Ben Ledi School trip

Guides - Jon, John-Paul
Customers - 21 students and teachers from a school in Luxembourg
Conditions - howling wind with intense gusts on top as well as 5 hours of constant rain - it was good though! We didnt get all the way to the summit - it was just too windy! However, the group did get to experience the wild side of Scottish weather as well as the good and bad side of Scottish hospitality! - The bad side being the miserable manager of Kilmahog cafe who assumed that 18 16/17 years old would be causing trouble, when in fact all they wanted to do was drink hot chocolate and warm up whilst we waited for the bus home. It was hugely refreshing, to pop down the road to the Lade Inn and get invited in to sit by the fire, drink tea and eat chips - a proper Scottish welcome!

Glen Clova Sunday Escape

Jon, Isabelle, Duncan
We are about to sell the Walkabout VW minibus, so we though we'd give it a proper send off with a trip to Glen Clova, which despite being relatively close to Edinburgh, is rarely visited by us as the access is via Dundee and so is off our regular routes.

It is a stunning glen to visit to see autumn colours, even if you are racing the clouds moving in and the early onset of darkness now the clocks have changed.

We walked up Tolmount via Jock's Road, the old drovers route eastwards from Glen Clova over to Braemar. The views from the top were of many familar places from a new angle; the ski tows of Glas Maol (Glenshee), the back end of Lochnagar, the (still green) Glenshee Hills, last visited on touring skis and the bigger hills of the Southern Cairngorms now speckled with large snow patches. You can see the sea from the summit too, which is cool for a hill which has a definite INLAND feel to it!

A great day which ended a pint and chips in the Glen Clova Hotel

Awesome Arran

Guides: Jon, George, Isabelle
Driver: Mr H
Conditions: Monsoon, followed by a stiff gale then hillfog clearing to brilliant sunshine for the descent of Goatfell and the journey from the island.

Customers: Anna, Cathy, Charlie, Desiree, Eric, Jess, Jim, John, Lisa, Louis, Maria, Marti, Tomas

This was a Pre-Summit Adventure for the Adventure Travel Trade Association annual summit which was held afterwards at Aviemore - we managed coastal walks/flooded road wading, Round The Island Biking, uber-adventurous sea kayaking and a walk up Goatfell as well as castle and distillery visits, Golf!! and local food tastings in three short days

Heart of the Highlands September

Guide - Peter
Customers - Dan, Erin, Kristina - with Elizabeth and Jane for single days
Conditions - autumnal!

Big Highland Tour September

Guides - Peter, Ian
Customers - Emma, Eve, Elizabeth, Frances, Graeme, Greer, Jaqueline, Julia, Sreya
Conditions - Usual mixture!

Skye Discovery September

Guide - Ian
CUstomers - Anne, Mhairi, Patrick, Kerry, Kathleen, Virginia, Paul
Conditions - usual Skye mixture

Carn Liath (Blair Atholl Munro) by train

Guide - Jon
Customer - Jenny
Conditions - Mostly dry but overcast with a cold wind on the tops
A good escape from the hustle and madness that is the Edinburgh Fringe! Blair Atoll has the nearest clump of Munros that are reached by train from Edinburgh (two hours each way) and despite a route marching pace and 24km distance, we still had time for a pint and a whisky in the Atholl Arms afterwards.

Heart of the Highlands August

Guide - Niall
Customers - Anna, Karin, Maria, Marion, Richard, Tamar
Conditions - mostly good!
Special note: our ultra reliable minibus had its first breakdown but this did not affect the programme at all

Highland Railways & Hills August

Guides - Gary, Isabelle
Customers - Bob, Georgina, Jacqueline, Ken, Mary, Osnat, Virginia
Conditions - mostly good

Skye Discovery August II

Guide - Ian
Customers - Catherine, Carolyn, Dale, John, Marc, Marina, Nancy, Tracy
Conditions - mostly fine

Ben Nevis Weekend August

Guide - Ali
Customers - Carl, Caroline, Claire, Geraldine, Kevin, Vera
Conditions - Good

Skye Discovery August I

Guide - Ian
Customers - Alice, Clare, Eitan, Gary, Jonathan, Shona, Silke, Veronika
Conditions - mostly fine!

North West Highlands July

Guide - Shaun
Customers - Alexander, Elizabeth, Nicola, Kathy, Ranney
Conditions - Wet!

Big Highland Tour Custom July

Guides - Joe, Peter
Customers - John, Kathy, Cynthia, Gary, Olivia, Amanda
Conditons - mostly wet!

Schiehallion Day Tour

Guide - Jon
Customers - Finnish Biologists and Anders
Conditions - We hadn't been up Schiehallion for a while so headed up there for a sunny Friday day trip - great views, not too warm, no midgies - ace!

3 Peaks Challenge July

Guides - Niall (Ben Nevis), Jon (Scafell Pikes, Snowdon)
Driver - MJ
3 Peaks Adventurers - Jia Nee, James, Jonathan, Matthew, Mike, Sally
Conditions - Slightly damp on Ben Nevis, sunset on Scafell Pikes turning into thick hillfog in the dark followed by a biblical deluge on Snowdon
Three Peaks trips (especially big events) are more than slightly controversial with the amounts of large groups on the hills at the same time - however for small groups of friends, the Three Peaks is a great challenge and achievable adventure

Highland Railways & Hills July

Guide - Gary
Customers - Maurita, Oliver, Marianne, Nathan, Daniel, Adam
Conditions - Scottish Summer!

Big Highland Tour July

Guide: John
Customers: Peggy, Mariangela, Lane, Emilie, David, Peter, Elizabeth
Conditions: Mixed

Skye Discovery July

Guide - John-Paul
Customers - Elena, Kathy, Ali, Ken
Conditions - Damp-ish

North West Highlands June

Guide - Peter
Customers - Dagmar, Eva, Nigel, Kim, Beatrice, Tom, Rida, Peter