It was -10C when I parked at Easter Balmoral on the east side of the road leading to Lochnagar Distillery in Deeside. I crossed this road and walked south-west along the snow covered vehicle track passed the houses at Craig Gowan and Rhebreck. The track then continued through the woods[…]
Glen Glass
Meall an Tuirc: I parked at the end of the public road in Glen Glass, accessed from Evanton, in Easter Ross, and walked east back along the road to the start of the track into the forest below Meall an Tuirc. I then walked north-west along one of the forest[…]
Rhynie
Quarry Hill: I left my car on the west side of the A97 south of Rhynie in a small off road parking spot at grid reference NJ494257 and walked briefly north along the main road to a locked stock gate. Once across it and a second one I entered a[…]
Glen Esk
Craig of Dalhastnie and Bulg: These two Tumps are located in Glen Esk, Angus, south of Milden Lodge. I parked on an area of rough ground west of Fernybank, crossed the road and descended via a snow and ice covered vehicle track to the bridge over the River North Esk.[…]
Glen Tanar
Baudy Meg: I parked at the end of the public road in Glen Tanar, south-west of Aboyne, and walked along estate tracks to the bridge over the Water of Tanar then followed the Firmounth Road to the south-west of Baudy Meg. Here I left this old drove road and walked[…]
Atholl
I wouldn’t normally contemplate ascending Beinn Bhreac in winter as it’s a remote Corbett but with no substantial snow so far and the possibility of the cloud lifting I decided with an early start I could probably complete the trip in around 10 hours. I headed to Blair Atholl and[…]
Strath Nairn
I parked my car on the verge on the unclassified road south of Tullich and east of Loch Ruthven in Strath Nairn and walked up the public road to the houses at Tullich. Here a vehicle track heading north led to a stock gate and beyond it I followed a[…]
Easter Ross
Cnoc Duchaire: I left my vehicle in the large car park on the Boath Road, accessed from the B9176 Struie Road, north-west of Alness, and entered the forest via the Jubilee Path. I soon left it, crossed some rough vegetation, to reach a vehicle track which was used briefly before[…]
Morar
Bourblach Hill: Located north-west of the village of Morar this Tump was accessed from the west side of the A830 Morar to Mallaig Road parking in a lay-by directly opposite the entrance to a private road. This road led to a communications tower and just prior to this structure a[…]
Glen Roy
There were a few icy patches on the road as I drove north up Glen Roy from the A86 at Roy Bridge to park beside the bridge over the River Roy south-west of Brae Roy Lodge. I then crossed the frost covered bridge and walked up the north-east side of[…]