After the previous day's weather had been fine for hillwalking, today's forecast seemed equally well. Overcast sky, single and rare clear spells, cloud level rising to above summit height during the day. Stepping out of my cabin and going to the town centre for breakfast, I saw that the clouds were ...

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Ben Lomond on Referendum Day There are already so many walk reports for Ben Lomond, so why add another one, you might ask? Well, there is nothing special about this report, but I'd like to add it anyway for two reasons - to have a complete Munro diary, and because of the date. My wife and I walked t...

Before I come to the description of this walk, let me say a few words about what got me started to do hillwalking in Scotland, and the important part Beinn Dorain plays in this. My first trip to Scotland was in 2002, for a rather unusual reason. The year before, a friend of mine and I made a trip to...