE LAST DAYS OF AUTUMN
  • August
  • › ARKAIG TRAVERSE BROUGHT HOME REALITY OF THOSE NIGHT ADVENTURES
  • April
  • › WHEN SPRING TURNED BACK TO WINTER ON A ROUND OF THE LOCHNAGAR MUNROS
  • March
  • › BLUE SKIES, DEEP SOFT SNOW - AND A FEW SURPRISES
  • › A MOODY HALF-DAY OUT IN GLEN COE PROVED PERFECT PICK-ME-UP
  • › FROM THE SUMMIT OF EVEREST TO A STUBBORN WALL OF COWS IN UNDER AN HOUR
  • February
  • › WHEN LIFE GETS IN THE WAY STICK TO THE SIMPLE PLEASURES
  • › BE PREPARED – DON'T GET CAUGHT OUT BY A SUDDEN WINTER BLAST
  • January
  • › BLOWING AWAY THE COBWEBS IN FROZEN BEAUTY OF GLEN DOLL
  • › THERE'S SAFETY IN NUMBERS - BUT THREE CAN BE THE EXCEPTION
  • › ROLLING HILLS AND PARALLEL LINES - A MISTY DAY IN GLEN ROY
  • 2016
  • December
  • › SUNRISES, SUNSETS AND SNOWSCENES IN A YEAR OF MIXED EMOTIONS
  • › TWO DECEMBER DAYS IN TORRIDON AND A MOUNTAIN REVELATION
  • › DON'T ALLOW EMOTIONAL BLACKMAIL TO TEMPT YOU INTO WINTER MISTAKE
  • › LONG, LONELY TRAMP ALONG A GLENSHEE RIDGE WITH SO MUCH TO OFFER
  • November
  • › I PICKED THE WRONG DAY AND WRONG MOUNTAIN FOR A WINTER WALK
  • › FIRST TASTE OF WINTER IN THE HILLS IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL MOMENT
  • October
  • › GELDIE MUNROS PROVIDE A LONG DAY OF SOLITARY REFINEMENT
  • August
  • › WHY JULY IS MY LEAST FAVOURITE MONTH ON THE MOUNTAINS
  • June
  • › BOTHY DISPLAY PROVIDES A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST
  • May
  • › 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
  • › FIVE ATTEMPTS, NO MOUNTAINS, LEFT ME FEELING FRUSTRATED
  • › THE DANGERS OF FOLLOWING IN SOMEONE'S FOOTSTEPS
  • February
  • › DIFFERENT APPROACH CAN BRING NEW LIFE TO OLD FAVOURITES
  • January
  • › SCOTLAND'S BEAUTY SHINES THROUGH EVEN IN A DAY WITHOUT COLOUR
  • › EVEN THE EASIEST MOUNTAINS CAN THROW UP DANGER IN WINTER CONDITIONS
  • › THE DAY WE WERE LED TO SAFETY BY MYSTERY FIGURE ON BEN CHALLUM
  • 2015
  • December
  • › FOGGY GLEN PROSEN WALK SERVED UP DEVASTATION AND DELIGHTS
  • September
  • › LITTLE WHITE LIE COULD HELP PREVENT A MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY
  • June
  • › HOPES OF A BIG FINISH BLOWN AWAY BY UNSEASONAL WEATHER
  • May
  • › HOODWINKED ON LOCHNAGAR: A MUNRO CIRCUIT OF LOCH MUICK
  • › MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY CAN BE JUST ONE CARELESS SECOND AWAY
  • April
  • › SO SAD TO SEE BULLDOZERS ON HISTORIC ROAD TO THE ISLES
  • › SIX-DAY SWITCH THAT HIGHLIGHTS DEADLY CHALLENGE ON MOUNTAINS
  • › HARE SEA RESCUE PUT AN END TO MY STRUGGLE IN THE SNOW
  • 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
  • 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
  • › DON'T LEAVE IT TOO LATE TO PUT ON YOUR CRAMPONS
  • January
  • › HAPPY TO KEEP MY FEET ON THE GROUND DURING 100mph BLASTS
  • › DAY OF SHIFTING MOODS ON SNOWY CRUACH ARDRAIN
  • 2014
  • December
  • › MUNROS OR CORBETTS – WHICH MOUNTAIN ROUND IS TOUGHER?
  • April
  • › HOW WINTER WAS SENT PACKING IN A MATTER OF MINUTES
  • › OUR ADVENTURE ON ARRAN CAME TO A STORMY CONCLUSION
  • March
  • › FINGERS CROSSED FOR A TROUBLE-FREE TRAVERSE IN GLEN LYON
  • › WEIGHTY DILEMMA WHEN WALKING IN DEEP SNOW OR HIGH WINDS
  • February
  • › TAKING THE RIGHT STEPS TO AVOID CORNICE DISASTER
  • › FABULOUS FEBRUARY GAVE ME A SPELL OF REAL MOUNTAIN HIGHS
  • January
  • › CHILLING OUT IN THE ICY BEAUTY OF THE TROSSACHS
  • 2013
  • December
  • › ICY NIGHT ON SCHIEHALLION WAS A REAL TELLY ADVENTURE
  • › LOST AT LOCHNAGAR – A TIMELY REMINDER OF HOW THINGS CAN GO WRONG
  • November
  • › BRILLIANT WHITE DAY OUT IN THE SHADOW OF CRUACHAN
  • › MOUNT KEEN WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR A LAZY DAY
  • › MAKE SURE YOU ARE GEARED UP FOR MOUNTAINS IN WINTER
  • October
  • › KEV BLITZES THE MUNROS WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE
  • › FRIEND'S INJURY TURNED OUT TO BE A STROKE OF GOOD LUCK
  • › THE OLD HEIGHT IS A WONDERFUL MOUNTAIN FROM ANY SIDE
  • › WINTER CAN STRIKE BACK AT ANY TIME IN THE HILLS
  • Latest Posts
    • WE MUST MAKE SURE OUR ACCESS RIGHTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SLIP AWAYPublished 18th March 2023, 11:00
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    • 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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