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I had hopped into Glasgow for the day and was heading onwards to visit my Aunt Janet and Uncle Stuart, and Clyde the dog, in Troon. I headed out towards Largs, where I knew I could stay at the Marina – a campervan friendly place. Passing through Kirbirnie, I took a wrong turning, and foundContinue reading “A little mishap and a trip to Troon”

I decided it was time to be a bit more ambitious, and branch out from following the Walk Highlands routes which are the most trodden paths up the hills. The weather was looking good for Ben Lawers, the highest peak in Perthshire, and one of my other munro books had a route that caught myContinue reading “Ben Lawers + 2 either side”

Someone in a coffee shop in Inverness mentioned to me that Rosemarkie was worth a visit. Given the coffee shop in question served me outstanding coffee and veggie food (Velocity cafe for anyone interested), I thought I’d take them up on this recommendation. Rosemarkie sits on the north side of the Moray Firth, on aContinue reading “Rosemarkie, and Carn a’ Mhaim from Linn of Dee”

I’m a bit behind on the blog so I’m still on the weekend Tommy visited. Anyways Tommy chose the hill we would tackle the day after Beinn Alligin. After a look at the maps and the books he fancied Bla Bheinn, also known as Blaven. Blaven sits on its own on Skye, a bit ofContinue reading “Skye – Bla Bheinn/Blaven and a wee boat trip”

I had yet another visitor! Tommy – a good friend and, importantly, current custodian of my cats – popped up for a long weekend. I was keen to head over to Torridon, taking advantage of Tommy not knowing what he was in for! His flight was delayed so Torridon was dark and shrouded in heavyContinue reading “Torridon – Beinn Alligin”

I had some more visitors! Tash and Udani popped up for a weekend. We decided to base ourselves in Aviemore and Tash booked us a great B&B – the Cairngorm Guest House – so I also got a weekend of luxury in our en suite room. Showers whenever you want them – the high life!!Continue reading “A weekend in Aviemore and up Ben Macdui and Cairn Gorm”

[Warning: this walk was a big favourite – so this post will descend into picture after picture of views in Glencoe] Glencoe is an amazing place. It’s one of Scotland’s most dramatic glens, both visually and in terms of its history. It was carved by glaciers which chiselled the ground and left behind these monstrousContinue reading “Glencoe – Bidean nam Bian”

I fancied seeing some more pointy mountainy hills, so I shot over to the West Coast again, aiming towards Torridon. From a quick study of my books these hills involve more walking on scree and scrambling along a sizeable drop. Because I’m still a big scaredy cat (for now?), I opted for Maol Chean-Dearg, oneContinue reading “Maol Chean-Dearg”

Aviemore had fantastic weather earlier this week (the nice weather seems to show up on my rest days when I’m not out walking). I pootled on down to Loch Morlich intending to update my blog, read some books, do some walk planning etc (far too many ideas for how to spend a couple of hours)Continue reading “Aviemore, Nethy Bridge, Bynack More”

I awarded myself with not one, but two!, rest days after the 4-in-1 munro bonanza. I spent them kicking around Aberfeldy, which is where my grandparents used to live so is another favourite place. I took myself out for a fancy lunch with a glass of wine, bought more-books-than-I-have-space-for from the bookshop in the Watermill,Continue reading “An old favourite place and a new one”