I was staying as part of a group at the Torridon Youth Hostel with a plan to climb the Corbett, Baosbheinn. We drove north then west on the A832 Kinlochewe to Gairloch Road to west of the Am Feur Loch, parking beside the Red Barn which is actually green. We[…]
Hills South-East of Glen Lochsie
Earlier in the month I climbed the Hump, Meall Uaine, and a couple of Tops from the Spittal of Glenshee, located just west of the A93 Braemar to Blairgowrie Road. I was now back at the Spittal to bag a few more tops on the long twisting ridge to the[…]
Graham, Cnap Chaochan Aitinn from Glen Loin
It was late afternoon when I met a hill bagging friend in Tomintoul before making the short drive south to the car park at Delnabo. We then set off on the cycle south up Strath Avon, initially on a rough vehicle track, before joining the tarred road at Delavorar. We[…]
Hills from Spittal of Glenshee and Braemar
Meall Uaine, Creag an Dubh Shluic and Ben Earb – The forecast was for some reasonable weather so I headed for the Spittal of Glenshee, on the west side of the A93 Braemar and Blairgowrie Road. I planned leaving my car in the car park beside the hotel but the[…]
Cook’s Cairn and Corryhabbie Hill from Glen Fiddich
I looked at the options for combining the Corbett, Corryhabbie Hill, and the Graham, Cook’s Cairn, and chose an approach from the A941 Cabrach to Dufftown Road. It was a sunny morning when I parked on an area of grass on the north side of the bridge over the River[…]
Graham, Beinn na Sroine from Glen Lochy
With a changeable weather forecast it was decided on a short walk before I headed home. The Graham, Beinne na Sroine, would only take around a couple of hours so we left my car on an area of waste ground in Glen Lochy on the north side of the A85[…]
Cruach nam Miseag and Beinn Bheula
I headed to Lochgoilhead then along the west shore of Loch Goil towards Lettermay with the intention of climbing the Sub 2K Marilyn, Cruach nam Miseag, and possibly the Corbett, Beinn Bheula. Finding a parking space at Lettermay has always been a problem but with the appearance of more holiday[…]
Hills North and North-East Isle of Tiree
This turned out to be our final full day on the Isle of Tiree and with three Tumps still to climb we headed to the north and north-east of the Island stopping initially at Balephetrish Bay. It was then a drive of only a couple of kilometres along the B8068[…]
Hump, Beinn Hough, Isle of Tiree
The second Hump on the Isle of Tiree, there are only two, was Beinn Hough at 119 metres. We parked on the grass at the start of the tarred road leading to Creagan House and Cnoc an Fhithich, south-west of the hamlet of Hough. We walked along this road and[…]
South-West Hills Isle of Tiree
Carnan Mor – The previous day we travelled on the Cal Mac ferry from Oban to Tiree the crossing taking just over four hours. It was a windy morning and once out of the Sound of Mull there was a bit of a sea swell. The winds continued to rise[…]