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Cycling is great for building endurance as once you get into it, 3 hour+ rides will do wonders for your fitness, both in building stamina, developing leg muscles and weight loss. The impact on your knees is also minimal. I'd say that was probably the biggest factor in actual hillwalking becoming an ...

AyrshireAlps wrote:
This will ruin the hills for me

Really?.

It's a wild viewpoint. Almost as bonkers as folk claiming their 10 hour hillwalk was ruined because they saw some wind turbines at some point

No, but hopefully he is recovered from his injuries. You maybe best emailing him direct to see if he is able to work this year. I did the 4 Munros on the North side of Loch Mullardoch last year, and the walk back to the dam at the end of the day seemed to take forever. There were also a couple of s...

I bought winter boots and crampons in 2014 - I've only used the crampons twice :lol: You could easily do Mount Keen without crampons in all but the most ridiculously extreme weather. It's not steep at any point, just a long gradually walk in and ascent. Certainly doable using microspikes if icy. Jus...

I was mildly pro-e-bike when I first saw one, seven or eight years ago, as I was seeing people who were getting health challenges keep up their pastime. Since then I've seen oinkers (I know this is body-shaming) pass me on a hill path in the Pentlands on e-bikes crying out "You're doing ok, au...

This stream is now in multiple layers. Taking a shotgun to them: I think e-bikes don't belong on the hills because they're powered vehicles. OK, the point of pollution is at the source of generation not use. OK the devastation in the mining for batteries is in a foreign country. But they're an ecol...

Oh no - another illusion shattered. Next you will be telling me that the Viz letters are not all real. It was interesting looking at that issue - prime rant from Ridell of Chesthill in there on page 6. Satisfying to see it squirm over the Land Reform Act. Here it is in all its glory :lol: “A BAD PI...

I carry a map and compass but only as no3 in a hierarchy of stuff to rely on. OS Maps is an excellent app so i will use that, plus I also have the route uploaded to my Garmin watch. I think i've used a map/compass twice in the last 12 years. I will often have days where I decide that i'm going to pr...

Has any one tried the brilliantly named Big Foot BBQ east of Achnasheen ? We're up West every other week and watched the fella building this large shed by hand and it became the above " eatery " . Ps Pity the Midge bite hadn't been named the Midgie bite - much more in keeping imho . :D Is...

In Top Five stylee: 1. The Midge Bite (Achnasheen) - lovely wee place which does good coffee and cakes. Also had a tremendous cooked breakfast in there following a tired and hungry exit from a wild camp at Lochan Fada. 2. Motorgrille (Newtonmore) - Not been in for years but i do recall paying £8 for...

I think I was like that in the early days of my hillwalking. Until March 2013 I'd never been to Glencoe, let alone Skye, Torridon, Arrochar, Assynt etc. I couldn't wait for the next free weekend of decent weather to climb some new munros in an area I'd never been to before. I think it helped that I ...

The controversy over XL Bullies/Chavs also resulted in a some cracking examples of attention-seeking nonsense on one of the hillwalking FB pages recently. The guy decided to show off just what a big softy it was by letting it off the lead when they were loads of sheep around at the start of Ben Nevi...

WalkWithWallace wrote:16 year old arrested, something fishy. Rumour has it the landowner is in dispute with the national park authorities.

No way he did it on his own, imo.

In terms of Red House to Glen Feshie, yes you'll be able to cycle long sections of that. From memory the first 3 miles or from the bothy will be on a decent landrover track, you then take a grassier, hillier and rougher path off to the right before the river crossing to the ruined lodge. After a rea...

gammy leg walker wrote:So sad, some reports saying it was a guide & two clients

It was indeed.

An absolutely tragic accident. I can only assume they were roped together and someone slipped.

Condolences to their families.

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