Tales of walking, running and mood dependent, maybe other random stuff!
This part of the walk ended up being over two days despite originally planned for one. Our thought had been to finish the West Highland Way on Friday and start the Great Glen Way on Saturday, then spending two nights in South Laggan to allow us a day to walk the Loch Lochy munros. The … Continue reading Great Glen Way Day 1 & 2: Fort William to South Laggan
We got lucky with the weather on our final day! Having been well fuelled with a good breakfast (fish cakes and poached eggs), we were on our way around 9 am. Climbing out of Kinlochleven The initial climb out of Kinlochleven is the toughest part of the day. It zigzags back and forth for quite … Continue reading West Highland Way Day 7: Kinlochleven to Fort William
We got off to a great start having slept really well followed by an amazing breakfast! I couldn’t resist getting stuck in before remembering to take a picture, such was the beauty of the food! Another absolute bonus was that the hotel had a drying room. We were delighted to have our soaking wet boots … Continue reading West Highland Way Day 6: Inveroran to Kinlochleven
Our thinking for the day had been to take in a hill on route to Inveroran. However, getting up, Bruce’s foot was niggling. Breakfast at Heather’s Having stayed in Tyndrum last night, we were at our favourite B & B, Tigh na Fraoch. This was a lovely start to the day as we had a … Continue reading West Highland Way Day 5: Tyndrum to Inveroran
After a decent sleep (once I’d moved the intermittently glowing bug light to the other side of the room) I woke feeling refreshed, if a little in need of another hour or two in bed. Had a good Scottish breakfast to set us up, blethered to other walkers, then thankfully someone announced they needed to … Continue reading West Highland Way Day 4: Inverarnan to Tyndrum
We set off fairly sharp after breakfast and followed the road up and out of Drymen. It was a pleasure to leave the road behind and head onto the trails. There weren’t many views at the start of the day; this one was pretty consistent throughout as I’m usually bringing up the rear. We saw … Continue reading West Highland Way Day 2: Drymen to Rowardennan
Day 3 of our Aviemore holiday and the one good weather day thus far, we’d been avidly checking the forecast both last night and this morning to ensure it hadn’t changed. Things looked relatively good, all the more so in light of a weekend of gales on the mountains, with blustery winds of ‘only’ around … Continue reading Ben Macdui and Cairngorm (and a trip to the community hospital)
Having had our charity fundraising day out with Hillgoers / Braemar Mountain Rescue cancelled last week due to Storm Gerrit we’ve been desperate to get out for a hill fix! Watching the forecast it appeared that New Year’s Day was scheduled for a break in what’s been a pretty miserable period so we happily stayed … Continue reading Happy New Year: Lochnagar
We have been so fortunate with the weather thus far and today was no exception. Our walk started from Kinlochleven; anyone who’s been there will appreciate that you’re not leaving in any direction without a significant ascent. It was steep from the moment we left the car park. On reflection it was definitely worth the … Continue reading Binnein Mòr & Na Gruagaichean
Our plans for the day were upskittled by a very iffy weather forecast. After much debate, we’d pretty much settled on a lower level day of little or nothing (walk up the Devil’s Staircase followed by a mosey about Fort William) when a last look at the Met Office heralded a change. We made a … Continue reading Càrn Mòr Dearg
Clare, happiest outdoors! 