The weather was surprisingly good, however the wind up the hills was strong and very cold. The hike was quite exhausting, as it started with quite a steep climb, with a deep descend from Carn Liath, then a long and tiring climb to the top of Braigh Coire Chruinn-bhalgain, a very steep descend from Carn nan Gabhar, and finally a long return mostly…

Quite unexpectedly I managed to go to the Far North on Friday. It was pretty risky affair, as I left the car park at 1:30pm, unusually late for me. Generally the hike was not complicated or particularly difficult till I reached the ridge leading directly to the summit of Conival – the wind was strong; it became dangerous on the…

After being unable to go to the hills for several consecutive weeks I was quite desperate to do so. The forecast was not particularly encouraging, but I hoped for a rainless day. And actually it wasn’t a bad weather for walk: no rain and warm enough but not hot. But most of the time I was walking in the clouds…

After exceptionally long break, caused by my new duties, the nasty fracture of my dog’s rear leg and unusually strange weather my first this year’s walk took place quite late in the year. This hike I planned as a rather easy starter. And it was as such until I stood on the top of Winter Corrie to descent to Glen Doll. It…