When I left the Eagle Plains Hotel (see my last Yukon post ) I knew I was on the last part of the walk but I didn't know exactly where...

  The most challenging hills in Scotland are undoubtedly the Cuillin on the Isle of Skye, a tangled mass of spectacular rock architecture.  ...

Evening is one of my favourite times and I often go out for a stroll at dusk and watch the day fade into night. Sometimes there is a red sun...

     August ended cold with strong winds. On the last day of the month I went to Glen Feshie and climbed up through the woods to the boulder...

   After the long crossing of the gentle wooded Yukon Plateau (see this post ) I returned to the mountains on a section of my Yukon walk th...

In my many years of wandering in the Scottish Highlands I’ve often looked at a spot and thought it would be a great place to camp. Usually I...

  Just out, a podcast with John D Burns. In this we discuss the Cairngorms, the future of Cairn Gorm Mountain, grouse moors, the "wild...