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Hillwalking and Climbing In Scotland
Hillwalking and Climbing In Scotland (5)
Scottish Hillwalking and Scottish climbing personal experiences. If you are interested in Hillwalking in Scotland, bagging some munro's, or just having a stroll then read these personal reviews.
The 8 Cairnwells-kissing a frog and what to do with a prince
Written by Maja Staerke
In January like many others, I made some new years resolutions...Not very often do I actually remember the resolutions ...even less likely in September, but one of them was to walk a route with a backpack and camp wild somewhere. It does sound very easy and I have read many trip reports about it...but to pick a nearly 40k route over pathless terrain, with a heavy backpack to carry was maybe slightly pushing it…
The Tarmachan Ridge in 65mph winds and snow
Written by Maja Staerke
Enough to keep sane people in their cosy living rooms... but a few mad ones had to get out . After a renovation project on Saturday, I had made a late decision to head to the hills on Sunday and after reading that Tomsie would be in the area and was also looking for company in the hills, we arranged to meet up to walk the Tarmachan Ridge.
There are days when I can honestly say Scotland is indeed the most beautiful, dramatic small country in the world. On the other hand there are days when hillwalking throws you in this countryside and all you want to do is stand and stare amazed at nature.
With too many things do do at the weekend, I had to ignore the hills up north , but had to go for a wee walk on Saturday as I could not ignore the beautiful day. I decided to go for a wee walk up my 'local ' hill which is literally just a few minutes walk away from my front door.
Route: Beinn Dearg: the Four Munros circuit
Munros: Beinn Dearg (Ullapool), Cona' Mheall, Eididh nan Clach Geala, Meall nan Ceapraichean
Date walked: 23/03/2012
Time taken: 10 hours
Distance: 25km
Ascent: 1827m
Sitting in my car we just passed Inverness about half an hour ago and were on the way to a place called Badrallach. We passed the last car about 15 min ago and the night was clear as a night could be in the northern Highlands of Scotland. Millions of stars were above us and we frequently had to stop for deer which was either standing next to the road or on it. Nature at its best! Taking the turn to Badrallach old trees framed the sides of the road and annoyed sheep stared at us, when they realized they have to give up their sleeping place in the middle of the road to let us past. Driving along a tiny single track road were signs warned that CTTV cameras were in action due to sheep rustling :shock: , it became clear that we were in the middle of no mans land. :D :D :D
