Where did the last 12 hours go? I woke once and watched the stars and lights across the loch. Now my head throbs so badly I don’t want to move. Did I sleep too long, lie with my head down […]
Days 302 & 303: Burg to Salen Read More »
The Fossil Tree on the Isle of Mull is 50 million years old and sits at the end of a challenging coast walk in The Wilderness, wonderfully named on the OS map as part of the remote Ardmeanach peninsula. I
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I’m searching for the Hogwarts Express. First, I must take a small ferry across Loch Linnhe to Camusnagaul. The boat is chained and deserted. Do I have the time wrong for the first sailing? I watch the minutes tick down
Day 300: Fort William to Glenfinnan Read More »
At 1,345 metres, Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the UK. Cal and I are hiking up via the Càrn Mòr Dearg Arête, one of the finest ridge-walks in Scotland. The weather could not be better — the sun
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Rannoch Moor, 50 square miles of boggy moorland, is said to be one of the last remaining wildernesses in Europe. Fortunately, a path runs east from the Kingshouse Hotel to Rannoch Station, where I can catch a train to Fort
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Bidean nam Bian is the highest mountain in Argyll. It’s a tough seven-mile circular hike, including a second Munro, Stob Coire Sgreamhach. To add to the challenge, I must walk six miles down Glen Coe to the start and return
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