And more to the point, who will I now be able to find to walk the same route with me on the Sunday as on the Saturday!? :lol: I am truly gutted too Headmaster, but in sickness and in health and all that ... I was indeed wondering whether we should have been planning yet more scenic routes up from M...

I won’t be able to attend now sadly. My wife has finally been called for an operation on Tuesday 3rd (only waiting for three years but it’s going ahead despite the strike ..), she won’t be able to drive for a while and we live in a village so I’m going to be needed chez Wilson. That means sunshine i...

Please put me down for both nights - 1 human (me) and 1 fairly well-behaved dog (although I still wouldnae leave any sausages unattended!)! I will speak to my banker and arrange to have £50 transferred ASAP! :lol: Headmaster, I understand that there are some cracking walks from Morvich, so good tha...

Great work Gill!!
The Boss has approved a leave pass so I'm all paid up and looking forward to it!!
Will there be drinking?

An honour to be invited to your special day Willie, and many (more) congratulations for all that's good in 2022 for you. I would respectfully suggest that you're hardly in the twilight zone yet my friend, maybe in mid-afternoon, where the heat of the typical Scottish hill day starts to subside. Plen...

Fantastic report JP :clap: :clap: , although I'm confused as to why Friday night's Bible Study should have given you a hangover. :wink: Pictures look great, what did you take them with? Good pointer about the busy car park, if I ever get the chance to do these I'll take the retirees privilege of a m...

An excellent report on a novel route Headmaster! The descent south off the Corbett looks pretty hellish on the OS 1:25000, not sure these pensioned knees would take it!

A fantastic post on your stunning achievements, with some inspirational personal reflection. With 112 Munros still to go, 61 years on the clock, and living down south, it’s unlikely that I’d ever be able to match your achievements but I did manage Quinag a few years back and it remains one of Scotla...

jonny616 wrote:Glad you managed to fit this in. Not sure why your sleep was fruitless. I slept like a log

I've never heard a log make noises like that ...

Graeme D wrote:Looks like a pretty typical WH weekend gathering. Great report and congratulations to Jonny.

It was a great weekend Graeme, and also the weekend that kept on giving, in s slightly different way!

Sometimes logistics conspire to ensure a spot of creativity is required on route planning. I was on the way home from a friend’s final Munro gathering on Mull, and on the train. Well, I would have been except Scotrail decided on strike action that day, and with my ferry being not until lunchtime, op...

Excellent report Gill, and sums up the wonderful spirit of the weekend nicely.
A final tally on the weekend's whisky consumption would have been interesting, but one does have to support the local economy in these difficult times.

Graeme D wrote:Wow! Didn't see this coming at all. Thanks guys! Mr W's report on the other hand had winner written all over it. A masterpiece! Honoured to be runner up to the Grand High Ayatollah of the People's Republic of Yorkshire!

You're too kind Headmaster!

Just back from a similar route myself but your pictures put mine to absolute shame. :shock: Can I ask what you used to take these? Thank you! For the majority of my mountain trips I use a Sony RX100 Mk111. Small, compact, but with a 1" sensor and 20 mp so the photos have good definition. Not m...

I never tire of seeing photos and reading reports of these big Cairngorm beasts. They are hills I know very well from my various wanderings, either personal or on DofE business. I too have had trouble with wind in these hills, but I blame the IPA and the freeze dried food. Shame you had to bail ear...