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Get off the Beaten Track: Highland Explorer weekend

Published by Andy Bateman September 18, 2015

Calvin College (Michigan) come to the Highlands – June 2015 We were contacted to organise a Scottish extension to a long study tour for 15 […]

August 2015: Top images from the Cairngorms

Published by Andy Bateman September 9, 2015

July and August are the height of our season and this year we’ve been busier than ever, which does of course have its plus points; […]

Is Knoydart Britain’s last wilderness?

Published by Andy Bateman September 5, 2015

How do you measure wilderness? Are there wolves in Knoydart? No – but then there aren’t any wolves in Britain so we can’t really use […]

Bucket list travel: Highlands of Scotland and a wedding

Published by Andy Bateman September 3, 2015

Get off the Beaten Track with Scot Mountain Holidays In May 2015 we were asked to organise a trip for 2 days and 3 nights […]

Top 10 images of Mull

Published by Andy Bateman August 13, 2015

Can you rank these images with your favourite at number 1? All images taken on the Magical Mull hiking vacation with Scot Mountain Holidays, led […]

From Scotch Eggs to the Inn Pinn

Published by Rebecca Field April 23, 2015

ROUND AND ABOUT: NEWS FROM THE HIGHLANDS (Spring 2015) We’ve had a mixed winter – some winter skills and some glorious sunshine. We tried to […]

Northern Cairngorms Winter Conditions report: no 4

Published by Andy Bateman February 4, 2015

Northern Cairngorms winter conditions report no: 4 We have a lot of Snow!   It has now been near enough consistently wintry to low levels […]

Northern Cairngorms Winter Conditions report: no 3

Published by Andy Bateman January 10, 2015

Northern Cairngorms Winter Conditions.     Not untypical  ….. but there’s hope!   First of all Happy New Year to you all from a wild […]

Published by Andy Bateman December 18, 2014

Northern Cairngorms Winter Conditions.     Winter Abates ….. & Returns The week has seen weather moderate from last weeks severe “Weather Bomb”. As I […]

Winter Conditions Report: no 1

Published by Andy Bateman December 11, 2014

Northern Cairngorms Winter Conditions.   Winter arrives with vengeance.   November was a mild month with the odd brief wintry interlude. As often appears to […]