It was a touch misty when I left my vehicle in the fairly large car park in the village of Cromdale on the A95 Grantown on Spey to Aberlour Road. We walked the short distance along the main road to the Haugh Hotel and immediately beyond it followed a minor[…]
Graham Beinn Tharsuinn Easter Ross
The start of this walk was beside the bridge over the Strathrory River on the B9176 Evanton to Bonar Bridge Road in Easter Ross, known as the Struie Road, where I left my vehicle in a large parking area. We then walked west along a good quality vehicle track ignoring[…]
Graham Beinn nan Eun Easter Ross
I was considering climbing the Graham, Carn Loch nan Amhaichean, in Easter Ross, but on phoning the keeper he suggested I wait until a Sunday so I contacted the keeper for Wyvis Estate who was happy for me to access the route to the Graham, Beinn nan Eun. I drove[…]
Corbett Sgurr a’ Chaorachain Applecross
The start for the ascent of the Corbett, Sgurr a’ Chaorachain, was the car park at the summit of the Bealach na Ba, the minor road between Kishorn and Applecross in Wester Ross. We were already at 620 meters above sea level although lost a few metres as we walked[…]
Corbett Beinn Dronaig Attadale
We parked in the walkers car park at the entrance to Attadale Estate on the east side of the A890 Strathcarron to Stromeferry Road. Once geared up we commenced the cycle to Bendronaig Bothy initially along a tarred road later reverting to an estate track. Beyond the bridge over the[…]
Munro Mullach na Dheiragain from Glen Elchaig
The previous day we had cycled up Glen Elchaig to climb the Corbetts, Aonach Buidhe and Faochaig, so today’s return to Glen Elchaig was to ascend the Munro, Mullach na Dheiragain. The starting point was the car park west of the hamlet of Killilan, reached along a single track road[…]
Corbetts Aonach Buidhe and Faochaig
We were staying at Plockton so this made accessing Killilan, the starting point for the Corbetts, Aonach Buidhe and Faochaig, a relatively short drive. On leaving the A87 Kyle of Lochalsh to Dornie Road west of the Dornie Bridge we drove along the single track road on the west side[…]
Graham Cook’s Cairn from Glenlivet
A friend was interested in climbing Cook’s Cairn which I had climbed earlier in the year. On that occasion I approached this Graham from Glen Fiddich to the north so on this visit I decided on a westerly approach. The starting point was the car park at Allanreid, at the[…]
Munro Ben Vane
I left my vehicle in the car park at Inveruglas on the east side of the A82 Tarbet to Ardlui Road, on the west shore of Loch Lomond. I then walked south along the path on the west side of the A82 for around half a mile to the start[…]
Beinn a’ Bheithir Munros
The starting point for the two Beinn a’ Bheithir Munros was the car park in Gleann a’ Chaolais, just off the A828 immediately west of South Ballachulish. I set off up the glen following signs for the Munro, Sgorr Dhearg. The waymarked route took me across a bridge over the[…]