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[…]
Hills South-West of Achnasheen
I left my car at the side of the road between Ledgowan Hotel and Ledgowan Lodge, immediately west of the A890 and just south-west of the hamlet of Achnasheen, and walked towards the Lodge crossing a cattle grid and some signage. There was then a pedestrian gate in the deer[…]
Tump, Meall Mor, South-East of Inverness
It was initially a wet morning in Inverness so I delayed setting off for the nearby Tump, Meall Mor, located to the south-east of the city. Once it dried up a bit I made the short drive to the minor road north-west of Castletown Farm, accessed from the B861 Daviot[…]
Moray – Fogwatt and Grange Tumps
Hart Hill – I parked up in the lay-by on the west side of the A941 Rothes to Elgin Road, south of Fogwatt, and walked briefly south on the grass verge and onto a vehicle track. This track took me passed a few houses to immediately beyond the one on[…]
North of Dundee and to Blairgowrie via Braes of The Carse
Gallow Hill – This hill, located north of the City of Dundee and south-west of the hamlet of Balgray, turned out to be my final Angus Tump. The start of this walk was the unclassified road to the east of Gallow Hill where a vehicle track led to Hillhouses. However[…]