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The timing for this walk was determined by the Met Office. Initially planned for Friday when little rain was predicted, when the forecast changed for the worse I moved it to Sunday. A dry day with some sunshine was promised. Gales were also predicted, but I preferred that to getting soaked. My aim w...

Not so much a short day as a much shortened day for walking due to the amount of driving necessary to get to and link three easy hills. With an intent to start early from just west of Edinburgh it was about 7:15 as I set off to find the rush hour was well under way. Fortunately this time I was headi...

Some time ago Jaywizz and I had set ourselves a goal of climbing all the mainland Marilyns south of the Highland Boundary Fault. The forecast was very good so we decided to tackle the two that are the furthest north - between Montrose and Stonehaven - accompanied by friend Peter. Hill of Garvock 1.4...

After some lacklustre drizzle on the way to park at the start of the wind farm track, the rest of the day was dry though overcast with the summits in cloud most of the time. Blaeloch Hill route s.gif P1030179 s.JPG The building by the start of the track had an uncommon outdoor feature - a fountain. ...

A prediction of good weather from the Met Office lured me west to add another Marilyn to my CV. The drive there along the M8 might have been through mist (as predicted), but the day was bright and clear for my walk with sun later on and no precipitation at all. Hill of Stake route s.gif I started fr...

A fine day was forecast and so it proved for another shot at collecting a couple of Donald tops. Circumstances had cut short my attempt to do Great Hill and Din Law from the south via Carrifran Gans. Today was to collect them from the north starting from the south end of Talla Reservoir. Games Hope ...

I still had three Donald Tops to visit in the Moffat Hills. An ambitious plan was crafted to bag them all in a single walk. From the distance, height to climb and the terrain I thought that if everything went well I should manage it during the not quite eight hours between sunrise and sunset with an...

Sunday dawned as Saturday had ended - with a cloudless sky. Assynt is not a place to waste such good fortune in November. The hills beckoned and there was one only a few miles to the north that I had never climbed. $matches[2] I parked in the layby on the A837 about 2km south of Inchnadamph at NC 24...

Another fine day where I had time to squeeze in a visit to another nearby Marilyn. This was to the north instead of the south, so no delays circumnavigating Edinburgh this time. I did meet some congestion round Dundee, but only a for a few minutes. Craigowl Hill route s.gif I arrived at what I expec...

On Monday when I looked at the forecast for the week, the best day for a walk was obviously the next day. A hurried decision was made to visit Greatmoor Hill as that was relatively close and the total travelling plus walk times should get me back home in plenty of time for an evening meeting already...

An early 7am start was partly slowed by rush hour traffic then roadworks on the A70 before I parked on a stretch of old road opposite the track leading to Cairnsmore of Carspairn. Beninner route s.gif This was not quite a repeat of a damp June day in 2017 when we'd climbed Cairnsmore of Carsphairn t...

This day's objectives were two more of the Donald tops I needed to collect to be a true Donald compleatist. It started with a drive through Ettrick to the end of the public road and the parking spot where a forestry track branches off towards Bodesbecl Law, though I wouldn't be using that route. Bod...

The forecast for Saturday was for sunshine and a relatively calm though cool day, and so it proved. Too good not to travel south-westwards with Jaywizz to visit a Marilyn or two. With several hills in mind, when we reached the M74 we decided to neglect it and the more southerly summits, and instead ...

An early morning call from Jaywizz led to a complete change of plans for the day with a 90 degree rotation in our drive direction: south instead of west. The forecast for the day in the west had been erratic over the previous 24 hours. Every time I looked it seemed to change from a fine day to one w...

With a choice of parking spots available we chose a spot just before the bridge over the river. There was already one car there and room for a couple more. $matches[2] $matches[2] The first half of the walk followed the Southern Upland Way and along a track that then led us to within a kilometre of ...

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Windswept South-West but a calm approach to Beneraird

A Short Day for Three Marilyns

The Johnston Tower and sub-zero Strathfinella

Blaeloch HIll

HIll of Stake

Gameshope saplings and a levitating barn

Carrifran Gans and a truncated day

Unbroken Sun on Beinn Reidh

Craigowl Hill

Greatmoor HIll and the Lonesome Pine

Another Donald top collected - Beninner

Two more tops and Bodesbeck Law

Kirkland & Green Hills

Ellson Fell with a welcome breeze

Scaw'd Fell