What are the Irish Furths? It is perhaps first worth explaining what the “Irish Furths” actually are. The Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) is the keeper of certain mountain/hill lists. All bar one of these lists cover Scotland only – Munros, Munro Tops, Corbetts and Donalds. Continue Reading
Beinn Mhor, Thacla and Beinn Corradail, South Uist
In my previous blog I mentioned that this was just the second time that I had been to the Outer Hebrides. Before visiting Seaforth Island by kayak and seeing the white-tailed eagle, I had been on the island of South Uist. Here I had some gorgeous weather and climbed Beinn Mhor. Continue Reading
Ben More Coigach
This is the second of my blogs about my trips to the north of Scotland this year. The previous one was about Cul Mor. This one is about Ben More Coigach (Gaelic – Beinn Mhor na Coigich). In Gaelic, Beinn (or Ben) Mhor (or Mor/More) just means ‘big hill’ or ‘mountain‘. Coigach is Continue Reading
Cul Mor
The north west of Scotland is quite unlike anywhere else in the UK. The mountains stand as monolithic sentinels above a scarred land dotted with blue lochs against the backdrop of a seaboard that looks as though it has been ripped by some giant hand. Those sentinels include Foinaven, Continue Reading
Mount Canobolas, New South Wales
Mount Canobolas was the final significant peak that we summited on our recent trip to Australia. But it was also the easiest. Mount Canobolas is yet another eroded shield volcano. It is relatively young at 11 to 13 million years old and around half the age of the volcanoes that we Continue Reading