I managed to carve out a few hours off after completing all my duties so I was able to make the most of another beautiful sunny day of the Indian summer we have now in Scotland. My choice was a simple hill south off Elgin, some 20-minute drive from my home. The best view of it is from the A96…
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The Ladder Hills in Glenlivet was my training ground for hill-walking in the Scottish Hills. It was distinctively different from what I knew and it required a slightly different set of skills and attitudes than those useful in the Polish mountains. The Ladder Hills are relatively close to civilisation but at the same time they give a sense of remoteness…
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Long-distance walks are a good alternative to hillwalking when the weather isn’t favourable for the latter. That was certainly the case when I decided early on the Monday morning to walk two section of the Moray Coast Trail between Forres and Lossiemouth. A friend of mine kindly provided transport from the western outskirts of Lossiemouth to Sueno’s Stone in the…
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Another day off and another one with unfavourable forecast for the tops of the hills. On the other hand there were areas with the weather predicted as quite reasonable. I wanted to make most of that and decided to walk the Dava Way – a long-distance walk I’d had on my radar for quite a while. As with most of…
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The summit of Ben Wyvis, a great massif between Dingwall and Garve, by the main road to Ullapool, was my first Munro I’ve climbed. UPDATE: I climbed it again yesterday (1st August 2016). The differences? It’s almost nine years later, and weather was worse. But still it was a great day out. From a designated car park, I followed a…