C#64: Meall nan Subh

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Total distance walked: 4km
Total ascent: 324m
Time: 1330 – 1715 Sunday 14 September 2008
Does it really count if you drive to a height of 500m? I say “yes”. A bag is a bag.
This was my 150th recorded outing, and as such deserved better than what was the easiest hill I have ever bagged (easier than Dumgoyne, [...]

Ben Venue

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Total distance walked: 12km
Total ascent: 712m
Time: 1200 – 1700 Sunday 31 August 2008
A fitting end to the wettest August since records began, this was the wettest walk I’d done in three years. Climbing with me was my good friend Jo, who as a hill-walking novice wanted something easy-but-not-too-easy, and Ben Venue fits the bill.
I’ve been [...]

C#63: Beinn a’ Chrulaiste

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Total distance walked: 10km
Total ascent: 642m
Time: 1115 – 1545 Saturday 09 August 2008
Well, well. The only two reasons to climb this hill are (a) for the views it affords of Glencoe and the majestic peaks sweeping upwards from the road, and (b) for The Tally. When you set off and the cloud base is at [...]

C#62: Beinn Mhic Chasgaig

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Total distance walked: 8km
Total ascent: 759m
Time: 1245 – 1715 Thursday 24 July 2008
This excellent little hill is nestled in Glen Etive and surrounded by far grander and more impressive mountains. From the road in Glen Etive this hill presents quite a steep and unrelenting face, but its true charms are well hidden from view.
There’s a [...]

C#57 – 61: Moidart Weekend

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Total distance walked: 36.25km
Total ascent: 2857m
Time: 1500 Friday 04 July – 1630 Sunday 06 July 2008
What a belter! On my third-of-a-century birthday (I was 33.33 years old on 04 July) I headed into Moidart with Ben Craven for a three-day walking and camping trip.
We got off the train at Lochailort and were met by Gill [...]

C#56: Corserine

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Total distance walked: 16.5km
Total ascent: 714m
Time: 1145 – 1700, Friday 13 June 2008
A pleasant enough little hill, I suppose. The tracks through the forest bore little resemblance to the map, though. On the way up it it seemed rather straight forward. On the way down it resulted in us fighting our way through a dense [...]