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[…]
Foothills of Beinn a’ Bhuird
The start of this outing was Keiloch, on the north side of the A93, east of the Invercauld Bridge and the village of Braemar. There was a car park here and for the privilege of leaving my vehicle there it cost £3. The proceeds from the parking charges are supposed[…]
Graham Tops West of White Bridge
The start of this walk was the Linn of Dee located west of Braemar, which was a couple of miles west of Inverey, the starting point for my walk the previous Sunday. I parked at the side of the road east of the bridge over the River Dee (there is[…]