Kev’s Hill Walking Challenges
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Gilmour’s Linn
A wander up to Gilmour’s Linn with Neil and Gav. Second time I’ve been but first time for the other duo. An amazing spot for a dip, although both times I’ve been it’s been windy and raining, this time catching the tail end of Storm Isha. The back of the cave behind the falls was…
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More New Year Bothy Therapy
The last time I made a plan of adventures for the year ahead was 2020. And you’ll remember how that year turned out. New adventure ideas present themselves all the time and I find it easier now to make one or maybe two plans at a time for the months directly in front of me.…
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Storm Babet’s Bothy
A photo of my grandad can still be found on the wall in the restaurant area of the Cross Keys Hotel in Ettrick Bridge. What he is doing in the picture I can’t quite remember as I saw the picture about 12 years ago on a quick stop through the village. The Ettrick Valley was…
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When can I go back to St Kilda?
What do you do when you’ve been on that “Top of my Bucket List” adventure? A trip to the St Kilda archipelago has been at the top of my adventure wish list for years. My 4am alarm call on Friday last week fired the gun on my excitement for the day ahead, while also giving…
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Grid Square Journeys no. 5 – NN 9931 (Montreal)
I’ve never been to Canada, but when I do I hope it’s as lovely as Montreal in Perthshire in the sun. Yes, that’s right, Montreal in Perthshire. It’s no metropolis but rather is an old croft near Harrietfield with the same name as the largest city in Quebec. And yet for such a lovely area,…
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Loch Con and the Field of the Flat Stones
With its single track roads and remote spaces, I’ve always been a fan of Highland Perthshire. So when by a total fluke I found an article online about Loch Con, it’s bothy and the walk in, I immediately added it to my ever-growing wish list of places to visit and waited for the ideal opportunity.…
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Are Wooded Hills the Best?
How to get a hill view. Without climbing a big hill. That was the challenge Dave set me and I pondered a few options. I thought of some small hills in the area with big view such as the Lomond Hills and Ben A’an. The OS maps were scoured for hills I hadn’t heard of…
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New Year Bothy Therapy
Easter Earshaig car park to Brattleburn bothy is 6.7km, walking along part of the Southern Upland Way, according to my calculations using OS maps. After all the snow and rain over the last week, I was wondering how many of those kms would be on boggy paths and fields. Dave and I had decided at…
Challenge Kev Outdoors 