23/09/2011 by admin.

Despite the west coast having major rain tantrums these past few weeks, me and the pup did manage a few walks be it not to exciting rugged mountain terrains of knoydart and torridon - well its not as if they will go any where soon!!! Instead we visited the heights of Ben Rinnes, that promonent peak rising above Aberlour and as I found, offering a view over Moray which is, in my humble opionion, fantastic from the coast all the way to the cairngorms and of most of the distilleries running along River Avon.

Second little outing was to the Hills of Cromdale, much talked about in my coming guide book and well worth a side visit if only to see the pipers stones, the memorial cairns on the summits and to walk the hallow soil of the battle site.

But beware, for on days when the wind howls and the rain falls in heavy sheets it is said that the piper, a man named Hamish, tends to appear before unsuspecting walkers, tempting them to follow him to where he fall amongst his comrades…….!

I’ve also made a panoramic of the battle site and the stone which is now uploaded to my freebies page along with some other highland images - most are quite large and might take some time to download.

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02/09/2011 by admin.

Finally the monsoon is showing signs of moving on and the west coast of Scotland is open once more to her wonderous views - much to my pleasure. read report of the trip here.

Also managed to get some great pans of the mountains from the top - towards torridon, towards Mhaighdean

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