Mary's Outdoor Adventure's

Orkney Tuesday 28th June 2022 I have put The Italian Chapel in as a single post with a small bit about the Churchill Barriers, as I think it deserves it. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The Italian Chapel was something I have been wanting to see for sometime now.  I saw…

Orkney Monday 27th June 2022 I am loving Orkney already. Field after field after field can be see all around. There is so much farmland with houses dotted here and there. Lots of empty space. Then of course being so close to the sea, its very beautiful. Although one thing is missing for me….trees (and…

Saturday 25th – Sunday 26th June 2022 Scrabster – Orkney With one weeks annual leave and weather looking pretty rubbish all over Scotland for the whole week apart from one place, we were definitely heading to that place. In order to get pretty decent weather and by that I basically mean no rain, we just…

Friday 24th – Saturday 25th June 2022 Cairngorms What were you doing Friday 24th June 2022, midnight? Well let me tell you a little story about where I was….and so it begins! We were itching to go on a wild camp, somewhere in the middle of nowhere, somewhere remote, somewhere in the mountains. It had…

Friday 2nd June – Sunday 4th June 2022 Beautiful things don’t ask for attention 💙 A good weather front was being predicted so there was only one real destination on our list for this weekend – TORRIDON. Torridon has to be one of my favourite spots in Scotland. It’s rugged, it’s handsome, it’s harsh, it’s…

Saturday 28th – Sunday 29th May 2022 We were up in Glencoe for another weekend ticking off some more Munro’s we’ve still to undertake in this area.  The ones left are more off the beaten track which is ideal.  As much as I love Glencoe, it has become very very touristy.  The A82, what I…

Friday 13th-Sunday 15th May 2020 Aviemore Glencoe We decided to head up north for another weekend in the Highlands. I simply love escaping up here anytime I can. We had no major plans other than hopefully bagging another Munro which we were still undecided about. We left Friday night slowly making our way up towards…

May 2022 Cairngorms “Don’t be scared to hike alone.  Don’t be scared to like it”. My partner in crime was working all weekend and the weather was looking not too shabby.  I was at a loose end.  I could either stay home and possibly get bored, even sulk, hike somewhere local, pass the time doing…

March – April 2022 Ben Challum An Caisteal Beinn a’Chròin Càrn na Caim A’Bhuidheanach Bheag Over the past few week we have managed to squeeze in a few Munro’s.  Each has presented its very own weather outlook from hiking through deep snow to hiking in a hot, almost summer like kind of day. Our first…

Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th March 2022 Argyll & Bute In a tranquil setting nestled on the banks of Loch Awe in its own sheltered bay, sits Taychreggan Hotel and this is where we would spend our last two nights, a gift we received well over a year ago but which kept getting cancelled due…