Tag Archives: bothy

#288 – Assynt assignations (and dog walks)

Posted on 07/02/2021 by Paul Shorrock

(For the best viewing experience, left-click the images and maps to zoom in, then use your browser return arrow to go back – go on, it really does work!) If you ask me what my favourite part of the Scottish … Continue reading →

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#287 – Loch Muick and ‘Dark Lochnagar’

Posted on 30/01/2021 by Paul Shorrock

(For the best viewing experience, left-click the images and maps to zoom in, then use your browser return arrow to go back – go on, it really does work!) “Gasherbrum, Masherbrum, Distighil Sar, All are good training for dark Lochnagar!” … Continue reading →

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#269 – Y Gamallt and the Migneint

Posted on 30/03/2020 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) In my last blog post (see post #268) I made the comment that “You’re never far from a mountain in Wales”.    It also has to be … Continue reading →

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#264 – It’s that time of year again!

Posted on 20/01/2020 by Paul Shorrock

Sorry to all my readers, but it’s that time of year when I go to work again as part of the safety crew on the Spine Race, so there’s no post this week. Most of you will probably have seen … Continue reading →

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#260 – Gleann Dubh Lighe bothy

Posted on 25/11/2019 by Paul Shorrock

  (Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) I blame Harry Potter!    The plan had been to walk out to Corryhully bothy, known as ‘The Electric Bothy’ due to its being connected to … Continue reading →

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#258 – Bob Scott’s Bothy

Posted on 21/10/2019 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) May 2019, and Chris and I (plus Border Collie ‘Mist’ of course) were steadily working through my ‘bothy walks’ wish-list. Shenavall in Wester Ross had been all … Continue reading →

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#257 – Shenavall Bothy in Wester Ross

Posted on 07/10/2019 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) May 2019, and the Scottish trip was going well.   For the second year running, we had picked some of the many bothies in the Highlands as a … Continue reading →

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#256 – Craig Bothy

Posted on 23/09/2019 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Our “stravaiging” (see post #255) continued onwards from Glencoe, with a diversion over to Skye and the Cuillins (see post #252) followed by Torridon, but it was … Continue reading →

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#255 – Duror Bothy and the sad tale of ‘James of the Glen’

Posted on 07/09/2019 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) The Scots have a great word for wandering about –‘Stravaiging’.   The meaning of ‘Stravaig’ is a bit more subtle than just wandering about though, as it implies … Continue reading →

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#253 – Cairn Gorm and Ben Macdui, and the Cairngorm Tragedy of 1971

Posted on 12/08/2019 by Paul Shorrock

(Left click images to zoom in, use browser return arrow to go back) Most of my Cairngorm visits over the years have been to the ski slopes, though on one occasion I did do a trip away from the ski … Continue reading →

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