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

North West Highlands Sept

Guide - Ian
Customers - Bonnie, Melanie, Marilyn, Nora, Kirk, Juliet
Conditions - usual autumn mixture

Big Highland Tour Sept

Guides - Jon, Iza, Andy
Customers - Lyn, Fran, Christina, Janet, Judy, Laurie, Steve
Conditions - two weeks with everything from left-over hurricane at Arrochar and snow on Ben Nevis to sunny days on Skye and at Gairloch - finishing in a snow storm on Cairngorm



Highland Railways & Hills July

Guides - Jon, Sophie & Andy
Customers - Mark & Laura, Ian & Mag, Kerry, David & Jennie, Saul & Esther, Julie & Rafa, John
Conditions - Grey mostly, but the sun came out on Skye and stayed out, allowing us an ascent of Ben na Lap at the end of the week

Descending Ben na Lap

Blaven on Skye

Skye Discovery July

Guide - Ian
Customers - Elaine, Vicky, Marki, Kate, Erik

Western Lochs & Highlands June

Guide - Ian
Customers - Elaine, Lesley & John, Maurica & David

Highlands Railways and Hills June

Guides - Jon, Isabelle

Clients - Tracey & Martin, Dana & Bill, Martin & Kazuyo, Katsumassa & Taeko, Pauline, David, Sabine & Annette

Conditions - a bit grey, followed by a torrential rain causing a landslide blocking the West Highland Line for a week

Group at the Steall Falls 

North West Highlands June

Guide - Ian
Customers - Lindsay, Liz, Claire

Private Skye Tour June

Guide - Jon
Customers - Alice, Tom, Craig, Connor

Conditions - Proper Skye heatwave

Loch Coruisk from Sgurr na Stri

Walking Whisky and Wildlife June

Guide- Peter
Clients - Peter & Margaret, Jane, Cherry, Dee-Ann, Marcia, Maureen

Ben Lomond 9th June

Guide - Jon
Customers - Carey, Michael, Jessie
Conditions - Mixed
FIrst Ben Lomond trip of the year for Walkabout (discounting a wet adventure in May) - the hill was really busy with a couple of charity events (who were well briefed since there was no one dropping litter).

It was a true midgie-fest on the summit so we climbed down via the steeper Ptarmigan Ridge route to avoid both sets of crowds.

Skye Discovery June

Guides - Ian, Des & Sophie
Customers - Keiko, Sherrie, Monique, Patricia, Martha, Cathy, Ray

Ben Nevis weekend June

Guide - Jon
Customers - Vic and Patsy, Katalin and Liz
Conditions - Glorious!

We were still in the Highland Heatwave so Ben Nevis was pretty busy but we got up there in good time and spent an hour or so on the summit relaxing in the snow patch. The Buachaille on Sunday was a good contrast - less people and a complete absence of litter

Heart of the Highlands May

Guides: Ian & Des
Customers: Abigail, Thomas, Heather, Thoralf

Cairngorm Plateau typical summer view

Conditions: Mixed (Heatwave, snow!)

Telecom Ireland Cork Hillwalking Club - Glencoe & Ben Nevis Big Hill Days

Guides - John Paul, Gary & Jon
Customers - Tadhg, Willie, Bertie, Charlie, Christy, Con, Danny, Declan, Joe, Mick, Mick, Tadhg

Group on the Ballachuilish Hills - 1st day

Conditions - Complete heatwave! It is truly disconcerting when you turn up early in Fort William to pick up supplies before the 10 hour adventure which is the Carn Mor Dearg Arrete route up Ben Nevis and the temperature gauge on the Nevis Centre is already reading 20c at 08.30am...


1st Day - Ballachuilsh Hills
2nd Day - CMD
3rd Day - Mamores
4th Day - Lost Valley of Glencoe