Sunday 10th May South Shiel Ridge (note1: click on a picture to enlarge it … Push and pull the map in the window below to see the route (days 1-4) in blue. The route walked was slightly different from the plan! The first two days were so good, could I expect more of the same? […]
TGOC 2015: Diary notes #3 S. Shiel Ridge to Great Glen Hostel Read More »
Friday 8th May Glenelg and Beinn Sgritheall (note1: click on a picture to enlarge it … Push and pull the map in the window below to see the route (days 1-4)in blue. 01-04route actual.html Our landlady puts the TGOC ‘sign-out sheet’ in her porch on Thursday night. There are 3 other TGOers at the breakfast
TGOC 2015: Diary notes #2 Glenelg to S. Shiel Ridge Read More »
Sunday 3rd May To Euston for the sleeper to Inverness. Two bargain berths at around £90 seems good value and we have dinner on board. Monday 4th May The train arrives an hour late at Inverness so we miss our bus to Shiel Bridge. The rail company pay for a taxi to take us there.
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The plan was explained here. Target was to complete last week. Result – the plan remains a dream waiting for better weather. Corrour Station Corrour station is the highest point on the line – at 400m. The night train from London arrives at 9am. The sun was shining on the snowy tops. There are several
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Planning a pre-TGO taster (or tester) is easy with access to the Highland sleeper. I have some unfinished business with the Grey Corries. I last approached this ridge in October 2011 – you can see the story here. Back then high winds kept me off the ridge which leads westwards towards Ben Nevis. I later
The Protestant route would go East to West, saving the best to last. But we follow a more Catholic tradition – probably for practical reasons. Getting folk together at the end of a crossing is easy on the East coast, and almost impossible on the West without extending everyone’s journey. So the first bit is
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2015 route has now been approved. Some good advice from my vetter to be digested and taken on board!
TGOC 2015: Glenelg to Inverbervie Read More »
I left Tony and Jackie tucked up in their tent and worked my way across to the track up White Hill on the other side of the valley. Birse Castle and Ballochan from White Hill From now on the mountains are behind me. I move eastwards trying to keep to the relatively high ground of the hills
TGOC 2014 #8: Ballochan, Glen Dye, Fetteresso Forest to Dunnottar Castle & Stonehaven Read More »
Someone calls Ballater their ‘secret weapon’ for the TGO. I’m not sure why, but it does seem counter-intuitive to head this way when wilder scenery of Lochnagar beckons to the south east. It is a pleasant town with a range of restaurants and other facilities and a campsite right by the centre. The route from Braemar is straight
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The small clearing by Drakes Bothy is a good camp spot and a nice place to start the day. I woke with blue skies which soon turned to grey – the tops, initially clear, became cloaked in cloud. Tops soon became cloaked in cloud On the path soon after 7am, I guessed I was around