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  • 2021
  • 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
  • Latest Posts
    • NEW HOPE FOR THE OLD FORGE, AN ICONIC SCOTTISH PUBPublished 27th February 2021, 12:14
    • TURNING WINTER TRAVERSE ON ITS HEAD SAVED THE DAYPublished 17th February 2021, 20:29
    • KINKY BOOTS: AN OUTDOORS ANTIDOTE TO VALENTINE'S DAYPublished 17th February 2021, 20:20
    • TRAGEDY ON BEN NEVIS: REMEMBERING A FRIEND 20 YEARS ONPublished 5th February 2021, 15:47
    • MOUNTAIN DREAMSCAPES AND A CRAVING FOR CORBETTSPublished 29th January 2021, 11:27
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