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$matches[2] With the easing of lockdown regulations, it was great to get away from the local area and explore further afield again. I'd gone to conquer Meall an t-Slamain in the past, but some un-forecasted rain had happened along and I changed my plans as I wanted to experience the view. We arrive...

$matches[2] I'm the human equivalent of a dowsing rod. If the sun is out for a few hours, it's guaranteed I'll find the only pocket of precipitation within a hundred miles. The 22nd was no exception. I'd been saving Creag Dubh for a winter half-day, as 5 kilometres didn't seem to be too strenuous e...

$matches[2] ... but you can't take the bog out of the man. Saturday was a bit misty in places as we crawled up the A9 doing the obligatory 45mph behind a row of traffic and it looked like there might be inversion opportunities over the bigger stretch of waters. The Cromarty had a slight cloak of mi...

$matches[2] Saturday was somewhat wet and windy to say the least. I was heading south on the A9 with my dog Canna (I was driving). When I was just north of Helmsdale at around mid-day, there was an oasis of sunshine around the town and as I didn't need to be back in Inverness until three, I realise...

our_route.gpx My original plan was to climb both Mona Gowan and Morven from further down the road, but the Obergruppenführer arranged an evening out at short notice and I thought I better not turn up needing a double hip replacement, Plan B was quickly put into action and I realised that it would b...

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Meall an t-Slamain - It has it's ups and downs.

Creag Dubh in the mist and snow.

You can take a man out of the bog....

Creag Thoraraidh

Mona Gowan (the lazy way)