The areas of Morvern, Ardgour and Moidart lie in a wild area on the west coast of Scotland. They are moated by Lochs Linnhe and Eil and by the sea. Land access is from the north along the road to Skye. Though coming from the south, as I did, it is possible to take the Corran Ferry across the Loch Continue Reading
Marilyn Bagging in the South West
Back in late August I was in Bristol for a meeting. So I took the opportunity of visiting a few Marilyns in north Somerset, west Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. The forecast was promising but the reality did not quite turn out that way. Ah well, never mind! Dundry Down My meeting finished at Continue Reading
Yewbarrow and Seatallan
This is the last of my blogs for May 2016. I seem to have been fortunate to have been out in the hills a fair bit this month. This one covers an iconic hill, a further Marilyn and a good day out by Wastwater. I left home pretty early so as to get around to my start point at Overbeck Bridge by Continue Reading
Billinge Hill and Winter Hill
This is a short post on my climb up these two hills - though "climb" is perhaps a bit of a misnomer for Billinge Hill. I used the opportunity following dropping Julie off at Manchester Airport for her Australian adventure to visit some hills a few hours away from home. Billinge Hill is a Marilyn Continue Reading
Ben Nevis – a day to remember
I first climbed Ben Nevis in 1981. It was on my honeymoon. We were not well equipped. Although we had great views from the top, we were soaked through on the way down - the cagoules we had at the time being totally inadequate for the job, and we had no over trousers. And as reported elsewhere on Continue Reading