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Well done, and great report with a good choice of celebratory dram. I too have nostalgic memories of the Kylesku ferry from family holidays in the 70s. It was a big adventure going that far North in those days (if you lived in the English Midlands at least). I imagine there have been few compleation...

I was in Glen Tilt last October, after having to delay my usual end of May trip due to lockdown. The Autumn colours there last year were stunning. The best bits were the riverside path from Blair Atholl up past the campsite and the part of the lower path to Allt Shiechachan from Old Bridge of Tilt t...

I'm an English not a Scottish lawyer, but I'd guess that the legal analysis is that you had no right to park your car overnight on their private land. The stalker (as an employee of the Estate) therefore offered you a contract to be granted permission to park overnight for £10, or if you did not acc...

I did them from Glen Tilt some years ago, without even knowing about the "usual" route. Cycled up the Glen, left the bike at the point I would drop down from the ridge, then walked up the Glen and up to the first Munro. I don't remember any particular difficulties, but I was younger and fi...

Nice to see what the horseshoe route looks like. I was up it last week, but took the direct route as there was low cloud and it was drizzly and boggy. Fortunately it cleared whilst I was at the summit, so I did see some of the views.

Looks a good bike approach - similar to Glen Bruar (which I did on the hybrid e-bike earlier this year) with a good track but initial steep section. I'm with you on liking steep ascents/descents - gets it over quickly!

The Harvey maps for the Cuillin and Arran are far better than the OS because they are not obliterated by useless crag symbols. I bought the Harvey Cuillin map after seeing it on the wall at the local Mountain Rescue (after my doctor friend helped them with a casualty). The Harvey map for Lochnagar e...

Incidentally, at one point, Mount Washington had the highest recorded surface wind speed Yes, I think the sign did say something along those lines. It was calm when I was there though, so I carried on up to the summit (and car park). I met a guy from the observatory on the way up, who said it was t...

Generally I'm happy to start from the highest nearby carpark. I did however make an exception for Mount Washington (a 6000' ft peak and highest point in New Hampshire, USA). This has a mountain railway and a road to the summit, complete with summit carpark and Snowdon-style summit cafe. I walked up ...

An alternative would be to do the narrow ridges, because they're still interesting with no views. For example, I did the Aonach Eagach in clag. The drops were less scary because you couldn't see them and navigation wasn't such a problem on a ridge (apart from remembering which top you were on and to...

I used the crossing on 2 June 2021 to bike in to Ben Alder. There was a man on duty at the crossing who told me there was a problem with the new Hitachi trains, in that their horns didn't work properly and new parts had to be obtained from Japan. He was therefore operating the gate for walkers. He w...

That all looks very familiar, as I did the same route just over 2 weeks later with a wild camp. I don't remember any particular difficulties on the Long Leachas - maybe I'm a more confident scrambler than I thought! The crux of the route was probably getting the e-bike across the shoogly bridge!!

Excellent report! I e-biked in to Culra the following Wednesday and was told by the guy manning the level crossing (because the horns on the new trains don't work properly!) that there had been about 30 people camping at Culra that weekend - so you chose a good campsite. There were only 2 or 3 tents...

I've just done it on an e-bike, which makes it even easier. No problem with the uphill bits on the track. The only tricky bit is getting it across the shoogly bridge at Loch Pattack. At least if you walk, you can cut the corner by taking the moorland path rather than the track via Loch Pattack. It w...

I'm just back from 2 nights camping by Culra for Ben Alder and the Geal-charn group, but I see others have already recommended that. Another good spot is by the ruined lodge in Glen Ey for Carn an Righ & co. It's much easier to bike in to these spots if you can, preferably with the gear stowed o...

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