Category Archives: Highland Clearances

Forgive Them Their Trespasses?

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

IT???S a perfect spring morning in 1982. Arkengarthdale slumbers green and shadowy beneath a blue sky as we sit in damp grass and drink tea from tartan Thermos flasks. Nothing moves except the wind in the heather and the birds … Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeology, Caving, Climbing, Country Land and Business Association, Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Environment, Footpaths, Highland Clearances, Hiking, History, Hunting, Industrial archaeology, Mountains, Politics, Potholing, Ranting, Rivers, Walking | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments

In Praise of Scotch Pies and Carn ?? Chlamain

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

A man needs sustenance in the mountains. There is nothing finer than a Scotch pie . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Climbing, Cookery, Cycling, Food, Highland Clearances, Hiking, Mountains, Scotch pies, Walking | Tagged , , , , | 31 Comments

Driesh, Mayar and a Ruin in Glen Clova

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Whisky, ruins, and a climb in the mist up two Munros . . . Continue reading →

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Farewell to Meall a Bhuiridh, Creise . . . and Fiunary

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

It all started with an LP cover ??? and thirty years later, that song still haunts me on moor and on mountain . . . Continue reading →

Posted in Climbing, Environment, Geology, Highland Clearances, Hiking, History, Mountains, Quarrying, Walking | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

They Came in Search of Paradise (Corrour ??? Part 1)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Corrour Halt is a station serving nowhere ??? in the middle of nowhere… Continue reading →

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Sgurr Choinnich Mor and the Lost Clog

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

Remote glens, high mountains, tumbled walls ??? and families hounded from their homes . . . Continue reading →

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