Mill Cottage is a wonderful bunkhouse situated in the woods at Feshiebridge. Being December it seemed to be dark most of the time, nonetheless, through the trees the River Feshie was occasionally visible. Alistair started the weekend early with a quick nip up Mullach Clach a’ Bhlair where he met a couple from Cornwall who were having a year off to climb the munros. The BRB “it was OK”. The weather forecast for Saturday threatened rain from about lunchtime, so there was an incentive (not necessarily actioned) to start early. Evelyn Droege and Debbie Raymont started at “8:30am from Auchlean car park while it was vaguely dry and walked through…

It’s November so it must be Inchnadamph. The tradition of the annual meet to Inchnadamph was upheld in fine form by twenty members this year. For some the weekend again started early on Friday. Evelyn walked up Glen Kirkaig to the falls and further up for the views of Suilven, Stac Pollaidh and Cul Mor enjoying the lovely autumn colours of the birchwoods. Simon climbed Ben Stac in an increasingly strong and cold wind.. Frustatingly there was mist on the summit so views were limited but not so limited that he couldn’t see that Arkle was totally clear and bathed in sunshine all day. The mountain weather forecast for Saturday…

Date:           Nights of Tue 31 Dec 2019, Wed 1 and Thurs 2 Jan 2020, i.e. 3 nights. Venue:        Braedownie, Glen Clova, OS Grid Reference NO 286 757 Facilities:  Kitchen, shower, toilets, alpine bunks (bring a good SLEEPING BAG) Cost:            £30 total for the holiday The hogmanay meet this year is based at Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club’s brand new Braedownie hut located in Glen Clova.  The meet is traditionally a great opportunity for some eating, drinking, socialising and even a little outdoor activity.  Folk usually bring some food to share for evening meals and sometimes folk even put on their best…

Date:         Nights of Fri 6 and Sat 7 December 2019 Venue:      Mill Cottage, Feshiebridge. Google Maps. Grid Reference NH 847 047 Facilities: Full cooking and dining facilities, all electric. Shower, toilets, drying room, multi-fuel stove in lounge, firewood and coal (kindling not provided). Cost:         £10pppn This is a great location for exploring the wonderful Glenfeshie, or the less well know Glen Tromie. The obvious big hills are Mullach Clach a’ Blair and Sgor Gaoith with its lofty summit sitting high above Loch Eanaich.  If the weather does not cooperate, then there are plenty of low-level wanders through the ancient pine woods.  Some good mountain…

This year’s traditional meet to Skye, with a good crowd of 20 people, was notable for several reasons – the organiser actually attended for the first time in six months; we had the key code in good time so we knew we would get in and everything worked. It was also notable for the sheer length of all the entries in the big red book, so this report will be a heavily abbreviated version. For several the weekend started early and Friday saw Adrian M and Minnie (his dog) on Blaven enjoying the great views in the late afternoon. Meanwhile Carol J and Adele N, before Carol started writing War…

Date:           Nights of Fri 1 and Sat 2 November 2019 Venue:        Inchnadamph Lodge (Google Maps) Grid Reference NC 252 218 Facilities:  Well equipped kitchen, drying room, loads of space, log fires, bunks Cost:           £17.50 pppn  for the dorm and £27 pppn for the twin rooms, (£5 pppn camper’s charge applies) A mere two days is grossly inadequate to do justice to Assynt.  Activities include lots of great hills (Ben Mor Assynt, Conival and Glas Bheinn are all on the doorstep), caving (See Caves of Assynt by SNH), climbing at Reiff and kayaking. Saturday night is traditionally fancy dress.  This year’s theme…