John Davidson, author and journalist, shares his love of the great outdoors from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland
I’ve never been on a mountain with so many people on it! To be honest, I was glad to get off the top of Ben Nevis and head down to the CMD Arete for the bit of the day we’d really come for – the scramble between the Ben and Carn Mor Dearg.
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Posted from Fort William, Scotland, United Kingdom.
I had a lovely walk up Cnoc Fyrish near Alness this afternoon, with my wife Meg and baby Clara. It was a rainy start but after a heavy shower when we reached the monument the skies cleared and we enjoyed a sunny end to our little adventure.
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The Gaick Pass is a remote spot rising to over 500m above sea level on rough tracks through wild country. So it came as a bit of a shock to me when I bumped into a friend in the middle of it!
I was out on the bike with my brother Iain yesterday, taking him on this fine route before he heads to sunnier climes (he’s moving to Australia soon…).
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I'm a journalist in Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland who specialises in the great outdoors - including walking, cycling and mountaineering. I write a regular Active Outdoors feature for the Inverness Courier as well as contributing to other publications, including leading hillwalking magazine TGO.
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