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My second trip to Scotland this year. The primary purpose of the trip was to go sea kayaking in the Outer Hebrides but I managed to fit in a day of walking in the hills when we were back on the mainland. our_route.gpx We chose Ben Cruachan as we could easily reach the start of the walk by public tra...

It has been a while since my last Munro trip report. I moved away from the hills of Scotland to the rather flatter London basin. There are some pleasant walks around the capital but I do miss the space and feeling of remoteness that you get in Scotland. I managed to make it back to the hills twice t...

mrssanta wrote:brilliant! what a fantastic week.
have you considered oatcakes and cheese for breakfast? That's what I have when camping, easily transported, especially if you splash out on some cheese portions or babybel type things.

I will give that a try next time

Thanks!

Following last year’s misadventure filled wild camping trip to the Cairngorms and the somewhat better organised but rather chilly camping trip around the Southern uplands I was once again ready to give up on bathing and comfortable sleeping in exchange for stunning early morning views and that amazi...

A few months ago we began planning a trip to the hills over the Easter weekend. Back then we anticipated that the weather might still be cold enough for there to be snow on the higher Scottish hills hence we planned two potential trips - one for good weather and one for more challenging weather wher...

Great report...specially hearing your opinion about it! It is one thing to read the adverts ...or read about first hand experiences. One thing I always wondered is...could the skills not be shared with experiences friends? Or at least some? I think that some of the skills could be. Our instructor e...

TThanks for both of these. Glad you enjoyed them they looked great and very tempting. Did you make your own grroup up or just join in with a course that was being run anyway? For the winter skills course you have groups of up to six people with an instructor. We booked as a group of four people and...

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I would definitely recommend a course, I have already started looking into a scrambling course for the summer and another winter course for next year!

Day two of the Glenmore lodge introduction to winter skills. Feeling more confident using the crampons and ice axe than on the previous day. Our pace was a bit faster but again we took many breaks to learn something new or practise a particular skill. On of the main topics of the day was snow shelte...

After a summer and autumn filled with hill walking trips the though of a long flat winter was far too depressing. However walking in winter is a daunting prospect when you have never tried it before. So I decided that the best way to conquer my nerves would be to take a course in the basics of cramp...

Probably one of the last longer walking trips of the year for me and an extremely enjoyable one it was too. We set off from misty, dark St Andrews at 5.30am aiming to reach Crianlarich around sunrise. The aim was to climb An Caisteal, Beinn a'Chroin and Beinn Chabhair on Saturday and then Ben More a...

This trip was supposed to be a first attempt at climbing and wild camping, a time for learning what works and what does not work on such a trip. In the end it proved to be a lesson in how not to plan a walking trip and how despite going totally wrong a trip can still be absolutely awesome :) . First...

We had planned a trip around the White Mounth circuit for this weekend, however as both myself and Captain Slow were suffering a bit from colds we thought a shorter, easier walk would be in order. Earlier in the summer we had walked the Lawers 7 in a very cloudy weekend so we decided to have a go at...

Fabled as the dullest and least attractive of all Munros, the Cairnwell three were not our first choice for this day trip to the hills. However in view of the terrible weather forecast for the West coast we decided to save our original plan of Ben Lomond for a day when we had a decent chance of a vi...

Following our epic Saturday completing the Lawers 5, CaptainSlow and myself opted for a more relaxed Sunday with a quick walk over these two relatively simple Munros. We made a fairly early start of it and for the majority of the day had the peaks to ourselves. P1010704.JPG The weather was similar t...

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Ben Cruachan

White Mounth to Glas Maol

Re: More Lessons from a wild camping trip

More Lessons from a wild camping trip

Southern Uplands

Re: Glenmore lodge winter skills weekend day 1

Re: Glenmore lodge winter skills weekend day 1

Re: Glenmore lodge winter skills weekend day 2

Glenmore lodge winter skills weekend day 2

Glenmore lodge winter skills weekend day 1

Crianlarich Munros 1

Lessons from a wild camping trip

The Tarmachan Ridge

The Cairnwell three

Lochan Na Lairige Two