Tuesday 29th September 2020 Today we were hoping to summit Sgùrr Alasdair.  The forecast told us that early morning would bring poor visibility on the tops of the Munro’s here in Skye, but by early lunchtime we would have a 60% chance of a cloud free Munro.  By late afternoon winds were to pick up…

Sunday 27th September 2020 Blà Bheinn The Cuillin is a range of rocky mountains located on the Isle of Skye.  The main Cuillin ridge is also known as the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Cuillin. These mountain ranges dominate the landscape on Skye.  The Black Cuillin is the UK’s most challenging mountain…

Saturday 26th September 2020 “A place where time means nothing and beneath every footstep lies 500 million years of history”. The Isle of Skye is still my favourite part of Scotland (or at least one of them). I think Skye (its my opinion) has some of the best scenery in all of Scotland, and it…

Friday 18th – Sunday 20th September 2020 The wild landscapes of the Scottish Highlands and Islands always offer the ultimate escape for me – one of the last corners of Europe where you can still discover genuine solitude. This is a place where the sky feels huge, where the world slips away into the mountains…

Friday 11th – Sunday 14th September 2020 Base – Ardgay “Freedom”…I shouted for the second time in only a few months!!!! So after returning from the wonderful and isolated Alps ironically we had to self-isolate for two solid weeks due to having visited France and Switzerland (both were put on Scotland’s quarantine list when we…