We managed to lose the path returning from Bearnais to Achintee in the summer, so it must have been especially challenging in the snow with the light fading.

Bag a few more Munros than the 1 I managed last year (got distracted by lower hills on Skye and nearby islands). Don't want to set a target as it's so weather dependent with probably just a week in Scotland booked in advance, but hope to have a good go at my remaining Cairngorm Munros. Nearer home b...

Only managed 1 Munro, but got quite a few Marilyns bagged (or revisited to be able to tick them off properly with a date) - varying in awesomeness from Dun Caan on Raasay to Lewes golf course. Highlight was probably watching a Sea Eagle from above on Dun Caan summit.

Although I live in Surrey, I am a regular visitor to Scotland, spending at least a week there every year. Friends of mine have a cottage on the Trotternish coast of Skye, overlooking the Sound of Raasay. I visited them this year and we went up several of the hills in the area, enjoying the scenery a...

OS 50k for Scotland because you can see the shapes of the hills and any paths or tracks more clearly. OS 25k for England & Wales because the paths and rights of way are clearly shown in green and fences are marked. OS 25k for Scotland can be useful for picking out possible wild camping sites at ...

Dulse and Brose, the restaurant on the ground floor of the Bosville Hotel on the turn in the main road by the Co-op, did very nice food when I was there in May. Good beer too.

Having done most of the Etive Hills in ones and twos in Winter, I was left with Meall nan Eun to bag. Rather than returning to Glen Etive, which seems horrendously crowded in Summer nowadays, I decided to try the approach from Victoria Bridge. After reading weedavie's report at https://www.walkhighl...

What the others said - love your entertaining style and diagrams! I too was scared of heights when starting my Munros. So I started with The Saddle, Blaven and the Torridon hills :shock: . The narrow ridges were scary at the time, but great to look back on in the pub after. That pretty much cured th...

Congratulations! Your reports are always entertaining and I look forward to more.

BTW if you think Scotland is the only country where water ignores gravity, you clearly haven't been hill bagging in Ireland!

I was just leaving the area as you arrived, having just spent a week with the family in a cottage 1/4 way up the Great Orme. I walked that section of the Conwy town walls with my son and bagged the Great Orme a couple of times, but with family commitments I didn't manage any other hills :( I had hop...

That looks a brilliant trip, but tough. I've done some canoeing in the Algonquin in Canada, and even the short portages there were a bit much for me. Can you hire canoes and do shorter / easier trips there?

Excellent hill this. I was up it earlier this year and saw a White Tailed Eagle from the summit, Red Admirals and Painted Ladies at the summit and a Koala Bear in a Eucalyptus tree on the way down! The Koala was the cuddly version and just off your route I think by the road near the old viaduct. Goo...

I went through a couple of pairs of the old (proper) Karrimor KSBs over the years. I've tried a few other fabric boots since, but none quite fitted me or were as comfortable. They seem to have more leather or too much padding round the ankles, which just rubs. In the end I went into Sports Direct an...

I remember one of those signs from my own walk in the Gorges du Tarn. It warned of a "Sentier Adventureuse" or suchlike. Being used to Scottish scrambles, I decided to give it a go, and found the fixed steel ropes and ladders made it a lot easier than some routes I've done in Scotland. It'...

My approach is to get a kind of perverse satisfaction out of bagging so-called "boring" hills. This helps lower one's expectations and enables one to appreciate the good points more. Good weather also helps. I had a great day on the Monadhliath, enlivened by grouse chicks scuttling across ...