Spring has finally arrived in Scotland; it was proven by me wearing short-sleeve shirt and shorts during this walk for the first time this year. The walk is pretty straightforward, however the path leading up the slope of Carn Liath can be easily overlooked. From the summit of Carn Liath it’s pretty simple as the route goes along the ridge. [googlemaps…
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The size of our universe is so massive, it’s just incomprehensible. Many stars we can see in the sky are so distant that they actually don’t exist any more but their light needs millions of years to travel that distance. Even reaching our neighbour, Mars, by a manned expedition remains to this day a futuristic venture, considered as a one-way journey…
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The least pleasant aspect of this walk was a long, long walk from the car park to the real starting point; good company or good music can massively help to pass that pretty boring stretch. The weather was surprisingly better than the forecast, but haze and occasional clouds obscured the views. Almost the entire route goes along farm track and…
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A recently published census reveals that ‘the number of British-born Christians is falling steeply while a youthful Muslim population is on the rise.’ Some could argue that such a difference is a result of immigration; of course it’s true to a certain extent, but not exclusively so with regard to Islam; many Catholic parishes in the UK still exist thanks…
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A commonly suggested route to climb this hill is pretty short and rather straightforward – though including crossing the river and boggy pathless grounds – starting from the north end of Loch Glascarnoch. The route I produced for myself was longer, similarly pathless (except the return along the loch’s bank) and quite boggy. Although the hill itself is unimpressive, the views from…