Saturday 22 March 2014

Training in the highlands...some pictures



There are so many amazing places to explore from Inverness...including nearly 300 munros...here are a selection of photos of my facourite places within 1-2 hours drive from Inverness. 

Loch Morlich looking up to Cairngorms

Getting better at skiing... into Larig Ghru from Ben Macdui
Learning to ski at Cairngorm Mountain
Top of Cairngorm

Winter climbing in the Cairngorms
An Teallach







Liatach



Looking north from Liatach to the Fisherfield hills and An Teallach in distance


Looking over to Skye from Applecross - where Monty Hall went on his 'great escape' on BBC2


The view from Bealach na Ba looking over to Skye

Stac Pollaidh on a sunny day

Glen Coul bothy in the far North-West. There is an amazing network of bothies up here - check out the MBA website.

Moy rock, bolted conglomerate crag 20 mins from Inverness
Gairloch



Achmelvich Beach

And around Oban...

The view from our livingroom window in Oban - overlooking Kerrera and Mull



Erraid, Mull, just a couple of hours from Oban







Scoor beach, Isle of Mull

Ganavan beach, 5 mins from the Lorn and Isles Hospital, Oban


And Orkney...

Climbing with Orkney Climbing Club


The Old Man of Hoy, and lots of unexplored cliffs...



and puffins
'Work' weekend away on Hoy with Isla on the pipes



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