Tag: ptarmigan
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Finally on An Teallach, Fisherfield, Scotland – September
My alarm went at 6am. Getting up after a bit, we got ready as best we could, and popped in to the ‘bothy’ on the campsite to say goodbye. R and P had had to change their plans, which meant that we would be walking by ourselves after all. I was surprised not to feel…
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Across the Cairngorm plateau to Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
A clear but windy day. As the weather looked to be best of the next few days, we thought to do a popular Cairngorms high circuit. We started walking form the Ski Centre car park at 9.20am up the ‘windy trail’ to gain the ridge – an apt name for this day, with gusts of…
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Glas Bheinn in mist, Assynt – September | éœ§æ·±ã„æ—¥ã®ã‚°ãƒ©ã‚¹ãƒ»ãƒ´ã‚§ãƒ³ã€ã‚¢ã‚¹ã‚£ãƒ³ãƒˆ
Guess what, another wet day. We sat in the van for a little while, looking at Loch na Gainmhich with the streams flowing into it looking whiter and clearer than on a dry day. Looking at the windscreen wipers clearing away the water from the windscreen. I was quite happy just looking at some geological…