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There's also a "print view" icon in the top right corner whilst you're editing or even just looking at a report. You can use this icon to either print a hard copy, or to PDF. (I keep telling myself that I'm going to start doing this -- the PDF option -- every time I post a report, but I ha...

The day was finally upon us when Jimmy would turn that final balloon blue, max out the “% complete” field, and change his “Activity” to “Munro compleatist.” His Land’s End to John O’Groats journey in 2017 had put his Munro bagging on hold for a year. The pandemic pushed it out for more or less anoth...

With various errands taken care of at home (most notably getting my second Covid jab! :clap: ), I had a brief window of time to escape once again to my northern bolthole. I was a bit sad that those creature-free days of late spring were gone, and based on the midges and ticks I’d been victim to at h...

We got midged good and proper (first time for me this year) in the Beinn Alligin car park last Sunday morning. Honestly, it was like someone flipped the switch overnight. As others have said, if you keep moving, that often solves the issue, as does a good breeze. In fact, it's a good idea, if you're...

Wed 01 June Corbett: Ruadh-stac Beag 8 hrs / 15.75km / 1007m An absolute corker of a day with Evie. A harder day than I’d anticipated, with the shortish (~200m, distance-wise) scree-and-rock descent offering a couple of scary moments, when 2–3 big rocks started slipping beneath my feet (I just coul...

So I posed the question to the "enquiries" email address for Beinn Eighe, and received the following response from the Nature Reserve Manager: "Thanks for your email. The montane heaths on the tops of Ruadh-stac Mòr and Ruadh-stac Beag are particularly rich in lichens, including four ...

jmarkb wrote:No problem! No idea what they might be used for - it would be nice if they weren't just left lying around....

Indeed, they did look very obvious (and incongruous), which is what led us over to them for a closer look in the first place.

Yep, that looks like exactly what they are.

Thanks!

near the summit of Ruadh-stac Beag, on the grassy area to the north of the summit cairn. Two small, yellow, what-look-like concrete boxes with holes (one had a cover, one did not). Both facing the same direction (NW-ish), about a meter apart. Pushed into the ground on a metal spike. https://live.sta...

25–31 May 2021 Tues 25 May Corbett: Creag Rainich 5 hrs / 17.25km / 706m Weather *supposed* to be “sunshine and showers,” but I didn’t see much sunshine. Or much of anything, really, which was rather disappointing. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51208314356_89045bd3c5_z.jpg looking down Loch a...

17–24 May 2021 This week was quite a mixed bag with the weather. It’s still been very cold, even on the days it hasn’t rained. Winter hats and gloves remain a very necessary part of my kit. Jimmy was supposed to travel up, and we’d planned to do the straightforward, but very long glen walk across t...

Hiya, M, thanks for the mention! It was nice to meet you, and I really appreciate the heads up about the peat hags between the wind farm and the summit, as I was about to head that way. I also have some pretty intense bike envy...especially as I've still got Carn Ban on my to-do list. :) Cheers, kmai

11–16 May, 2021 Tues 11 May – Wed 12 May For a variety of reasons (mostly the weather), I ended up doing a whole lotta nothing during these two days. My neck was still quite stiff as well, and I couldn’t countenance wearing a rucksack and being mostly unable to turn my head. Paracetamol seems to be...

03–10 May, 2021 For weeks, I’d been planning to spend most, or even all of May in Inverness. Travel restrictions had lifted, overnight visits were now allowed, there were long hours of daylight, and the wee beasties remained abed for a few weeks yet. I had a long “to-do” list of hills, mostly Corbe...

To celebrate the first day of legal inter-UK travel after four months of lockdown, Jimmy and I met at the Megget reservoir dam to do a bit of Donald tidying. (I've never really planned on visiting all of these hills; consequently, I've accumulated a few awkward outliers.) We set off just before 9am....

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Re: Backing up Walk Reports

Beinn at Last (Beinn na Lap)

Two Corbetts, two wanders, one Graham, and a recce

Re: Midges mid June Scotland this year

And...just like that, it's June!

Re: Anyone know what these are?

Re: Anyone know what these are?

Re: Anyone know what these are?

Anyone know what these are?

Finishing off the month with a couple of epics

It's not quite summer yet...

Re: Beinn Tharsuinn (Ardross)

Of feckin’ drumlins and hairy erotics

An ignominious return to Inverness

The long arm of the Laws