{"id":29272,"date":"2026-04-01T11:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=29272"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:51:47","slug":"contrasting-hill-days-win-march-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/contrasting-hill-days-win-march-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Contrasting hill days win March competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The changing seasons of March meant loads of people were out and about and posting on Walkhighlands so it was hard to judge the walk report competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Assynt came out as the clear winner again with the \u00a3100 Highlander 1st prize voucher going to Mal Grey for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/Forum\/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=133915\">Glas Bheinn \u2013 a happy return to the hills at last<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/55140615983_20841a152d_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/55140615983_20841a152d_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/55140615983_20841a152d_c-320x232.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/55140615983_20841a152d_c-200x145.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not such a sunny day for The English Alpinist who takes home the March runner-up \u00a350 Highlander voucher for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/Forum\/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=133675\">Three Mealls near Killin went down well<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; a real testament to the power of the hills whatever the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coast-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coast-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coast-1-320x234.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coast-1-200x146.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another 2 great reports also deserve a mention &#8211; a low level coastal route from Malky C&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/Forum\/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=133957\">Achmelvich to Lochinver<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/Forum\/viewtopic.php?f=9&amp;t=134012\">An Teallach in stunning conditions<\/a>&nbsp;captured by Flealarob<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coast-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coast-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coast-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coast-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/coast.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be in with a chance of winning next month&#8217;s competition simply post a walk report on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/Forum\/\">Walkhighlands forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The changing seasons of March meant loads of people were out and about and posting on Walkhighlands so it was hard to judge the walk report competition. However, Assynt came out as the clear winner again with the \u00a3100 Highlander 1st prize voucher going to Mal Grey for&nbsp;Glas Bheinn \u2013 a happy return to the hills at last. Not such a sunny day for The English Alpinist who takes home the March runner-up \u00a350 Highlander voucher for&nbsp;Three Mealls near Killin went down well&nbsp;&#8211; a real testament to the power of the hills whatever the weather. Another 2 great reports also<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/contrasting-hill-days-win-march-competition\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29272"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29299,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29272\/revisions\/29299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}