A late start at 10.30am followed a latish arrival the previous evening at the Kintail Lodge Hotel in the footsteps of the WH meet. I parked up outside the Kintail Outdoor Centre. The previous evening had seen a turn in the weather and a dump of snow that had turned the mountains from Spring green Continue Reading
An Sgarsoch and Carn Ealar
On 18th March 2012 I climbed An Sgarsoch and Carn Ealar. It is not the most pleasant of feelings in the morning as I was to find out. I woke up to a spray of frost on my face. I had inadvertently banged the side of the tent and it had come showering down on me. It was Continue Reading
Glas Tulaichean, Carn an Righ, Beinn Iutharn Mhor
An early start. A very early start. The alarm went off at 4am. I was on the road in 10 minutes. Up the A1, off towards Carter Bar, around Edinburgh, through the road works around the Forth Road Bridge, around Perth and eventually down the drive to the Dalmunzie Hotel. A final pack, change and Continue Reading
Beinn a’Mheadhoin (Beinn Mheadhoin) Loch Long
After the previous day’s exertions, I struggle to get my legs working. But it is such a great day with wall to wall sunshine and the temperature hovering just around freezing point – we just have to get out. Today’s choice is for a mass assault on Beinn a’Mheadhoin. So John, Sue, Mark, Continue Reading
Beinn Conchra (Loch Long)
A short report with just the one photo as I carried nothing up the hill on this walk! Beinn Conchra is just 453m (1,486ft) high and suitable for a quick excursion. We had spent the morning watching white horses race up Loch Long from our self catering accommodation. These were Continue Reading