Ben Alder from the top of Bealach Dubh

Day 1 Dalwhinnie – Bealach Dubh Day 2 Bealach Dubh – Ben Alder – Dalwhinnie Day 1 Dalwhinnie – Bealach Dubh Saturday 06 October 2012 21.9 km/604 m/06:30 hrs For quite a while I had been wanting to climb Ben Alder once more, with some views from the summit preferably! My first visit in June…

Three days around Torridon

Monday 26 September 2011: Fionn Bheinn (11.3 km, 804 m Ascent) Tuesday 27 September 2011: Lower Diabaig – Craig – Lower Diabaig (10.6 km, 391 m Ascent) Wednesday 28 September 2011: Liathach (7.89 km, 1332 m Ascent) Day 1, Monday 26 September 2011 Fionn Bheinn 11.3 km/804 m/04:00 hrs Munro: Fionn Bheinn (No. 197) On my way…

Four days on the Isle of Rum

Day 1 Kilmory Beach Day 2 Hallival – Askival – Glen Dibidil Day 3 Bloodstone Hill – Guirdil – Glen Shellesder Day 4 Kinloch Day 1 Kilmory Beach 17 August 2011 16.8 km/463 m/04:00 hrs An extra day off work and a reasonably good weather window made me decide to have another attempt at the…

Glen Feshie & Glen Tromie Roundtrip

Day 1 Auchlean – Glen Tromie Day 2 Glen Tromie – Auchlean Day 1 Auchlean – Glen Tromie 04 April 2011 24.2 km/694 m/08:30 hrs Although the weather forecast had been for rain and severe gales, I thought I would be ok as long as I did a Low Level route and found a camp…

Around Loch Morar

Day 1 Morar – Sgùrr Mòr Day 2 Sgùrr Mòr – Oban Bothy Day 3 Oban Bothy – Lochailort Day 1 Morar – Sgùrr Mòr 26 March 2011 17.5 km/1115 m/07:30 hrs This is a trip I had planned several weeks ago, and I had only been waiting for a good weather forecast for the…

Bothy trip to Skye

Day 1 Sligachan – Camasunary Day 2 Roundtrip to Loch Coruisk Day 3 Camasunary – Elgol Day 1 Sligachan – Camasunary 18 March 2011 13.2 km/214 m/05:30 hrs Since my last multi-day walk four weeks ago, the weather had not been very kind – especially last weekend when winter had returned with blizzards and full…

Letterewe Forest and beyond

Day 1 Kinlochewe – Letterewe Day 2 Letterewe – Shenavall Day 3 Shenavall – Kinlochewe Day 1 Kinlochewe – Letterewe 14 February 2011 15.2 km/745 m/06:45 hrs I have been to the Letterewe area several times, walking in from different start points (Poolewe, Corrie Hallie, from the East via Loch a’ Bhraoin and from Incheril…