#scotwinter — Public Fediverse posts

From earlier this week: Day out with Moray to Beinn Liath Mhòr a’Ghiubhais Lì in the Fannaichs, NW Highlands of Scotland. Great views above the inversion.

#Fannaichs #ScotWinter #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #Corbetts

Navigating by compass in the mist across a featureless shoulder, peat groughs and patches of sheet ice meant a straight line was impossible.

I've been playing this game for 40-something years, professionally since 2010, but when the mist thinned and my target ridge appeared dead ahead, it's still a wow! moment.

Still got it haha. 🗻

#HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie #ScotWinter #Corbetts #Munros #MountainTraining #Fannaichs #Scotland #Highlands

First hill walk of the year, Geal-charn Mòr 824m, our local Corbett*.

Everyone else's pics from above the inversion have sunshine and blue skies. We climbed above the freezing fog of the inversion to find ... damp fog. But it's always a decent walk, even without the spectacular views of the bigger Cairngorms hills.

*Corbetts - the Scottish hills between 2500 and 3000ft, in old money.

#Cairngorms #Corbetts #GealCharnMor #ScotWinter #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

Missed #ThrowbackThursday so this will have to be Throwback Thaturday.

Have been scanning a lot of old slides recently, the ones from 1983 will be celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, so will spam a few of them here.

January 1983, a few days at the Lairig Leacach bothy above Spean Bridge. We were snowed in for a couple of days, hence the young bored male pyromaniac tendencies. But we did do some walking.

#Lochaber #Munros #ScotWinter #SpeanBridge #LairigLeacach #Bothy #40YearsAgo