The plan was to head for Gleann Udalain, located on the east side of the A890 Auchtertyre to Achmore Road, a new glen for me and my hillwalking friend who was just coming along for a dog walk, his four legged companions wouldn’t cope with the rough vegetation and brash.[…]
Foothills of Bla Bheinn
The start of this walk was the John Muir Trust Car Park on the B8083 Torrin to Elgol Road, south of the headwater of Loch Slapin, on the Isle of Skye. The car park was surprisingly empty on my arrival as it is mainly used by those heading for the[…]
North of Loch Long
This was the first day of my stay in Plockton, on the shore of Loch Carron in the Scottish Highlands. I decided to head for Sallachy , on the west side of Loch Long, and climb the minor hills surrounding the Sub 2K Marilyn, Creag Mhor, which I had climbed[…]
An Inverey Circuit
On the final day of our stay at The Knock, Inerey, Braemar, I didn’t have anything in mind so decided to join a couple of my friends who planned a circular walk to the west of our accommodation. From the house we walked down to the main road then briefly[…]
North-West of White Bridge
This was our penultimate day staying at Inverey, Braemar, It was to be another sunny day albeit with an early morning frost. The rest of the group had various plans bagging hills as far away as Tomintoul. I drove a few miles west to the Linn of Dee leaving my[…]
Monega Hill from Glas Maol
To the south-east of Glas Maol is Monega Hill which I failed to visit when I was on Little Glas Maol in 1998 and on an overnight trip up Glen Isla in 2009 so as I was staying in Braemar for a week I decided to correct this. The choices[…]
The Ben Avon Tors
Staying near Braemar and with a good weather forecast I decided to climb the tors on Ben Avon. While researching the hill bagging web site (https://www.hill-bagging.co.uk/) I noticed that I had an unclimbed minor hill to the north-west of Carn na Drochaide so decided to include it on this walk.[…]
An Socach from Glen Ey
On day two of my stay at The Knock, Inverey, Braemar, I set off from the accommodation and headed south up Glen Ey accompanied by a friend who was planning an easy day with a walk up the glen. It was a fairly effortless walk on a good vehicle track[…]
Graham, Creag Bhalg
I was residing with friends who had rented the property at The Knock in Inverey, Braemar, for a week to enable them to climb various Corbetts and Grahams in the area. I had climbed all of these notable hills, some several times, so on our first day I decided to[…]
East of Glen Clunie
My youngest daughter was keen to add to her Munro tally, still in single figures, so accompanied by her eldest son on his first Munro trip, we headed for Glen Clunie, south of Braemar. I parked in the small car park on the east side of the A93 just prior[…]