Highland Railways and Hills 1st Sept

Guide - Stu
Clients - Robert, Catherine, John W, Jane, Joyce, John C, Ruth, Sue and Bonny the Dog
Conditions - mostly dry

Ben Nevis Weekend - early August

Guests - Elizabeth,  Rosemarie, Andrew and Deborah. 
-->Guides - Sophie and Andy. 
Trip Notes - A wet weekend. Unfortunately the weather prevented the group from getting to the top of Ben Nevis. The Lost Valley on Sunday was a good bad weather option.

Awsome Arran Weekend - August

Guests - Petra, Colum, Andrea and Sandy. 
Guide - Jon
Trip notes - sunshine and rain, but more sun than rain and no midges! A weekend full of walks, bike riding, whisky tasting and a clear view from the top of Goat Fell. 

Arran Whisky tasting on the Lochranza Bay.

 

North West Highlands - July

Guests - Christine, Jos, Elisabeth, Margaret, Maud, Ross and Frank
Guide - Ian  

Oystercatcher on the roof of Achnasheen Station

North West Highlands - French trip

Guests - Yves, Catherine,  Marie Noelle, Cecilia, Enrica, Catherine, Pierre-Antoine, Nicolas and Matthieu.
Guide - Susan

Highlands Railways and Hills - late July

Guests - Louis, Marilyn, Martha, Ted, Clare, Marion, Alex, Tom, Victoria, Silvia and  Whitney.
Guide - Stuart and Sophie. 

Through the Chalamain Gap

North West Highlands - private group

Guests - Anne, Ed, Tracy, Jo, William, Moira, William and Moira. 
Guide - Richard

Trip Notes - Laid back week, lots of sight seeing in the heat. The group went up Slioch to find a breeze and avoid midges. 

Awsome Arran Weekend - July

Guests - John, Connor and Nicole
Guide - Jon
Trip notes -  Big mornings sea kayaking and mountain biking on Saturday saw the group happy to soak up the island atmosphere at the pub in Corrie rather than cycling right round the island. Goat Fell on Sunday was a warm climb and clear views from the summit.

Goat Fell summit looking back at Brodick Bay and the Holy Isle.

 

Highland Hills ans Railways - early July

Guests - Andrew, Michele, Helen, Robin, Christine, Mark, Elfriede, Steve, Desiree and Beatrice. 
Guide - Stuart
Trip notes - Unseasonably warm and dry weather kept everyone on their toes. 

The big Big Highland Tour - July

Guides - Ian, Laura, Andy and Sophie
Guests - Michael, Michelle, Charlotte, Amy, Libby, Mary, Helene, Leah, Ian, Jared, Arnold, Elaine, Gary, Carol, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Katherine, Tim, Anne, France, Francois and Paul.

Trip notes - Our plan was to have multiple smaller groups for this trip - but everyone got on so well it truly became the big Big Highland Tour. This was the start of the hot spell in the Highlands.

 

Looking over the north face of Ben Nevis

Highland Hills and Railways - June

Guide - Stuart
Customers - Adele, Jessica and Jennifer

Ben Nevis Weekend - June

Guests - Lorine, Joroen, Luke, Martin, Anna, Thomas and Laura.
Guide - Andy and Sophie

Skye Discovery - late June

Guests - Mary, Rebecca, Sherri, Kirsty, Georges, Catherine, Eve-Marie and Antoine.
Guide - Ian

Western Lochs and Highlands - June

Customers - Adele, Jessica, Jennifer, Alice, Adah, Kathy, Paul, Julia, Thomas, Ilya and Andrew.
Guide - Ian

The Wire Bridge at Steall Meadow, Glen Nevis. 

North West Highlands - June

Customers -Alison, Rahel, Andrew, Brian, Mikhail, Jean, Franciska and Kristina.
Guide - Ian.
Trip notes - We were pleased to have two return customers on this trip and good weather all week.

On the way up towards Coire Mhic Fearchair, Ben Eighe.

Awesome Arran Weekend - June

Customers - Judith, Deborah and Ben
Guide - Andy
Conditions- A deluge on the Saturday kept the group off the hill and on the coast. Thankfully things cleared up for the Sunday allowing everyone to get out on the sea kayaking - a great time had by all.

Big Highland Tour - June

Customers -Christine, Annie, Marti, Oliver, Christiane and Anne.
Guide - Florence

Photo courtesy of Marti. 

Skye Discovery - June

Guide - Jon
Customers - Jamie, Carole, Greg, Katha, Illya, Susan, Nick and Marie-Noelle.
Conditions - Summer arrived at long last to the Highlands this week. Long days to walk in the sunshine, Minki whale watching from Macleod's Maidens and one brave soul even took a dip at Glen Brittle beach.  

Looking out from the Quirang.

Big Highland Tour - May

Guide: Ian
Customers: Rageni, Thierry, Frederic, Rupesh, Kathy, Femmy and Yvan.
Conditions: This two week trip had proper wintry conditions to contend with. Snow three metres deep atop Ben Nevis with visibility down to 15 meters. There were plenty of rainy days down lower. Scotland did however turn on a blue sky trip to the airport on the last day. Proper adventure conditions.

Wandering through bog near Gairloch

Skye Discovery May

Guide - Ian
Customers - Dianne, Jane, John, Laura, Linda, Sue
Conditions - Surprisingly dry (mostly)
This was the first tour in our recently purchased minibus and things didn't quite go to plan as it broke down on the way to Skye - thankfully the RAC sorted everything out and the group got to Sconser on Skye in good time

Sunny Skye!

Ben Vorlich and Stuc a'Croin teambuilding walking and whisky 6th May

Guides - Andy & Sophie
Customers - 17 guests from VISMA AB, Vaksjo, Sweden
Conditions - foggy!
This was a challenging walking and whisky trip up the two nearest Munros to Edinburgh, complete with whisky tasting and great meal at the Inn at Strathyre before heading back to the city.

Ben Nevis Weekend 3rd-5th May

Guides - Andy & Sophie
Customers - David, Dominika, Dianne
Conditions - Very Wet Bank Holiday Saturday and improved Sunday

Skye Discovery April 21st - 27th

Guide - Ian
Customers - Christobel, Stephen, Anne, Jean, Katie, Jenny
Conditions - usual mixture

Ian and gang at Loch Coruisk