Glenesk
A weekend in Glenesk, featuring the two highlights of a climb up Mount Keen and a visit to the interesting folk museum.
A long walk to Beinn Mheadhoin
I was out hillwalking this past weekend for the first time in a long time. The attempt to get out lots during 2014 has become slightly unstuck during the latter part of the summer for various reasons, so it was good to be out again. With a group of friends I did a walk from…
The Cairngorms in Winter
I was at Eden Court earlier this week to see the film The Cairngorms in Winter, featuring outdoors writer Chris Townsend and directed by Terry Abraham. The film is an intriguing mix of geographical documentary, “how to” guide to winter walking and camping, introduction to the Cairngorms (Townsend’s home area), beautiful advert for the Scottish Highlands…
Meall a’ Bhuachaille and Creagan Gorm
We did a ten mile walk in the Cairngorms today. It was a lovely clear day, but bitterly cold above the snow line. Our destination was Meall a’ Bhuachaille and Creagan Gorm, a corbett and long plateau that made for a scenic circular walk of about six hours. You can read about the route at Walk…
Hike and bike
I was away this weekend past with Nicole and a bunch of friends to do some hillwalking and cycling. Based near Braemar in the Cairngorms National Park we had two excellent days, both of which involved longish cycles and then Munro-climbing at the end. Our first day saw us tackle Carn Bhac, south of Braemar.…