Posts in category "Bothies"
- 2025
- March
- › BOTHY VISITOR LOGS THAT OPEN WINDOW TO OUR MOUNTAIN LIVES
- January
- › TOASTING THE NEW MOUNTAIN YEAR WITH A FINE DROP OF RUM
- 2024
- October
- › EL ALAMEIN: IN SEARCH OF A LONELY CAIRNGORMS REFUGE
- August
- › BEAUTY AND THE BLEAK: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF A BOTHY RECLUSE
- › THREE DAYS IN GLEN AFFRIC WHERE FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTENT
- July
- › FOUR DAYS OF CONTRASTS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF ASSYNT
- June
- › REUNIONS AND FAREWELLS IN THE HEART OF FISHERFIELD MOUNTAINS
- May
- › SEVEN DAYS OF MOUNTAIN VARIETY IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEN
- › CONFRONTING THE IMPOSSIBLE ON WILD DAY IN ARROCHAR ALPS
- March
- › DAVIE'S BOURACH: MOUNTAIN REFUGE THAT WAS BORN OUT OF TRAGEDY
- 2023
- October
- › EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE IN THE LAND OF LIGHT
- September
- › COPING WITH DIFFERING DEGREES OF WETNESS IN THE MOUNTAINS
- August
- › WHY MOUNTAIN BAGGER BERT IS IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN
- › 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
- › HIDDEN CORNERS AND SOARING CRAGS – THE WANDER OF GLEN DOLL
- April
- › KING KONG MERRILY ON HIGH: A MIXED BAG OF MUNRO COMPLEATIONS
- 2022
- February
- › SIGNS THAT POINTED TO SAFE WAY HOME FROM FISHERFIELD HILL DAY
- January
- › AN UNSETTLING ENCOUNTER DURING NIGHT IN REMOTE BOTHY
- 2021
- October
- › PERILOUS CROSSINGS WHEN RIVERS ARE IN SPATE
- September
- › STEVE BARNES: FAREWELL TO A FRIEND AND A TRUE INSPIRATION
- August
- › WHY CLOUDY DAYS ON MOUNTAINS ARE HARD TO BEAT FOR DRAMA
- 2020
- November
- › MEET THE WALKER WHO DOES ALL HER MOUNTAINS CAR-FREE
- September
- › NO SUMMITS REQUIRED FOR CLASSIC CIRCUIT INTO HEART OF THE CAIRNGORMS
- August
- › GROUSE, MOUNTAIN HARES AND THE GROWING STERILITY OF ANGUS GLENS
- July
- › THE ONLY NORMAL IN RETURN TO THE MOUNTAINS IS THE WEATHER
- June
- › THE 89-DAY ITCH AND GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT FOR MOUNTAIN RETURN
- › MULTI-MUNRO RIDGES ARE GETTING FURTHER AWAY BY THE DAY
- May
- › PROCEED WITH CAUTION: THE LONG ROAD OUT OF MOUNTAIN LOCKDOWN
- › LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN FOR THE OUTDOORS COMMUNITY
- March
- › ALONE IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT NEVER LONELY
- › THE JOYS OF WANDERING IN AN EMPTY WINTER LANDSCAPE
- 2019
- November
- › MOUNTAIN SURVIVAL IN THE BAD OLD DAYS OF ALCOHOL AND COTTON
- September
- › REACHING DONALDS FINISHING LINE WITH A BIG SUMMIT SWEEP
- June
- › ISLAY AND JURA: MOUNTAINS, BEACHES, BOTHIES AND ADDERS
- May
- › BIG MOUNTAIN FINISH HAS TO BE ABOUT QUALITY NOT JUST TICKS
- › THE CONTRARY NATURE OF A SPRING CIRCUIT IN THE CAIRNGORMS
- April
- › TWO DAYS, THREE HILLS, 73KM – LONG TREKS IN THE EMPTY NORTH
- January
- › 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
- October
- › AUTUMN SHADES, SHIFTING MISTS AND ROARING STAGS LIGHT UP ARDGOUR CIRCUIT
- August
- › SOMETHING TO CHEW OVER – A NEW LIGHTWEIGHT FOOD CHOICE
- › POWER BATTLE TO SAVE GLEN ETIVE FROM INDUSTRIAL VANDALISM
- July
- › 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
- April
- › DON'T ALLOW NOSTALGIA TO BLIND US TO THE REALITIES OF LIFE
- › BLA BHEINN AND A MOONLIT NIGHT OF SHEER INTIMIDATION
- 2017
- November
- › THOUGHTS ON A WINTER DAY CIRCUIT IN HEART OF CAIRNGORMS
- June
- › WE NEARLY TURNED OUR BACKS ON TWO GREAT MOUNTAIN DAYS
- April
- › SEARCH FOR BLUE SKIES LED ME TO A MINIATURE MOUNTAIN GEM
- January
- › ROLLING HILLS AND PARALLEL LINES - A MISTY DAY IN GLEN ROY
- 2016
- 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
- August
- › SUNSET AND SUNRISE ON A TRAVERSE OF THE FISHERFIELD MUNROS
- June
- › BOTHY DISPLAY PROVIDES A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST
- › GRUINARD TO POOLEWE: FISHERFIELD TRAVERSE WITH A TWIST
- May
- › PALM TREES AND SNOWFALL – SEVEN DAYS IN THE NORTH-WEST HIGHLANDS
- February
- › WE CAN ALL PICK UP OUR GAME WHEN IT COMES TO LITTER PROBLEM
- 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
- › EVERY WALKER AND CLIMBER SHOULD SUPPORT OUR BOTHY TEAMS
- November
- › SHADES OF AUTUMN ON A LONG CAIRNGORMS TRAVERSE
- September
- › 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
- May
- › PHONE PEST TOOK ABSURDITY TO NEW HEIGHTS IN CAIRNGORMS
- April
- › TIME TO SIGN UP AND HELP THESE CHAMPIONS OF OUR WILD PLACES
- › SIX-DAY SWITCH THAT HIGHLIGHTS DEADLY CHALLENGE ON MOUNTAINS
- March
- › BOTHY GHOSTS, GIANT MICE AND JOHN FORD
- › MOUNTAIN MISSION BROUGHT ME BACK FROM TALKING TO WALKING
- February
- › UNSUNG CARN a' MHAIM IS MORE THAN A MATCH FOR CAIRNGORMS GIANTS
- 2014
- November
- › MONSOON WEATHER KEPT WASHING AWAY MY HILL PLANS
- September
- › SENSES WORKING OVERTIME FOR A LONG, LONELY MOUNTAIN TREK
- › I'M FED UP OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY BEING TREATED LIKE A RUBBISH TIP
- August
- › A LONG, HOT DAY OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF FISHERFIELD
- June
- › PLENTY OF OPTIONS BUT NO SHORT CUTS TO FISHERFIELD PEAKS
- April
- › CORRYHULLY MUNROS PROVED TO BE A LUCKY HORSESHOE
- › TIMING IS EVERYTHING IF YOU WANT TO CONQUER RUM CUILLIN
- March
- › CULRA BOTHY WILL BE A SAD LOSS TO ALDER EXPEDITIONS
- 2013
- November
- › HAVE A PLAN B TO AVOID HAZARD OF RAGING RIVERS
- › DUNDEE UNIVERSITY CLUB'S 90 YEARS OF MOUNTAIN HISTORY
- October
- › WARM AND WET IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN COLD AND WET
- › TRAINSPOTTING STATION HAS BECOME A REAL STAR FOR WALKERS
- › HOW TO CATCH THE CAIRNGORMS IN A GOOD LIGHT