Beinn na Lap is quite a fun Munro to tackle. It is very straightforward and is often left as a "final" Munro by those who complete them all. I first climbed it in February 1987 when, as part of a quite challenging winter walk, Julie and I started at Corrour station and walked out to Tulloch over Continue Reading
Above Drumochter
After our trip to the Innses, the weather was (as forecast) poor the following day so we spent that day festering and hoping things would improve. The indications were that the weather might improve but that it would be necessary to travel east to see the benefits. It is quite common in the Continue Reading
Ben Vane, Arrochar
Ben Vane – 30th April 2016 I picked Ciaran up from Glasgow airport at 12.30. His flight had been delayed. He and I had been keeping a daily watch on the weather forecast over the previous week or so. Our get together had been planned a long time before that and it looked as though a Continue Reading
Doubly compleat – the end of an adventure on The Saddle
Introduction It is a long time since I first “compleated” the Munros, almost 23 years in fact. The desultory approach to my second completion has arisen as a result of the arrival of two kids and a requirement to concentrate on maintaining one’s position on the slippery pole of Continue Reading
The South Glen Shiel Ridge
It is a week since I did this walk. I have taken my time writing this report because it has given me time to relive the experience, to look again and again at the photographs and realise how lucky I was. Opportunities have been rare this winter to risk the long drive from Yorkshire in the hope Continue Reading