by Ben | Nov 9, 2025 | Hebridean Way, Scottish Winter Adventure
I was nearing the end of my walking day – which, by the way is preferable to a working day – and I saw on the map that the path went one way around a hill, and the road went around the other. Now, I’ve been caught out a number of times by the ‘paths’ that...
by Ben | Nov 8, 2025 | Hebridean Way, Scottish Winter Adventure
I’m not sure when it happened exactly, but I do know it was around the time that I’d been defeated by another boggy path. This one had shown so much promise as well. It was really well made, very solid under foot, incredible views. It was like a special corridor...
by Ben | Nov 7, 2025 | Hebridean Way, Scottish Winter Adventure
When I was young I used to go to the cubs. It was like scouts but for the younger kids. Beavers – for the even younger kids – hadn’t been invented yet. Yes, I’m that old. Anyway, there are two main things I remember from my time at cubs. The first was that...
by Ben | Nov 6, 2025 | Hebridean Way, Scottish Winter Adventure
Based on the conditions yesterday I was fairly confident I would be taking a different route up through the islands. I didn’t think it would be any longer or shorter, I imagined roughly the same, but would cut out some of the climbs where the paths had become water...
by Ben | Nov 5, 2025 | Hebridean Way, Scottish Winter Adventure
I suppose I thought, because there had already been a few issues in even getting up to Scotland and with my health, that once I started my walk everything would fall nicely into place and things would go smoothly. I was slightly disappointed when the weather forecast...
