Ever since first reading about Diapensia lapponica in Scotland I was interested in going to find it. The more you learn about it the more fascinating its story becomes. My first trip searching for it didn’t go very well and I was too late to see it flowering. After further research and speaking with other…
I enjoyed a fabulous trip backpacking a Highland coast to coast walk with Duncan at the end of April. We had been planning it for a while and intended a couple of nights camping while walking from west to east. After meeting up at the Forest Way Bunkhouse the night before we changed our minds….
In the amazing winter of 2010 I went snowholing on snowshoes in the Cairngorms with my friend Simon. Our plan was to snowshoe up onto the Moine Mhor and spend the night in a snowhole. I was catching up with Simon recently and we were reminiscing about this adventure. It was a great trip during…
We were waiting for the all clear after another lockdown to start our backpacking trip along the Cape Wrath Trail. Our plan was to start walking on 29th April and hopefully finish by the 16th May. We planned to walk off Cape Wrath so there would be no drama if the bus and ferry were…