Thursday 23rd August 2018 Isle of Eigg After catching the 10.15am ferry we were on our way to Eigg. So Eigg is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of Skye. Eigg is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long from north to south, and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)…

Wednesday 22nd August 2018 Arisaig, Inverness-shire So we’re heading up to Arisaig for the night before catching the ferry by foot over to the Isle of Eigg for a few days. Arisaig is a village in Lochaber, Inverness-shire, on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands. The word Arisaig means “the safe place” in the…

Sunday 1st July Aviemore – Loch Morlich So with temperatures reaching 30 degrees in Aviemore it was the place to head as destination number three. We pitched our tent in a campsite right beside Loch Morlich as it was easy to access as we knew we had limited time here. I actually really enjoy coming…

Friday 29th June – Sunday 1st July 2018 Skye, Loch Coruisk Skye was calling us again with temperatures reaching 26 degrees so we decided this time to head to Loch Coruisk by boat and wild camp. The drive to Skye is as always amazing with such beautiful scenery to be seen, you can never get…

Thursday 28th June 2018 Fort William including Ben Nevis The run of good weather here in Scotland has surpassed all expectations so it was time to have a long weekend and make good use of this glorious sunshine. We didn’t have a so called plan. Sometimes or most of the time if I’m being totally…

Saturday 9th June 2018 Schiehallion Today’s activity was hiking Schiehallion which translates as ‘fairy hill of the Caledonians’. There is a famous cave at the foot of this mountain where tradition has it fairies love to dwell. Schiehallion is a prominent mountain in Perth and Kinross and is one of Scotland’s best known hills. As…

Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th May 2018 So today we were back to the ‘Munro Bagging’, to one of my favourite places in Scotland…the Glencoe area. Weather we heard was to to be mighty fine, with temperatures reaching 22 degrees and summit temperatures stating 13 degrees…I don’t think I have ever summited a Munro in…

Sunday 27th May 2018 I enjoy all aspects of walking, whether it’s out walking my dog, long distance hikes or hillwalking including Munro’s. A while back I set myself a challenge of conquering Scotland’s Munro’s, which are a list of Scottish mountains over 3,000ft (914.4m). Climbing these peaks is a great way to explore some…

Sunday 15th April 2018 Isle of Skye – Day 4 So this was our last morning on Skye and once again we had blue skies and warmth…not trying to rub it in or anything guys! Talking of skies late last night there was the most stunning sky I had ever witnessed. The stars shone so…

Saturday 14th April 2018 Isle of Skye – Day 3 The Fairy Pools So today started with a visit to the Fairy Pools near Glenbrittle at the foot of the Black Cuillin Mountains. The walk leads into typical Cuillin scenery and it’s not too long before we start to see a beautiful crystal clear stream…