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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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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