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From Easter the whole of Scotland opens up all the, zoos, parks, national parks, museums, science centres, workshops, open days, Live history in the shape of out door shows and pageantry, castles, gardens, art galleries, activity centres for the water sports, sailing, golf, horse riding, whisky tasting -Follow the world-famous Malt Whisky Trail. Read More
Summer in the Scottish Highlands
In the summer this area is stunningly beautiful with a wild landscape, becoming a Highland playground for out door activities with whale and seal watching, sailing in a glass bottomed boat from Kyle of Lochalsh, or higher a mountain bike and use the many off road bike areas set up for people to use a good one is just by Balnain. Read More
Autumn in the Scottish Highlands
Autumn's crisp chill and vibrant colorations provide the perfect backdrop for a visit to the Highlands. There are rivers, lochs and forests offering spectacular colours of the trees, from golden yellow to fiery red, bright orange and dark cranberry, miles of white sand beaches, mountain ranges with hiking, fishing villages, and coastal resorts with elegant yachts bobbing in the harbour. Read More
Winter in the Scottish Highlands
The winters are mild at low altitude but become snowier and colder with the higher mountains they can have up to 6 months of snow The days are shorter and the secret is to get up a wee bit earlier. Read More
| The Highland Munros |
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The country is traditionally divided into three areas, the Southern Uplands, Central lowlands or Midland Valley and the Highlands with a large percentage lieing above 800ft and hills and mountains are an ever present aspect of the landscape. A Munro top is a summit over 3000 ft. Munros were first listed by Sir Hugh Munro (1856 - 1919) in his 'Munros Tables', published in the Journal of the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) in 1891. His list caused quite a stir at the time, as it had previously been thought that there were only around 30 mountains of that height, Sir Hugh divided the summits into 283 separate mountains (now known as the Munros), whilst 255 further summits over 3000 feet were considered to be only subsidiary 'Tops'. Some walkers climb Munros with an eye to climbing every single one, a practice known as Munro bagging,Having climbed all of them, a walker is entitled to be called a Munroist. Munro-bagging is a form of Peak bagging" well-known Munros include Ben Nevis Ben Nevis in the Lochaber area is the highest peak in the British Isles with an altitude of 1,344 metres (4,409 ft). Ben Lomond, the most southerly of the Munros Ben Macdhui, Cairn Gorm in the Cairngorms, Buachaille Etive Mòr, at the entrance to Glencoe, one of the most photographed Munros Liathach in Torridon Lochnagar, a mountain near the Royal Castle of Balmoral in the area of Glen Muick Schiehallion a mountain often described as lying at the centre of Scotland Sgurr nan Gillean, Sgurr Alasdair and the Inaccessible in the Cuillin Hillson on the Isle of sky this is a small percentage of the munros in the higlands there are may more out there which can be a life long activity, good luck.
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| Last Updated on Saturday, 31 October 2009 18:24 |