I went for a short walk on the West Lomond a couple of nights ago. It was around 7pm when I…
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Still no hills
I had planned to do Ben Chonzie this week, however, Friday the 13th of june had other ideas. After…
Long time, no posts…
Hello, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here, mainly because I’ve done no…
East & West Lomond 30/12/2021
My last walk of 2021, just over a year after I started hill walking. I started in the Lomonds last…
Buachaille Etive Mòr 23/07/21
This is the walk I did to raise money for 3 charities. The amounts raised are SAMH –…
Ben Lomond 09/07/2021
This is my trip up Ben Lomond on the ‘tourist route’. Don’t be fooled by that,…
Beinn Ghlas and Ben Lawers 07/06/21
The route on the map above has some gaps. I’m not sure why, one is right at the top of…
Càrn Aosda, Càrn a’ Ghèoidh & The Cairnwell 03 June 21
This was a really great day out, a bit steep to begin with but at least the car park is at a…
Mayer & Driesh 15 May 2021
According to some sites on the net Mayar & Driesh are two of the easier Munro’s….
Schiehallion 7th May 2021
Shiehallion is my first Munro, and the hardest walk I’ve done so far. I walked at around…
Loch Leven 28th April 2021
Not much to say about this trip really, it was a wee bit wet and I started and ended at…
West & East Lomond 26th April 2021
My last walk on the Lomonds before I tackle Schiehallion. I walked the West hill first this…
Loch Leven Heritage Trail – Cycle 16/04/21
Another early morning cycle around Loch Leven. It was really cold at the outset but wasn’t…
East & West Lomonds 10 Apr 2021
I wasn’t sure how far I was going to walk today after yeaterdays 12 mile cycle, I intended…
Loch Leven Heritiage Trail (Bike) 09 April 2021
This time I went counter clockwise, I took a wrong turn near the start and didn’t take…
Loch Leven Heritige Trail – by bike
This was my first cycle in years. I thought it was going to be tougher than it was, however, I am…
Charity Walk Update
For various reasons I’ve changed the date I intend to do my charity walk. I was going to do…
East & West Lomonds 20th Feb 2021
This is my first walk, apart from walking at work, that I’ve done since my leg &…
West Lomond Fail 28 Jan 2021
During my walk on the 10th Jan I tweaked my right calf muscle. It started to hurt the next day…
West Lomond first snow walk
This walk up the West Lomond was my first in snow, although there was more ice than snow. The…
East & West Lomond
I missed doing a walk last week, I had intended to do a second walk up the East Lomond but missed…
West Lomond 10/12/2020
My second trip from Craigmead to the West Lomond and back was on a foggy/low cloud day so there…
East Lomond 07/12/2020
For this walk I returned to the Lomonds & Craigmead car park. This time though I was going to…
My first Walk
My first walk was from Craigmead car park to the West Lomond summit and back to Craigmead. I…