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- The Wall Years – Two Men’s Competitive Obsession on the High Section of Hadrian’s Wall
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Tag Archives: Plockton
Six Nights in Plockton with Sixty Photos – North West Highlands Trip July 2014 (more than just mountains)
To misquote Charles Dickens;- “It is a far, far better thing I do now than I have ever done; it is to a far, far better place that I go than I have ever known.” Yes time for a trip to the majestic north west … Continue reading
Posted in Scottish Highlands & Skye
Tagged Baoshbheinn, Calums Seal trip, Drumbuie, Duirinish, Eilean Donan, Gairloch, Glamaing, hiking, hills, mountains, Plockton, Plockton Brewery, Plockton Shores, Port-an-Eorna, Red Cuillin Horseshoe, Rubha Hunish, Sandaig Islands, Sheenas Tea Hut, Sligachan, travel
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Returning to the Highlands – it’s Plockton Time!
Last October I wrote a post here called I Miss the Hills. Whilst whale watching in remote northern Skye I got a call from my dad who had just managed to hit his face on a cupboard door knocking him unconscious … Continue reading
Posted in Lake District, Random Stuff, Scottish Highlands & Skye
Tagged Highlands, hiking, hills, I miss the hills, Lakes, mountains, Plockton, travel
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Rubber Honey! A Superb Coastal Walk Around the Northern Point of Skye, Rubha Hunish
Rubha Hunish (headland of Hunish) is the most northerly point on the Isle of Skye and provides a hugely recommended low walk crammed full of interest. If you can manage the short steep rocky section, you’ll be rewarded with wonderful … Continue reading
Slioch from Incheril – North Highlands Trip Day 1
For various reasons this year I’ve been limited with time off work, hence a Highland trip becomes a rare holiday adventure involving not just mountains but coastal walks, views, wildlife, good food, good beer and a decent little Bed & … Continue reading
Posted in Scottish Highlands & Skye
Tagged Eilen Donan, Hamish MacBeth, hiking, Munros, Plockton, Shieldaig, Slioch, Slioch from Incheril, Slioch route, Social Hiking, Torridon, west highlands
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Driving to the North West Highlands!
Driving to the North West Highlands is an adventure in itself with a wonderful array of visual highlights helping to break up the journey into sections of pure joy. Ultimately it becomes an increasingly brilliantly evolving trip into a vast … Continue reading
MART IN THE HILLS 