Superlative Skye – a guided walking holiday with Mountain Innovations

We’re returning to Skye at the end of September for a visit to the Trotternish peninsula again. We had some spectacular days out on the last trip a couple of years ago when we were based on Uig; and also on the trip we made to check out routes there, when we were based in [...]

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Classic Torridon in September

We’re heading back to Torridon this September to run our Classic Torridon walking holiday, but this time we’ve incorporated a day off in the middle as has recently become our formula for the trips away from Fraoch Lodge. On the day off we’re thinking about heading to Applecross to experience the Scotland pub of the [...]

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West Highland Winter Munros – a walking holiday with Mountain Innovations

Trip review – Argyll, Scotland March 2012 This trip was our first west coast trip away during the winter season. There was no way we could predict that this would be the mildest/least snow covered winter across Scotland since 1981, which fortunately did not detract too much from the trip. It would have been the [...]

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Dried Cranberry Flapjacks

175g butter 200g soft brown sugar 2 tbsp golden syrup 400g rolled oats 75g dried cranberries Preheat oven to 160oC. Line a 18 x 28cm tin. Melt butter, sugar & syrup until sugar is dissolved. Stir in oats etc and press into tin. Bake for 25 – 35 min until set. Cool in tin and [...]

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Winter Round-up

This last winter was a remarkable one on a number of fronts up here in the Highlands. We had a whole heap of snow of course, about 6 -7 feet in total down here in Boat of Garten with a lot more up on the mountains. It accumulated to a depth of over 3 meters [...]

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Strawberry tart

You will need: puff pastry jam strawberries caster sugar Roll out puff pastry until you have approx danish pastry sized piece for each person you are serving. Heat jam in a pan (enough to lightly cover your pastry, leaving a gap around the edge for a border). Spread jam over pastry. Slice enough strawberries to [...]

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Malteser Cake

MALTESER CAKE 9oz cooking chocolate 4oz butter 3 tbl syrup 8oz maltesers (crushed) 8 oz digestive biscuits (crushed) 5 oz white chocolate In a saucepan over a steady heat, melt butter, syrup & cooking chocolate. add crushed maltesers & crushed biscuits. Melt white choc in a bowl over a saucepan of heated water. Place base [...]

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The Ultimate wilderness walking holiday

For anyone who has discovered the hill walking delights of Scotland’s West Highlands, sooner or later you’re going to hear of Knoydart. Like Torridon, Assynt, Glencoe, Kintail and Skye, it’s “a must”. The  difference with a Knoydart walking holiday (http://www.scotmountain.co.uk/courses?id=19) is the feeling of remoteness created by the short boat trip in. There are no roads to Knoydart! [...]

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