Recently working 9 to 5 has ceased to be a thing I need to do. Living the van life full time opens up so many opportunities, not just physically but creatively and motivationally. Inspired by the recent freedom and favourable weather it was time to hit the hills and get more munros climbed. Two summits […]
Category: Field Report
Flying Fortress B29 Crash Site
Munro bagging has been on the back burner over the last couple of months. Adventures have still however been continuing weekly seeing me explore the country from Balmoral, to the island of Ailsa Craig. I was recently offered the chance by a local friend of visiting a plane crash site near Dunoon in Scotland. Of […]
Uninhabited island adventure on Ailsa Craig
After two prior failed attempts to make it onto the Scottish island of Ailsa Craig it was time for a final roll of the dice. Good weather was due over the weekend making the sail by boat to the uninhabited island possible. Traveling down towards Girvan in Scotland towards the harbour I passed Donald Trumps […]
Pyramid pursuits with kings and queens
Coming close to my extended time away munro bagging it was time to complete some full areas on my tick map. The plan for later in the year is to venture into regions I haven’t even touched yet such as Torridon and Ben Alder. Before then I had two mountain summits remaining in the Southern […]
Halfway point and hitting reset
27 miles travelled, more than a full marathon distance. A combination of mountain biking and good old fashioned boots on the ground got me there. The halfway point of my munro adventure, hitting 141 of the Scottish mountain summits. In hiking to two of the more remote munro peaks in An Sgarsoch and Carn an […]
Sgulaird the one that got away
It’s felt like a tough couple of weeks for making it out into the hills munro bagging. A failed attempt at climbing in the Cairngorms close to our New Year bothy outing had not increased the summit count. With conditions for the weekend looking cold and challenging I selected a munro peak closer to home […]