Posts in category "History"
- 2025
- June
- › MOUNTAIN DAY WHEN PURE LUCK TRUMPED HOPE AND EXPECTATION
- › VIKINGS, SEASCAPES AND PUNK ROCK – A DRAMATIC CIRCUIT IN SKYE
- › MURDER, MYSTERY AND A GRAVE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
- › SEVEN GLORIOUS DAYS OUT WEST WAS A REAL VARIETY SHOW
- February
- › FROM THE BIG GREY MAN TO THE GREAT WHITE OPEN ON BEN MACDUI
- 2024
- October
- › WHEN IT COMES TO HILLS THERE ARE NO FIONAS, JUST GRAHAMS
- › EL ALAMEIN: IN SEARCH OF A LONELY CAIRNGORMS REFUGE
- August
- › BEAUTY AND THE BLEAK: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF A BOTHY RECLUSE
- › READ ALL ABOUT IT ... HOW NEWSPAPER WALKS COLUMN REACHED FINISH LINE
- June
- › REUNIONS AND FAREWELLS IN THE HEART OF FISHERFIELD MOUNTAINS
- May
- › SEVEN DAYS OF MOUNTAIN VARIETY IN THE SHADOW OF THE BEN
- › FROM THE FORTH BRIDGE TO EVEREST BASE CAMP – AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
- March
- › DAVIE'S BOURACH: MOUNTAIN REFUGE THAT WAS BORN OUT OF TRAGEDY
- › RUNNING ON EMPTY: DAY OF STRUGGLE ON TYNDRUM CORBETTS
- 2023
- September
- › CARAMEL WAFERS AND PAINKILLERS – THE STATS BEHIND ANNE'S CLEAN SWEEP
- 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
- › 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
- 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
- 2022
- August
- › TWO MOUNTAIN DAYS SPENT FAR FROM THE BAGGING CROWD
- July
- › LONG DAY CIRCUIT TO THE SHORES OF ENIGMATIC LOCH LOCH
- 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
- › CELEBRATING THE DOGS THAT HAVE COMPLETED MOUNTAIN ROUNDS
- 2021
- August
- › IT WAS HEARTENING TO SEE THE HEALING OF BEAUTIFUL GLEN AFFRIC
- July
- › MIND YOUR LANGUAGE: THE VEXING QUESTION OF SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN NAMES
- April
- › GETTING THE MOUNTAIN LEGS GOING AGAIN WITH SOME LOCAL JEWELS
- March
- › FIONN BHEINN: IN PRAISE OF AN UNSUNG MUNRO
- › LORD BERKELEY'S SEAT AND THE ANOMALIES OF SUMMIT NAMES
- › COLBY CAMPS AND SCOTLAND'S MOUNTAIN MAPPING PIONEERS
- February
- › NEW HOPE FOR THE OLD FORGE, AN ICONIC SCOTTISH PUB
- › KINKY BOOTS: AN OUTDOORS ANTIDOTE TO VALENTINE'S DAY
- January
- › WHY SEVEN MUNROS OF SOUTH SHIEL RIDGE ARE BETTER BY HALF
- 2020
- November
- › PARADISE LOST? A MISSED OPPORTUNITY OVER NATURE EMERGENCY
- September
- › MAOILE LUNNDAIDH AND THE LONG SAGA OF THE SWITCHING SUMMITS
- › THE MUNROS IN 31 DAYS – HOW MOUNTAIN RECORDS KEEP TUMBLING
- › 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
- 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
- › TRAGIC BUACHAILLE TALE DESTINED TO REMAIN LOST IN MISTS OF TIME
- 2019
- December
- › UNDER A CELTIC MOON: MUNRO VARIATIONS FOR NIGHT ASCENTS
- › MOONS, MOUNTAINS AND A STELLAR LINE-UP IN DUNDEE
- November
- › A NEW ZEALAND VIEW OF OUR WONDERFUL LANDSCAPE
- › MOUNTAIN SURVIVAL IN THE BAD OLD DAYS OF ALCOHOL AND COTTON
- › GOLDEN AUTUMN MORNINGS WITH OLD FRIENDS IN KINTAIL
- September
- › WHY AN ISLAND PEAK PROVIDES A FITTING FINALE
- August
- › A SPECIAL MOUNTAIN 'COMPLEATION' ON SLIOCH WITH HUGH MUNRO THE FIRST
- › MINES, MYTHS AND MURDER, HISTORY LESSONS ON THE RHINNS OF KELLS
- › DODGING THUNDER AND LIGHTNING (AND BRITT EKLAND) IN GALLOWAY
- July
- › 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
- › SNOW AND SUNSHINE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO GLENSHEE MUNROS
- › CELEBRATING THE MOUNTAIN LEGACY OF SIR HUGH MUNRO
- April
- › 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
- › 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
- › UNTIDY CAIRNS AND THE PROLIFERATION OF ROCK STACKS AND PAINTED STONES
- August
- › ACROSS LOCH ETIVE BY CANOE FOR FULL MOON WALK ON BEN STARAV
- › POIGNANT REMINDERS OF SHATTERED LIVES IN OUR WETTEST GLEN
- › POWER BATTLE TO SAVE GLEN ETIVE FROM INDUSTRIAL VANDALISM
- › AN ITALIAN SOJOURN: WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE GODS
- June
- › GRAND CIRCUIT IN GALLOWAY HILLS WAS A WELCOME CHANGE OF SCENERY
- May
- › TEN DAYS OF MOUNTAIN DIVERSITY IN THE NORTH-WEST HIGHLANDS
- April
- › DON'T ALLOW NOSTALGIA TO BLIND US TO THE REALITIES OF LIFE
- › MORVEN AND SCARABEN: GOING WITH THE FLOW IN THE FAR NORTH
- › CORRAN CIRCUIT PROVED ONCE AGAIN THAT SIZE ISN'T EVERYTHING
- March
- › SNOW BEAST STOPPED THIS EARLY BIRD GETTING THE WORM (MOON)
- 2017
- November
- › A MUNRO FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR – HAVE YOU DONE A CALENDAR ROUND?
- › LET'S ALL TRY TO HOLD THE LINE AND GIVE BEN WYVIS A CHANCE
- September
- › FINDING A SENSE OF PLACE BETWEEN MOUNTAIN AND SEA
- August
- › MOUNTAINS, SEASCAPES AND WILDFIRES: A CLASSIC DAY ON BEN MOR COIGACH
- › FINDING THE TRUE MUNRO SUMMIT ON BEINN a' CHROIN
- July
- › BUACHAILLE BLAST FROM THE PAST THAT CAPTURED MY IMAGINATION
- May
- › MYSTERY OF THE MISSING FEMALE MUNROISTS
- April
- › WHEN SPRING TURNED BACK TO WINTER ON A ROUND OF THE LOCHNAGAR MUNROS
- March
- › 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
- › WHY SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL PARKS DREAM HAS SOURED
- January
- › ROLLING HILLS AND PARALLEL LINES - A MISTY DAY IN GLEN ROY
- 2016
- December
- › SUNRISES, SUNSETS AND SNOWSCENES IN A YEAR OF MIXED EMOTIONS
- › LONG, LONELY TRAMP ALONG A GLENSHEE RIDGE WITH SO MUCH TO OFFER
- November
- › WORN-OUT WALKER WAS SIMPLY A VICTIM OF CRANNACH WOOD SYNDROME
- › ALTNAHARRA DECISION HIGHLIGHTS GROWING DILEMMA OVER WILD LAND
- October
- › GELDIE MUNROS PROVIDE A LONG DAY OF SOLITARY REFINEMENT
- September
- › HERE'S A MOUNTAIN LINE-UP TO MAKE YOUR KNEES TREMBLE
- July
- › MY FAVOURITE MOUNTAIN? PICK ANY ONE FROM TWENTY
- June
- › BOTHY DISPLAY PROVIDES A FASCINATING GLIMPSE INTO THE PAST
- › BEINN GHOBHLACH IS A LITTLE GEM THAT PROVIDES BIG VIEWS
- › 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
- April
- › THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF OBSESSIVE PEAK BAGGING
- March
- › ALL QUIET ON THE FESTERIN' FRONT: GLEN LYON REVISITED
- 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
- › RUINS THAT TELL A SAD TALE IN EMPTINESS OF GLEN EY
- › THERE NEVER SEEMS TO BE A RIGHT TIME TO CALL OFF A WALK
- October
- › SUNRISES, MEASLES AND FESTIVAL FEVER: A HARRIS ADVENTURE
- September
- › I WAS HAPPY TO HELP TV CREW PUT KNOYDART ON THE EURO MAP
- August
- › GLAS TULAICHEAN IS A MOUNTAIN FULL OF SURPRISES
- › THERE'S NOWHERE ON EARTH CAN TRUMP OUR MAGNIFICENT HILLS
- June
- › LET'S HEAR IT FOR HAZEL, THE NEW QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS
- › POIGNANT BEAUTY OF AMERICAN AIR CREW'S FINAL RESTING PLACE
- April
- › TIME TO SIGN UP AND HELP THESE CHAMPIONS OF OUR WILD PLACES
- › SO SAD TO SEE BULLDOZERS ON HISTORIC ROAD TO THE ISLES
- March
- › BOTHY GHOSTS, GIANT MICE AND JOHN FORD
- 2014
- December
- › MUNROS OR CORBETTS – WHICH MOUNTAIN ROUND IS TOUGHER?
- › THE TIMELESS ALLURE OF SCOTLAND'S GRANDEST CORRIE
- November
- › PASS TO GLENELG OPENS UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD
- September
- › MOMENT FOR REFLECTION ON TWIN TORS OF BEN AVON
- July
- › THRILLS, CHILLS AND SPILLS WITH THE PRINCE OF WALLS
- June
- › BEINN DEARG'S GREAT WALL IS SAD REMINDER OF OUR PAST
- April
- › CORRYHULLY MUNROS PROVED TO BE A LUCKY HORSESHOE
- March
- › CULRA BOTHY WILL BE A SAD LOSS TO ALDER EXPEDITIONS
- 2013
- November
- › DUNDEE UNIVERSITY CLUB'S 90 YEARS OF MOUNTAIN HISTORY