From Mingulay Washout
From Pabbay
From Scottish Sailing & Climbing
From Scottish Canoeing - Balquhidder
From Worth a punt?
From Shadow Buttress A
From The Needle, Shelterstone Crag
From Three fantastic winter days in Scotland
From Ben Nevis, Point Five Gully

Mingulay Washout

Monday, 30th September 2024

After last year’s amazing trip to Pabbay we thought we’d follow that up with a trip to Mingulay for more awesome climbing on another mythical uninhabited island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides…

Pabbay

Monday, 12th June 2023

We’ve been looking forward to and fearing our trip to Pabbay, a remote and uninhabited tiny island off Scotland in the Bishop Isles, in varyingly different amounts for some time…

Scottish Sailing & Climbing

Sunday, 17th May 2015

I’m just back from a week on a CC meet in Scotland based on a sail boat. The aim being to sail to some Scottish islands and sample the rock climbing using the boat as our accommodation…

Scottish Canoeing – Balquhidder

Tuesday, 10th June 2014

We’ve been looking forward to the multi-day canoeing trip in Scotland with our friends Paul and Lisa for ages. We’d planned the trip back in February and this past weekend we finally set off on our new adventure.

Worth a punt?

Tuesday, 21st January 2014

There’s a lot of guesswork involved in Scottish winter climbing. Making decisions about where to go, and whether conditions will be amenable to climbing. It’s been even more of a gamble this year, with a lot of stormy, wet and much milder conditions than we’ve been used to in recent years.

Shadow Buttress A

Monday, 13th January 2014

Last weekend I climbed Yukon Jack in Coire an T-Sneachda with Adrian. It was a nice climb to start the winter climbing season. But this weekend, we wanted to get away from the crowds and head somewhere different. The weather looked better in the East, so we thought Lochnagar might be a good alternative.

The Needle, Shelterstone Crag

Sunday, 21st July 2013

With all the dry weather we decided we really needed to take advantage and drive up to the Scottish mountains.

Three fantastic winter days in Scotland

Monday, 1st April 2013

We’ve just had three fantastic winter days in Scotland. Blue sky, hardly any wind, and lots and lots of ice.

Ben Nevis, Point Five Gully

Sunday, 17th March 2013

Another night sleeping in the back of the car, another 4am alarm call, and another world-class classic Scottish winter route. This time on the mountain that some might consider to be the “crucible of Scottish winter climbing”, the north face of Ben Nevis.