Category: Scottish Highlands and Islands
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From Torridon to Dundonnell and Fisherfield, Scotland – September
We could have stayed to do another walk in Torridon the next day, but reasoning that we might as well aim next to get near the remaining mountain at the top of our wishlist, An Teallach, we set off for Dundonnell. We stopped off at Gairloch, where we bought some groceries, and then sat in…
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Ben Nevis via the back way, Lochaber, Scotland – September
Going up Ben Nevis (which we had never been up before) via the Carn Mor Dearg Arete had at some point recently gone on our shortlist of what we wanted to achieve on this trip. It was one out of three things we most wanted to do, the other two being An Teallach in Dundonnell…
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A heathery scramble near Ben Nevis, Lochaber, Scotland – September
A sunny morning. After breakfast, we headed up the steep path that starts near the youth hostel in Glen Nevis to meet the lower part of the Mountain Track (otherwise known as the Tourist Route). After a while we turned off for a grade 1 gully/stream scramble to head up to Meall an t-Suidhe. Not…