Scotland coast to coast walk
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
TGO – the first bit is the greatest! Read More »
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 »
The TGO Challenge The TGO Challenge takes place in May and it is now August, and for some unexplainable reason I still have not completed the write-up. Probably I should learn from Martin Banfield who I found shut up in his tent in the middle of Fetteresso forest writing his blog. Last time, in 2012,
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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
TGOC 2014 #7: Braemar / Ballater to Ballochan Read More »
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
Errogie dwelling The Monaliadth is a different style of mountain area. The rounded hills and extensive high moorland give it a remote feel but without the dramatic landscape of the steeper and more rocky West Highlands or Cairngorm. an entrance to the Monadliadth at Drumnaglas The area is dissected by landrover tracks, which provide the
TGOC 2014 #5: The Monaliadth from Errogie to Feshie Read More »
Breaking camp by river Affric looking west Despite a less than early start, a few minutes walking brought me level with a small encampment of Trailstars across the valley below. One was bright yellow so I knew this was Lee, with fellow walkers Peter, and Gareth from the bothy the night before. 3 Trailstars by
TGOC 2014 #4: Glen Affric & Cannich to Drumnadrochit and Errogie Read More »
This was to be an exciting high level route – a reward from the tribulations of boggy ground and dangerous river crossing from the day before. Leaving the bothy Maol Bhuidhe My original plan – which is reflected in the map – was to camp the night somewhere near Carnach and start the day on