“If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains, and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans… When man ceases to do these things, he is no longer man.”…

“Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” ― David McCullough Jr. Glen Shiel is a glen in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The landscape and the views…

Todays adventure would hopefully see us summit two Munro’s including the magnificent Saddle, some say, one of the finest mountains in all of Scotland. There is a variation to this hike which avoids The Forcan Ridge but we had decided it simply had to be done.  It is said to be one of the airiest…

Due to having more day light hours we decided that whilst we were up in Glen Shiel we would undertake some of the Munros that were considered long days on the hills. So today we decided on Beinn Fhada and this one turned out to be one long hill – guess the clue was in…

“May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right”, Peter Marshall. Now that travel restrictions have eased in Scotland which now means we can travel outside our local areas….we were off…safely of course. We thought long and hard about where we…

Today we decided to undertake Ben Vane.  This was a risk take as Ben Vane is situated in the popular and busy Argyll and Bute area beside Loch Lomond.  We also thought it might be a busy Munro in general as it has a well-made path up which adds to the attraction for some. We…

FREEDOM! Travel restrictions within Scotland have eventually been lifted so the excitement of traveling outside of Fife eventually got to us….so we left. It felt great to be back on the road again and travelling that little bit further afield to somewhere, anywhere, that feels a little bit more isolated than where we’ve been these…

“Now is no time to think of what you do not have.  Think of what you can do with what there is” – Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea Due to Scotland being part of an Island its mostly surrounded by ocean.  The coastline of Scotland is vast and beautiful and it directly…