Tag: glasgow hikes

  • Hiking Meikle Bin (finally!)

    Hiking Meikle Bin (finally!)

    It finally happened!!! I got up the little mountain that has been beckoning me since moving to Glasgow. The one that I attempted and failed to get up previously when meeting the impenetrable forest wall. Meikle Bin, the popular and easily accessible mountain that has been hiked by nearly everyone in our village except me,…

  • Hiking to Meikle Bin and meeting the impenetrable forest wall

    Hiking to Meikle Bin and meeting the impenetrable forest wall

    Last Saturday was my “November hike day” and despite the late post here, I did make it out for the fourth consecutive month. The monthly streak of semi-serious hiking is still unbroken!!

  • Hiking Cort-ma Law and Lecket Hill

    Hiking Cort-ma Law and Lecket Hill

    The streak is unbroken. Another walk in the Scotland hills without any sight of blue sky and for most of it, not much of a view beyond a couple hundred meters. Every trig point I’ve been to this year has been socked in the clouds. No matter though, getting out is always better than not…

  • Hiking up Ben Lomond from Ptarmigan Ridge

    Hiking up Ben Lomond from Ptarmigan Ridge

    My latest hiking adventure was particularly cool for two reasons, the first being that I finally got up Ben Lomond, and the second being that I met up with a local hiking group for the first time in the hopes of making some new connections.

  • Hiking the Corrie of Balglass and Earl’s Seat

    Hiking the Corrie of Balglass and Earl’s Seat

    Finally got out hiking on the Campsie Fells!