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Date: 09/07/2023 Age: 13 Height: 808m Time: Distance: Location: Assynt Geology: Lewisian gneiss People: Me, Dad We started the walk at around half past ten. We had looked at the mountain forecast and thought it would be a good day.  We saw clouds surrounding quite a few of the other hills but Quinag was stillContinue reading “Quinag”

Date: 26/2/23 Age: 13 Height: 931m Location: Perthshire Distance: 15.5km Time: 5 hours Geology: people: Me, Dad We started walking around 9.00 am and headed past the dam and along a track round the loch. It was a fairly scenic view and we stayed on the track for about an hour until the track turnedContinue reading “Ben Chonzie”

Date: 12/2/23 Age: 13 Height: 950m Location: Cumbria Distance: 13km Time: 6 hours Geology: silica- rich magma people: Me, Dad We started walking at around 9:30 quickly leaving Patterdale behind. We trekked up a small surprisingly steep grassy slope that left both of us out of breath before making it onto the track leading upContinue reading “Helvellyn”

Date: 27 August 2022 Age: 12 Height:1,044m Location: Perthshire Distance:13km Time: 5 1/2 hours Geology: Metamorphic schist formations People: Me, Dad we started at the car park around 9:30 – 10 after a massive palava with trying to get parked. As we started along a path before quickly turning off onto a track, there wasContinue reading “Tarmachan Ridge”

Date: 18/7/22 Age: 12 Height: 1,345 Location: Fort William Distance: 17km Time: 6 hours geology: granite People: Me, Dad We started at the assent from the car park at 8am. At this point the hill was still relatively quite by this I mean there were only about 4 big groups of people also starting offContinue reading “Ben Nevis”

Date: 16/7/22 Age: 12 Height: Tom = 1112m, Toll = 1053 Location: Glen Affric Distance: 17.1km time: 6 hours Geology: People: me, dad We started our walk on a small path leading up from the car park through a Caledonian pine wood. We then turned on to a track that led us up to aContinue reading “Tom a Choinich and Toll creagach”

Date: 11/07/22 Age: 12 Height: 743m Location: Wester Ross Distance:10,5km Time: 2 1/2 hours Geology: Torridonion Old Red Sandstone People: Me,Dad We left the car park at 10:30 am on a warm morning. We started to climb a track but quickly came upon a deer fence so we had to clamber across country without aContinue reading “Ben More Coigach”

Date: 13/4/22 Age: 12 Height: 843m Location: Galloway Distance: 13.25km Time: 4 hours Geology: ordorvician greywacke People: me, Dad We started the walk from the car park. The weather was very cloudy, misty and overcast. The path followed a stream leading up to a series of waterfalls. There had been a lot of rain andContinue reading “The Merrick”

Date: 11/07/2021 Age: 11 Height: 987m Location: Assynt Distance: 15km Time: 6 1/2 hours Geology: quartzite people: me, Dad At the start of the walk the weather was really sunny and a bit too hot. The Track up to the mountain was very long. We followed the burn up the track to the start ofContinue reading “Conival”

Date: 24/04/2021 Age: 11 Height: 1083m Location: Perthshire Distance: 10km Time: 4 1/2 hours Geology: quartzite People: me,Dad When we arrived at Schiehallion the car park was full. Luckily mum dropped Dad and I off at the car park. There were loads of people coming down from the hill and it was only 10.00 am.Continue reading “Schiehallion (The Fairy Hill)”