One and a half ascents of Ben Hope, Scotland’s most northerly Munro

January 26, 2022 Trip reports arkle, ben hope, ben klibreck, britain, cameron mcneish, foinaven, hamish brown, hill walking, munros, north coast 500, scotland 6 Comments

One and a half ascents of Ben Hope, Scotland’s most northerly Munro

Sir Hugh Munro said of Ben Hope that he didn’t know any mountain of its height which could be climbed with less exertion. Surely a quick ascent on Christmas Day would be just the thing before our Christmas turkey? Ben Hope had other ideas.

The joys and perils of off-piste walking

April 27, 2011 Trip reports arrochar alps, beinn ime, beinn narnain, ben vane, ben vorlich, britain, cameron mcneish, hill walking, loch lomond, munro bagging, munros, navigation, off piste walking, old post, public footpaths, rights of way, scotland, scottish highlands, scottish rights of way society, walking guides 4 Comments

The joys and perils of off-piste walking

While sitting in my tent the other morning deciding which Scottish mountain to tackle that day, I came across a couple of passages in Cameron McNeish’s book The Munros which struck me as out of place. “It’s interesting that the