My Favourite Winter Hiking Boots - Asolo

I've been wearing these fantastic hiking boots by Asolo for several years. And as we go into winter again, I'll be bringing them out again (I tend to stick to lighter shoes in the summer for the weight difference). I've raved about these boots a lot, particularly on Instagram - I just f…

Carn Aosda and Carn a' Gheoidh Munro Bagging

Yes, you heard that right - we have bagged Carn Aosda and Carn a' Gheoidh!  And yes, that's only two of the Cairnwell Three!  Although those are pretty easy munros, we did do them at the start of 2022.  So there was quite a lot of snow on the ground - and we actually had to put crampons on.…

Tilly on Ben Wyvis Munro

As you probably saw here, ages and ages ago we climbed the Munro Ben Wyvis.  And of course, we had to take some pictures of our resident professional athlete - Tilly. Who, as always, loves a good hike!

Ben Wyvis Hike (Munro #3)

I am officially the worst Munro Bagger in the world, and we actually climbed Ben Wyvis about a year ago!  But as I'm also the worst blogger in the world so this is terribly out of date. So prior to climbing Ben Wyvis we stayed in a nearby town Strathpeffer, which is a pretty cute Victorian spa …

Best Collar for Hiking Dogs - Non-stop Hunting Dog Safety Collar Review

The questions about the best collar or harness for taking your dog hiking comes up a lot.  Now that we are Munro bagging we also needed to think about the kit for the dogs. Hetty the dachshund is already covered in her Ezydog Chest Plate Harness (affiliate link). However, we usually just have Tilly…

Ben Vorlich (Loch Earn) Hike - Munro #2

In 2020 when there was a brief reprise in the lockdown restrictions which let us do outdoors activity we started bagging munros.  After Ben Lomond next on the list was Ben Vorlich at Loch Earn, which most people tend to do as a double whammy with Stuc a'Chorin. So we started off on a nice day, …

Ben Lomond Hike - Munro Bagging

So one of the perks of moving back up to Scotland was that we can do more outdoorsy things again, including hiking!  So we decided to also start bagging munros.In case you don't know munros are the 282 mountains in Scotland which are over 3000ft in height.One of the easier ones to start with is…