Tales of walking, running and mood dependent, maybe other random stuff!
Another beautiful day awaited, the morning air crisp and frosty, the sun shining brightly through the curtains as we woke. By the time we were going the car was pretty much defrosted and we headed off to the Arrochar Alps. Parking up, Bruce cut me some slack, paying £8 (£1 an hour) rather than hedging … Continue reading Beinn Narnain and Beinn Ìme
First day of our holiday, after an early start we pitched up at the car park next to the Ben Lawers Hotel, put our fiver in the honesty box, and headed back along the road to our starting point. Turning off the road we immediately began our ascent. This only really eased off when we … Continue reading Meall Greigh and Meall Garbh: we’d take this weather in summer!
After our long hill day yesterday we decided to opt for something a little easier and lower level to stay out of the wind. We caught the morning train to Kingussie, taking around 15 minutes from Aviemore, and walked back taking quite a bit longer! Kingussie to Kincraig This was the longest section of the … Continue reading Speyside Way: Kingussie to Aviemore
Looking the best day of our time in Aviemore we decided to have a big day out, heading for Braeriach. We chose an out and back route, parking at the Sugar Bowl car park which gave us a good bit of height to begin our walk. Armed with the Walkhighlands route, and of course paper … Continue reading Wind Blasted on Braeriach
First full day of our holiday, we’d been keeping a keen eye on the weather, Storm Ashley having blown through last night. The forecast held, it looked like we were in with a chance of a dry day out, so we got off to an earlyish start, out the door at the back of 8. … Continue reading Timed to Perfection on Meall Chuaich
Our walk started off with a wee jaunt along the verge of the A82. Why this road section does not have either a reduced speed limit or a pavement escapes me as you’re literally taking your life in your hands in order to access Forest Lodge, the Great Glen Hostel, or even a bus stop! … Continue reading Great Glen Way Day 3: South Laggan to Invermoriston
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
Up bright and early, we set off from our accommodation which was ideally situated just a few hundred metres from both the train station and the start of the Way. We stopped at the monument for the obligatory photo, then headed down to drop our bags at the Travel-Lite van. We were officially on our … Continue reading West Highland Way Day 1: Milngavie to Drymen
Day 6 of the holiday, we had leisurely day on 4, and to a lesser extent, 5. Bruce’s knee forced us to relax on Tuesday and the rain made this easy, staying indoors, browsing shops and drinking coffee / eating cake. Yesterday we tested things out a bit, walking from Aviemore to Boat of Garten … Continue reading A Day of Two Walks: Meall a’ Bhuachaille and Coire an t-Sneachda
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)
Clare, happiest outdoors! 