With a forecast for inclement weather I drove to the car park at the head of Glen Nevis, reached from the A82 in Fort William. On my arrival several vehicles were already parked up with a few folks preparing to set off. Once geared up I left the car park[…]
Hills North of Butterstone
I left my vehicle in the car park at the local hall located on the east side of the minor road a few hundred metres north of the A923 Blairgowrie to Dunkeld Road at Butterstone then walked north along the tarred road which soon became private. It was a steady[…]
Deleted Tump near Dulnain Bridge
This was just a short walk to take in a minor top. From Dulnain Bridge on the A938, I drove north then north-west along the single track road to its end, the turning circle east of Balnuick Farm, where I managed to get my vehicle onto the verge. I walked[…]
South-East of Strath Errick
I drove south-west through Strath Errick, to the east of Loch Ness, and at the south end of Loch Mhor continued south-east along the minor road to Garthbeg where there appeared to be no objection to parking at the end of the public road. I walked towards the gates giving[…]
Strath Dearn
Accessing the hills to the south-east of Coignascallan, in Strath Dearn, is a bit problematic as it involves a river crossing and potentially wet feet although there is a bridge at Dalmigavie Lodge but it is several kilometres away. I suspected that after a recent dry spell of weather it[…]
Graham, Slat Bheinn from the North
Slat Bheinn is an awkwardly placed Graham located between Lochs Hourn and Loch Quoich (now Cuaich on the map) with approach options including from Barrisdale to the west or Loch Quoich to the east. However I opted to climb it from the north but this involved a considerable loss of[…]
Hills Around Braemore, Caithness
Maiden Pap, Smean, Carn Mor and Conachreag – Accompanied by my brother we headed north up the A9 and into Caithness. Just before the village of Dunbeath I drove west along the single track road to the end of the public road at the bridge across the Berridale Water where[…]
Above Garrogie Lodge
I’ve climbed several hills around Whitebridge, on the east side of Loch Ness, but never driven as far as Garrogie to the south-east, reached from the B862 south of the village. On my arrival at the bridge over the River Fecklin I noted that it was private and that the[…]
West of Glen Tromie
The plan was to start this walk from the car park at Ruthven Barracks but on driving south from Kingussie on the B970 I discovered that the road across the River Spey was closed for repairs although open to pedestrians. I therefore parked beside The Dell, the home of Kingussie[…]
East of Glen Markie
This was the final day staying at Newtonmore so I decided to head for Glen Markie and climb a couple of Corbett Tops. I left my car at the start of the vehicle track leading to the glen and below the Spey Dam, accessed along a single track road from[…]