Afoot in the Hills

The 70 mile drive took longer than usual, mainly because of heavy traffic in Perth, but it was a pleasant journey all the same with me in th...

Earlier in the year we bought two bare root David Austin roses called Scarborough Fair. They were planted at different times (February and l...

The weather forecast was for a warm sunny day but being  a Sunday, we guessed the popular hills would be busy and best left until Monday. Cr...

It was with more than a tinge of sadness that a friend reflecting on two rounds of the Munros, plus Tops on his first round, observed, ‘Time...

On 27 August 1977 we stood on Schiehallion's summit with our one year old rescued Border collie, Morag. It was one of our earliest Munro...

Off on our travels again but the weather isn’t settled enough to entice us very far north, so we’ve stopped off at our usual spot near Loch ...

The weather forecast was for thundery showers and heavy rain later. The cloud was well down on the hills so parking in Kenmore we walked to ...

Claggan and Loch Tay  A  misty start to the morning so we drove to Kenmore then along the south side of Loch Tay to Ardtalnaig and up to nea...