A light covering of snow made for a slow drive to reach the minor road north of Boat of Garten where I parked beside the sawmill then walked back to and across the A95 Aviemore to Grantown on Spey Road. A vehicle track ran north passed a house and into[…]
Scotsburn Then Tain, Easter Ross
Beinn an Lochain West Top and Beinn an Lochain – On Christmas Day I headed for the Scotsburn area of Easter Ross then onto the minor road that ran between Tain and Alness parking in the small car park east of Dalnaclach. From there I walked west along a path[…]
Evanton and The Black Isle
Meann Chnoc and Druim nan Damh – I parked on the road giving access to Glen Glass within the village of Evanton in Easter Ross and walked north along a tarred road passing a few houses. The road came to an end to be replaced by a path which was[…]
Tumps South of Forres
Newtyle Hill – This Tump was located south of Forres and east of the A940 Forres to Dava Road. My starting point was Phorp Farm at the end of a minor public road although I was actually able to drive a short distance along the vehicle track that led to[…]
Tump, Carn Lethendry from Carrbridge
I parked at the side of the minor road west of the A9 underpass, accessed from the B9153 in Carrbridge. I walked round a locked barrier then along a vehicle track through an area which appeared to have been used for storage but was now empty. Beyond, I joined a[…]
Hills East of Strath Errick
I drove south on the B862 Inverness to Fort Augustus Road to the south end of Loch Mhor then along the minor road to Garthbeg parking on a large area of ground at the end of the public road. Here I had a choice of roads and chose the vehicle[…]
Inverbroom, Strath More
Back in the Spring I had an interesting walk west of Loch Broom wandering the hills north of the Marilyn, Meall Glac Tigh-fail. I now returned to climb the hills to the south of this Marilyn which I had climbed on its own in 2011. I left the A835 Braemore[…]
Glen Urquhart
On this day I headed to Glen Urquhart, west of Drumndrochit, parking on the south side of the A831 Drumnadrochit to Cannich Road just west of the access road to Shewglie. I then crossed the road bridge over the River Enrick and walked south along the tarred road to Shewglie,[…]
Carn nan Eagan a Tump North of Carrbridge
The starting point and a large part of this route was the same as that usually taken to ascend the Graham, Carn Glas-choire. I parked off road on the east side of the B9007 Duthill to Ferness Road around a kilometre north of the A938 Carrbridge to Dulnain Bridge Road.[…]
Tump, Carn Mor, West of Aviemore
I left my car off road on the north side of Old Meall Road in Aviemore, part of the new housing complex on the west side of the A9. I then headed west into the woodland where I located a forest track and followed it north before joining a track[…]