I spent a lot of time when I was younger climbing and hill-walking all over the highlands. Nowadays, I wish I could visit more often but I try to visit in spring and autumn as well as getting to the Cairngorms a couple of times a year.

Cul Mor in the mist

Cul Mor and Cul Beag (Mor is Gaelic for big; Beag for small) are easily accessible hills from the road north from…

Ben Hee

We were staying in Ullapool for a mountaineering club dinner and it looked like a typical dreich November day. Low cloud…

Lochnagar

Mount Keen is the nearest Munro to where we live but it’s a bit of a lump. Lochnagar is the nearest ‘interesting’ hill,…

Beinn Mor Coigach

Scotland’s weather is notoriously fickle so when you head for the hills in November, you hope for the best but plan for…