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West Highland Line Camping: Corrour to Lubnaclach

Posted on May 6, 2024 by jester1970

An overnight trip to Corrour Station on the West Highland Line, camping by the ruins of an old estate building at remote Lubnaclach. You can view the full post HERE.

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It’s Grim Up North (Down South): Ingleborough

Posted on October 10, 2015 by jester1970

Source: It’s Grim Up North (Down South): Ingleborough

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The Bernina Railway (Tirano to St Moritz)

Posted on June 16, 2015 by jester1970

For many years I have watched as tourists press their nose against the glass and admire the West Highland Railway. For a change, this time it’s me who is stuck to the train windows… Full words and pictures: The Bernina … Continue reading →

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The Road to Recovery (Dalmally to Taynuilt)

Posted on May 28, 2015 by jester1970

Cycling is one exercise I can manage, and by it’s nature is low impact…Cycle commuting helps keep the fitness up, but it’s nice to have a change of scenery. Text and pictures HERE:  The Road to Recovery (Dalmally to Taynuilt).

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The Lost Villages- Reprint

Posted on March 15, 2015 by jester1970

A book I read many years ago, The Lost Villages by Hugh Lucas, Eddie Devlin and John Reilly, has been reissued after many years out of print. It is a fascinating collection of reminisces about the now long gone villages … Continue reading →

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The Road to The Isles: Rannoch to Corrour

Posted on November 1, 2014 by jester1970

I have often passed Corrour on the train having just come a big hill and my eyes have been drawn to a lonely ruin which sits about a mile south of the station. Lonely, windswept and desolate, it stands atop … Continue reading →

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Seasons End

Posted on September 30, 2014 by jester1970

I’ve had little time on the hills this year. The 1st of January saw me on a snowy hillside above Loch Tay  looking at the floodwater menacing the village of Killin. A few days later and I was hobbling off … Continue reading →

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Rannoch Station to Kingshouse Hotel

Posted on December 3, 2013 by jester1970

Perhaps, even without a beard, I now look like the conventional outdoors type, as on a recent trip I was approached by a stranger asking if I knew the Rannoch area and could I recommend any short walks there. I could, … Continue reading →

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Ardlui to Arrochar via Ben Vorlich

Posted on September 13, 2013 by jester1970

Ben Vorlich is one of those hills everyone should climb once. Only once. If Ben Lomond is the magnet which attracts walks to the hills over Loch Lomond, Ben Vorlich is it’s polar opposite. No easy path here, from whatever … Continue reading →

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Ben Reoch from Arrochar and Tarbet

Posted on June 5, 2013 by jester1970

Ben Reoch is one of those hills I keep tucked away in my mind for when I want a short day out. Not every day has to be an epic, even if that is how they are remembered by the … Continue reading →

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