September 2025
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November 2023 weekend
Day 1 – Ben Lawers 4 I was in peak fitness at this stage, having just returned from 2 months in Peru, Argentina and Chile, culminating with the O Trek in Torres del Paine National Park. So bagging the 4 Munros of Beinn Ghlas, Ben Lawers, Meall Corranaich and Meall a Choire Leith was a…
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Ben Chonzie
My 25th Munro and the easiest to date – I was up and down in three and a half hours. This was the final Munro on my Scottish road trip, having spent two days exploring Skye and then driven back across to Perth the previous day. Sadly no views from the top, though did manage…
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Scottish Road Trip Day 2 – Aonach Beag and Aonach Mor
Having spent so much time looking at them the previous day, I decided to tackle these two on the Sunday morning. I spent some time reading up on a route that would allow me to continue on to Carn Mor Dearg and the arrete to Ben Nevis, but knew I didn’t have the energy to…
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Scottish Road trip September 2023 – Eastern Mamores
Having never been to Skye before, this trip was aimed at slowly making my way there, bagging a few Munros on the way up, spending a day or two exploring Skye, and possibly bagging more Munros on the way back, subject to weather and energy levels. I drove up to Tyndrum on Friday night, spending…
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Ring of Steall and Western Mamores August 2023
This was a weekend in Fort William with the Hillbillies Meetup group; the plan was to do the Ring of Steall on the Saturday, with a day off on Sunday, and Ben Nevis via the CMD arrete on Monday. We were very lucky with the weather for Ring of Steall – the day remained dry…
Adventures in South America and Scotland 