There were five on the DHC weekend to the Ardgour peninsula; Ken, Chris, Graham N, Steve and Ruth. Accommodation was in the Ariundle Centre, which is ideally located for accessing the many hills in the area. The centre also has a bar, restaurant & tea room, but strangely no dedicated drying room. Graham climbed Garbh Bheinn on the Friday, the finest and most precipitous mountain in Ardgour. On Saturday, Ken, Chris and Graham climbed the Corbetts, Fuar Bheinn and Creach Bhein

This was the weekend to replace the planned Kinloch Hourn trip (the road looks like it will be closed until at least Sept 2026). There were 9 of us on the trip and we stayed at the Saddle Mountain Hostel. The Week Before..... The weather during the week leading up to the DHC Invergarry weekend was fantastic. Jane managed to get a couple of days doing two Grahams near Loch Maree. Friday David managed to get some hills done on Friday. The objective was the Loch Lochy Munros Me

Seven of us made the long journey to Kennacraig pierhead in Argyll to be greeted with the sight of a shiny new CalMac ferry, The Isle of Islay. A very well appointed and finished boat that looked splendid against the sunny blue skies. Boarding at Kennacraig Port Charlotte hostel was quiet; we had two rooms and there was plenty of space in the common areas to relax comfortably. We awoke to another great day and all of us headed off to catch the ferry to Jura, a small boat that

March 27th – 29th saw DHC heading to Strathconon, a beautiful, long, steep sided valley , the tops of which include 3 Corbetts and 3 Grahams. At this time of year, it was great not to have to drive all the way to the west coast and to take advantage of the incredible dinner, bed and breakfast deal on offer at the Ben Wyvis hotel in Strathpeffer. The hotel although dated, was comfortable, even in places luxurious and the service and food were great. The area abounds with beaut

Glen Lochsie/Spittal of Glenshee Saturday 7th March 2026 Shortly before 09.30 on Saturday 7th, eleven Deeside Hillwalkers ( Gail, Susan, Alison, Ken, Sandra, Ruth, Graham, Moira, Anna, Roddy and Alan) met up in the Walkers Car Park at the Spittal of Glenshee. Our target was a little-walked ridge of Corbett-sized tops stretching northwest from Spittal to Glen Lochsie. We followed the nearby signpost up the steep Cateran Trail to the bealach at An Lairig where we left the Trail

Bluebird Lochnagar 14th February 2026 Following a period of Biblical rain in Aberdeenshire, a hill-walking “weather window” finally appeared February 14th. Nine DHC valentines (Alison, Gail, Ruth, Susan, Graham, Gordon, James, Ken and Iain) headed-out to climb Lochnagar via the popular Glas Alt circuit. SAIS forecast icy conditions and considered the avalanche risk to be “high” on west-facing slopes, which were avoided. The most-dangerous part of the day was probably the dr

Cnapan Nathraichian walk 31 Jan 2026 In the end we had 9 intrepid souls who were prepared to brave the weather and attempt this walk – myself, Chris, Gary, Irene, Gail, Ruth, Ken, Susan, and Graham who met us at the Keiloch car park – although in truth the weather turned out to be far better than forecast. The plan was to attempt Cnapan Nathraichean from the west via various tracks and some heather bashing near the top. Despite being amply provided with pdf maps, and even GPX

Route Map The Graham’s Book describes this hill as: Commanding a fine position between the straths of the River Dee and the River Gairn, Geallaig Hill is a large and bulky Graham. With its open, featureless higher slopes, it appears to hold few secrets for the walker, but its lower slopes were once heavily farmed and supported a far great population than today. There was plenty of room for parking opposite Braenaloin a small farm on the B976. It was 12 degrees when we left

Saturday 29th November 2025 The Walk Highlands description of this walk is "This superb circular walk takes in Loch Lee before climbing steeply past the Falls of Unich and the Falls of Damff to cross open moorland, before descending the track on the Shank of Inchgrundle with panoramic views over the loch". This is spot on and we were lucky to have good weather with excellent visibility. Morning Break in the Sunshine There were nine of us on the walk - Gary, Hannah, Bob, Jan

This meeting was initially planned for the weekend of 5-7 September and based at Ratagan Youth Hostel on Glen Shiel. However, private dorms were fully booked for that weekend and the next, and in mid-week. It was a similar scenario at the nearby Torridon YH and the Kinlochewe Bunkhouse. To secure a private dorm in that area in high season would appear to need a booking about 6-7 months in advance! However, we did get a booking at Morag’s Lodge Hostel in Fort Augustus for th