Local gives alternative directions to the main way that required hanging on to chains over a sheer drop and dodging falling rocks.

Scottish Word: Bygate.

Tags: chain, cliff, cliffs, hiking, kilt, mountain, path, recreation, rock, rocks, sporran, staff, stick, walk, walking, wellies, wilderness

“There’s a bygate thon wye – it is shorter but mainly it’s mair interesting.” Translate: gate: path, a way, a road (bygate: a side path). “There is a byway that goes in that direction – it … Continue reading Bygate. →

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An eeeooooooeeoooooeee in the wilderness unsettles the mountain-top camper.

Scottish Word: Banshee.

Tags: camping, Death, ghost, hiking, hills, mountains, pot, stove, tea, tent, walking

“Oh Lord please please please dinni let it be a banshee ahm hearin ahint me makin that eldritch din.” Translate: banshee: a wailing female spirit forecasting death or disaster. “Oh Lord please please please do not … Continue reading Banshee. →