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I found myself thinking about my Mum a lot the past couple of days, which might be why I felt drawn towards revisiting some places we used to go as a family when I was young, near where my grandparents used to live. I stopped and sat at the Falls of Dochart for a whileContinue reading “Some old haunts then a 4-in-1 from Invervar”

A friend came up for the weekend! My first visitor! Daniel arrived on the Friday evening in Tyndrum, which was our base for the weekend. He was pretty impressed with the van set up, though admittedly the bar was low given his most recent camping trip involved 4 days in the Cairngorms under a tarp…Continue reading “Ben More and Stob Binnein, and a quick jaunt up Ben Vane”

Beinn a’ Bheithir is a ridge walk that takes in two munros – Sgorr Dhearg and Sgorr Dhonuill. Beinn a’ Bheithir is gaelic, so I can assure you that you’re not pronouncing it correctly – have a listen here – I’ve been giving it a good go without much success. But whether or not youContinue reading “Beinn a’ Bheithir”

I decided another day of relaxing was called for, so I headed up to Caolasnacon campsite. This place is popular, but doesn’t take bookings, and a Wednesday seemed a good bet to get a decent spot. I was able to get a choice pitch looking down the loch. You can see why its so popular:Continue reading “Caolasnacon campsite, a dip in the loch, and a little tour of my van”

The Scottish weather is still moody. But having been up three munros in cloudy conditions already this week, I thought I’d attempt Ben Sgulaird. Beinn Sgulaird stands on its own looking out over the west coast to the islands of Mull and Lismore. “Save this one for a fine day” my book says on accountContinue reading “Beinn Sgulaird and some wild camping”

So not only did I survive the first night wild camping… it was the best sleep I’ve had in ages. And a good thing too – because I was taking on my first 2-in-1 munro hike the next day. I was hoping for some Cruach-ing weather (sorry), but it was another misty day. Thankfully theContinue reading “Ben Cruachan and Stob Diamh”

So here I am doing it?! I bought the campervan, took a year off work, headed to Scotland. I thought I’d start this blog mostly to keep a record for Future Me of this year, and for friends/family/anyone else interested to see what I get up to. For anyone who doesn’t know – I’m spendingContinue reading “Off I go!”