The Great Outdoors Challenge is an annual coast-to-coast hike across Scotland, devising your own route, subject to starting and finishing at one of several listed locations. Planning for this trip evolved into a lightweight version, avoiding the minor matter of […]
Day 357: Inverie to Kinloch Hourn Read More »
The forecast is clear sky and sun, perfect for a 20-miler deep into the Grey Corries, opening with a quiet road walk from Spean Bridge station. The River Spean, my companion on the East Highland Way, sings through the trees,
Day 356: Stob Ban (Grey Corries) Read More »
The bunkhouse and every other bed in the village are already booked for May, with up to 200 tents by the shore like a Viking invasion. The tiny facilities are overrun. Leyla, today’s duty manager, grimaces. “Why so many people?”
Day 355: Sgorr Dhonuill & Sgorr Dhearg Read More »
Anxious voices from the kitchen. Six Scottish guys arrived last night, on an overnight stay to sample the Old Forge pub. The ferry is cancelled due to high winds and will not resume until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest: we
Day 354: West Knoydart Read More »
Ladhar Bheinn is the highest mountain in Knoydart. This is not the weather for scrambling round a ridge circuit, so the plan is a there-and-back hike, made more arduous by the long walk inland through a now-familiar glen. A track
Day 353: Ladhar Bheinn Read More »
I read somewhere that true adventure requires uncertainty. Well, my last trip to Knoydart delivered, and this one looks no different. Having booked two nights in a private bothy on the Isle of Eigg and several nights at the Knoydart
Day 352: Sgùrr Coire Choinnichean Read More »