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Driving along the A84, I noticed that my driver's side wing mirror was missing. I believe that I use my mirrors a lot so I deduced that it had dropped off either on the campsite or during my drive north. The photograph was taken later, when I went back to look for it. I say my wing mirror; I should ...

I had almost been to the summit of this hill when running the Stuc a' Chroin Hill race in 2000 but the route cuts through between Creag a'Mhadaidh and Meall Mor before dropping down to Glen Ample and across to Beinn Each. This is by no means the most popular route for hillwalkers but it was my prefe...

Six Corbetts to go and this was firmly set as my next one! I was looking forward to climbing its neighbouring Munro. When I repeat a Munro, I like to add something different to my firs ascent. The Corbett, an ascent via the south-east ridge and a high level camp with an early morning summit all made...

We were on a three day family getaway to the west coast of Sutherland. We live on the East coast but we were never really very far from home as Scotland is narrow in the far north. We stayed at a B&B at Baddidarrach looking across to Lochinver with Canisp and Suilven beyond. $matches[2] After dr...

I am keeping the text short for this one. Climbing a hill with my son, Thomas is always special. Driving 1h 45 minutes for a three and a half hour hill is really the limit of what I would drive for a short day but within a period of showery weather, we stayed dry and the walking conditions were clos...

My original plan had been to head south to Loch Earn and Meall na Fearna but the forecast was for bands of rain to hit the southwest Highlands and it seemed to me that north and east would just receive the tail ends of the rain, so I set off from home after lunch, arriving at Badanloch mid afternoon...

Bayanaul had been on my list of places to visit for some time and I had a long weekend with two national holidays - Defender of the Fatherland Day followed by Victory Day. I approached a guide in Karaganda who wanted about £600 per person for three days. I decided to just get a driver for a fraction...

Another great report :clap: What's the security situation like now? I read Tommy Caldwell's book recently, where he described getting kidnapped by islamic terrorists while climbing in the mountains. I am not aware of any problems. I felt safe. I found the people less friendly than Kazakhstan, but t...

Good to see someone else sharing their travels in far flung places. I look forward to being back in the highlands but that does not stop me [or you] exploring and enjoying adventures elsewhere.

Nauryz means new day and is celebrated in Persian and Central Asian countries. It occurs on 21 March coinciding with the Spring equinox. It is generally celebrated over several days and working in Kazakhstan, I used it an an opportunity to take the week off and travel. Having already visited Uzbekis...

I was just telling my students in Kazakhstan about when I climbed Ben Vrackie in the 1990s. We are studying antibiotics. Around 1997, I was diagnosed with impetigo, caused by Staphylococcus aureus. The doctor took a swab to test the pathogen for antibiotic resistance, but prescribed me with penicill...

I parked a few times in the large area by the bins and the cattle grid a few years ago and there was never a problem then - space for several cars but I was usually the only one there unless there was an evening dog walker. Càrn na h-Easgainn was a quick and easy nearby hill I could nip up and down...

Hi To avoid issues, just park here where theres ample space. https://goo.gl/maps/UjYNhMjjJmZLxo4w6 (its a left turn onto a forest track which the street view car didn't visit) That is exactly where I parked. Residents take the time and trouble to put up NO PARKING signs without putting up a sign whe...

Loved your report. Re winter driving I run a BMW which is notoriously bad on snow & ice (no I’m not posh or wealthy, it’s 10 years old!) but knowing I’d be doing distances in winter I bought a set of winter tyres & wheels when I got the car. It was a bit of an outlay but they’ve lasted eigh...

I had to drive down to Inverness from Dornoch to drop my son off for a 07:30 bus, so I thought that as I had to get up early anyway and spend money on petrol, I had might as well bag a hill in the process. A quick bit of research suggested that Càrn na h-Easgainn was both the nearest and the easiest...

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When you do not know your Ardtainaig from your Ardeonaig.

Sgiath a' Chaise

Meall na Fearna and Ben Vorlich

Magic Bus

Creag Dubh

Bike, boots and bothies - Ben Armine

Bayanaul and the ascent of Akbet

Re: Kyrgyz Nauryz

Re: Krakatoa - Once In A Lifetime

Kyrgyz Nauryz

Re: Walked above the mist

Re: Shepherd's warning - Càrn na h-Easgainn

Re: Shepherd's warning - Càrn na h-Easgainn

Re: Speyside Winter Wonderland

Shepherd's warning - Càrn na h-Easgainn