This route is very long, so knowing my schedule and aware of days ahead shortening quickly I could make the route now or wait till late spring. To have spare time I decided to start one hour before the sunrise; I’d known part of the path going to White Bridge. Despite the wind and early hour it was surprisingly warm. For the…

I’ve checked the forecast and found out that my usual day off would be rainy while Tuesday sunny, dry and calm. So I decided to switch the two days and went to Glenshee. The route had looked relatively short and easy. And it was. The weather was as had forecast but inverted. Fortunately there some spells of sunshine and I…

On the last Wednesday of July I decided to shorten my route, leaving one Munro behind. It was surprisingly hot and I was too exhausted to climb An Socach. So when I was preparing another hike in the same area I added that Munro to my list. My careful planning and preparation paid off – this time I completed all three Munros. [googlemaps…

After a few weeks-long break I managed to go to the hills again. The plan was very ambitious and, as it turned out, too ambitious. Even plan B had to be changed. A pretty steep climbing of the northern slope of Beinn Iutharn Mhor and then a descend through rough terrain in burning heat drained my strength. When I saw in…