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
The Five Sisters of Kintail
An iffy forecast and general slothfulness led to a late start. We parked at the lay-by just downhill of the start of the laborious path up to the Bealach an Lapain. There is also a Forestry Commission car park slightly nearer the start of the path. It was just after 10am. Looking up the Continue Reading
Does anyone climb this hill? Gairich
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
Carn Dearg and Sgor Gaibhre
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
Ben Avon and Beinn a’Bhuird
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