Category: things that live and change
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Traversing over the pinnacles of Liathach, Torridon, Scotland – September
Liathach day. We got up early-ish, had breakfast, and drove to the starting place for Liathach. We set off at 7.50am. I tried to keep my trepidation under control – I had always looked at Liathach with a little fear, and reading descriptions of the route we were taking that day had never changed this.…
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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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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…