I have the North Face equivalent. It's brilliant for carrying inside a camping pack then using for walks from a wild camp up hills. There's no padding on the back, but if you fold your waterproof jacket up inside that works as padding. As you say, you can't attach poles, but I just use one and carry...

I did pretty much the same route in reverse from Chest of Dee on 28 May, in a brief break in the wet weather. There were several snow buntings on the summit of Beinn Bhrotain, though I only managed one shot from distance. Yours is much better than I got.

Good report with some useful detail. I'm planning this one for my next Munro.

I'm saving Sgurr na Ciche for last Munro - unless I crack and bag it before then!

Being based in South London and having to book holidays from work in advance, my strategy has been always to go up to Scotland in the last week of May (plus 2nd or 3rd week of February when I was doing Winter hills) for the best chance of good weather. Nothing is guaranteed, of course! I've had some...

Irvine Butterfield's High Mountains of Britain & Ireland covers the Furths. It's a bit old now, but got me by in Ireland.

We biked and hiked in via Iron Lodge to set up a base camp at the West end of Loch Mullardoch. We then biked out again, drove round to the Mullardoch dam and walked back in over the North Mullardoch round. From the tents we then did MnD (but not SnC as the weather was bad that day). The following da...

Interesting! I still have these hills to do, and driving in and staying in a holiday cottage sounds a nice alternative to biking in and wild camping, particularly if the weather is like you had.

Good to get an outsider's perspective!

Lightweight running shoes are viable in Scotland, but you need to know the conditions and choose your routes with care. If in doubt, go for boots. Fabric Gore-tex lined boots can be a good compromise.

I have this issue too. Left my wife and son behind to go on to the summit of 2 hills in Hong Kong recently. So long as you've agreed a plan and it's understood the other party can start heading back down if they get bored / cold, it's not a problem. If you have a phone signal, you can keep in touch ...

Ben Starav gives good summit views at dawn and there is room to pitch just below the summit.

The Cairngorms would be your best bet. You can get a train to Aviemore. Lots of route suggestions on this site. Midges will be an issue in August, but if you normally walk in Scandinavia maybe you are used to that. You should be OK to avoid deer stalking in the main Cairngorms. Others can probably a...

Good going! That lot took me 6 separate walks (7 if you include an aborted attempt on Tolmount & Tom Buidhe from Glen Doll) over 27 years.

I suspect the plateau isn't done in one go as often as it might be because it's split over separate OS maps.

Brilliant! I like the idea of having a list of mountains that owe you a view when you've completed. Bidean is now top of my (long) list! I did it in a whiteout in winter, which was great navigational practice but no views. It's difficult to be 100% sure that bumps you visited by compass bearings and...

We did it during the day when the railway was closed due to storms. We missed out the Corbett and just did an out and back via the Road to the Isles. Report here: https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=16778