Maol Mor and Maol Beag – Parked beside an unused gate on the A890 Auchtertyre to Strathcarron Road opposite Lochalsh Dam, passed through the pedestrian gate into Auchtertyre Woodland and along an old section of roadway which was grassy and wet. I soon left the roadway and walked through some[…]
Tumps, Skye and Lochalsh
Leathad Chrithinn, Leathad Chrithinn North-Eat Top and Druim nan Cleochd – I had firstly intended climbing the Hump, Creag Strollamus, but missed the starting point. Due to the volume of traffic on the A87 Broadford to Sligachan Road I decided to continue to my next set of planned hills, located[…]
Five Lochalsh Tumps
Cnoc Strathellen – I looked at ascending this hill from the minor Plockton to Achmore Road to the north but there didn’t appear to be a suitable starting point so I drove round to the south side of the hill and parked on the verge opposite Loch Lundie. I rounded[…]
Glen Boreraig, Isle of Skye
I drove across to the Isle of Skye with the intention of climbing the hills around Glen Boreraig. I read that the roads in Skye were in a fairly bad state of repair and that was the case on the B8083 Broadford to Torrin Road with numerous pot holes making[…]
Tumps, An Carn and Creag nan Garadh
An Carn – I arrived at my accommodation In Lochalsh mid afternoon so there was time to climb a couple of smaller hills. The first one was on the minor Erbusaig to Drumbuie Road north of Kyle of Lochalsh. I parked on the verge near the highpoint on this road,[…]
North of Auchterteang
Back in December 2022 I climbed the Tump, Carn nan Eagan, located south of the Graham, Carn Glas-choire, from the B9007 Duthill to Ferness Road north of the A938 Carrbridge to Dulnain Bridge Road. At this time I noted that the hills to the east of the Graham would make[…]
Foothills of Little Wyvis
I left my vehicle in the Silverbridge Car Park on the west side of the A835 Inverness to Ullapool Road, north of Garve, and walked over the old bridge across the Black Water, the A835 and onto the road leading to Silverbridge Lodge. Prior to this bed and breakfast establishment[…]
North-West of Dornoch
I headed north up the A9 Inverness to Thurso Road to north-west of Dornoch where I left the main road and headed along the Birchen Road passed the Harriet Plantation to the access road leading to the house at Londornach. Parking was a problem so I ended up on the[…]
Balmoral Estate and Glen Clunie
Creag Liath – The proposed starting point for this walk was the small car park opposite Easter Balmoral, immediately south of the B976 South Deeside Road but on arrival it was blocked off for forest operations. I therefore parked on the verge further south on the Lochnagar Distillery Road. I[…]
Ochil Hills
Down Hill – I parked at the east side of the B934 Yetts of Muckhart to Dunning Road beside the gate giving access to the Marilyn, Lendrick Hill, and walked south along the B934 to the vehicle track leading to Downhill Farm. I briefly walked up this track then through[…]