The Black Cuillin’s are up there with the most beautiful and challenging mountains to hike in Scotland. They look like proper mountains, almost menacing and they live up to their ‘black’ name due to them being the eroded remains of a magma chamber from a huge volcano. They’re mainly made up of black gabbro rock…
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Exploring the Isle of Skye | Scotland
The last time we were on the Isle of Skye it rained non stop. I don’t recall seeing a signal mountain because the cloud and rain were so persistent. My cheap mobile phone died due to my cheap coat leaking on a very rainy hike. So we left Skye feeling like we didn’t know what…
Rainbows, ridge hikes and curious cows in Kintail | Scotland
Scotland is renowned for getting it’s fair share of rain and we were about to get our worst stint of weather on this whole trip. The forecast was suggesting about a week of heavy rain which basically meant no hiking for us because we’ve learnt that it’s just not fun getting soaked and having nowhere…
The best mountain hikes in Torridon | Scotland
It was our first time exploring the Torridon region – for some reason we foolishly bypassed it when we were in the area 7 years ago and we were amazed that we missed such a stunning spot. It was raining when we arrived but sunshine was predicted for tomorrow so we set our alarms nice…
Hiking the legendary An Teallach & exploring Gairloch | Scotland
After a few days of heavy rain the forecast finally looked promising for us to do a hike up to An Teallach, said to be one of the best mountain hikes in Britain. It would be roughly 20km and 1400m of elevation gain but we’d be rewarded with some of the best views around. While…
Mountain hikes and idyllic beaches along the NC500 | Assynt, Scotland
We made our way south on the NC500 where mountain vistas were reflected in calm lochs. Even though we were a little exhausted after yesterday’s big hike I’d read about a route up Quinag, said to be one of Scotland’s best hill walks. It didn’t seem too tough or long so with tired legs we…
Back on mainland Scotland | Driving the NC500
It was a bit of a shock arriving back on the Scottish mainland after 6 weeks in the northern isles. But it was September now so we were hoping the busy season was over and the crowds of people had gone back home…we were wrong. Our plan was to drive along the famous NC500, a…
Our last few days on Orkney | Beaches, cats and sunsets
We woke up in a lovely spot by the sea with a huge beach and a line of turquoise water that suddenly turned navy as the water deepened. We were having a lazy day after tracking the orcas up and down the coast so we did some baking and a couple of short strolls nearby…
Two days witnessing wild orcas off the coast of Orkney | Scotland
Finally, we got news that orcas were spotted not too far from us, just off the southern coast of Orkney. We zoomed off and began scanning the sea, it took about an hour to finally spot them as a few swam near a small island. They were pretty far away so we could only really…
Idyllic beaches and rock formations | The Orkney Islands
Our first stop in the western side of Orkney was the Broch of Gurness which is the remains of an Iron Age village. For a person that has little interest in history I must admit it just looked like a pile of rocks. The stones were only a feet or two high, it was like…
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