After scaling two unfashionable hills the day before it was time for another one - Gairich.  After a leisurely I drove up from Spean Bridge and we arrived at the Loch Quoich dam for about 9.45am.  Given the weather forecast and the late start I had expected to see a car or two parked at Continue Reading

Like many I had been keeping an eagle eye out on the weather forecasts.  Many weeks went by without a forecast that was optimistic enough to justify a quick dash up to the Highlands.  Woo hoo, the forecast for the weekend of 5th/6th November was good. So I made a last minute decision to journey Continue Reading

The sacrifices we south of the Border have to make at times to indulge our passions!  As ever last minute hitches at work meant that I was leaving home later then planned on the Thursday evening.  The aim was to climb both Ben Avon and Beinn a’Bhuird together with all of their Munro Continue Reading