13th/14th June 2015 Normally in any given year I try to visit Scotland five or six times. So far this year I have been north of the border just once. I had had my eye out on a trip for a number of weeks, but the weather forecasts were insufficiently promising. However, during the week of 8th Continue Reading
Beinn na Caillich
3rd July 2015 I remember from my first visit to the Isle of Skye my eyes being drawn to a pudding basin shaped hill standing loftily over the town of Broadford. In those days access to the island was via ferry. Even from the slipway at Kyle of Lochalsh the shape was unmistakeable – uniform Continue Reading
The Yorkshire Matterhorn and other flatter places
25th May 2015 Roseberry Topping is sometimes known as The Yorkshire Matterhorn! Well, if you squint enough from the right angle, there is a sort of resemblance. It reaches the mighty height of 320m (1,050ft). Nonetheless it is prominent from afar, detached as it is from the main bulk of the Continue Reading
Great Shunner Fell and Baugh Fell
23rd May 2015 Today’s trip comprised naked list ticking. Two “Marilyns” neither having previously encountered the soles of my feet – with a morning walk and an afternoon walk. What is a Marilyn I might sense some say? Well it is any hill in the British Isles with a prominence of at least Continue Reading
Wild Boar Fell and Swarth Fell
10th May 2015 From Hazelgill Farm up the bridleway under the railway line and up towards High Dolphinsty. I had Jet with me today but we saw no boar. There were lots of sheep and so I kept Jet on the lead as we went through the land by the farm. After the initial steep rise the gradient Continue Reading