I was staying with friends in Banavie on the outskirts of Fort William, so it was a short walk to Banavie Station to catch the Glasgow bound train from Mallaig at 0717 which stopped in Fort William for around 15 minutes. The train arrived at the remote Corrour Station on[…]
Glen Creran
I left my vehicle at the side of an old section of the A828 Oban to Fort William Road north-east of Druimavuic House then walked the short distance south-west to the start of the vehicle track through the trees to the north of this property. New gates had been installed[…]
Glen Etive
I parked at the side of the single track road in Glen Etive near the bridge giving access to the property at Alltchaorunn, crossed the bridge over the River Etive and passed through an unlocked gate. Since my last visit a marked path to the east avoided passing close to[…]
Isle of Skye
Beinn Dearg Bheag – I’ve climbed the Broadford Grahams, Beinn an Caillich and Beinn Dearg Mhor, on a couple of occasions but never managed to include the Hump, Beinn Dearg Bheag, so I decided to tackle it on its own from the B8083 Broadford to Elgol Road on the Isle[…]
Kintail
Fasach an t-Searraich and Sgurr an t- Searraich – I parked my car in the hamlet of Ault a’ chruinn, located on the east side of the A87 just south of the causeway over Loch Duich in Kintail. The start of the route up the side of the Allt a’[…]
Applecross
Accompanied by some friends we set off from the car park at the Bealach na Ba between Kishorn and Applecross and walked along the vehicle track towards the communication tower on Sgurr a’ Chaorachain. My companions were headed for this Corbett but my interest was on the two Graham Tops[…]
Inverinate
The initial plan was to climb the Graham Tops Beinn Bhuide (also a Hump) and Beinn Bhreac from the Clachan Duich Cemetery Car Park near the A87 Causeway over Loch Duich. I set off through a stock gate and followed a vehicle track, which was mostly dry after the recent[…]
Isle of Raasay
In 2010 I visited the Isle of Raasay to climb the Marilyn, Dun Cann, but at that time didn’t realise that there was a second Marilyn at the north end of the island. When the folks I was staying with mentioned visiting Raasay I was happy to drive to Sconser[…]
Letterewe
One of my hill walking friends arranged to get the boat across Loch Maree to climb the Corbett, Beinn Lair and the Graham, Meall Mheinnidh in Letterewe, North-West Highlands, as an alternative to the long walk in from Poolewe. At 8am we met the boatman at the Loch Maree Hotel[…]
Glen Orchy
I left my vehicle in Glen Orchy on the east side of the B8074 Bridge of Orchy to Dalmally Road, in the new car park beside the Eas Urchaidh, and crossed the road and the substantial bridge over the River Orchy. This gave access to the upgraded forest track heading[…]