http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18038 posted a link to report on inver meet.

Richard, Jules and I travelled up to Achallader Farm to climb Mortal Coil on Meall Bhuidhe. Jules went off to walk up the bothy further up the glen and back again and we headed up to the coire. On arrival it seemed the recent thaw had stripped it all clean, so Richard convinced me to climb up Forked Gully. It was incomplete but mostly frozen and gave a mixture of old neve, shallow ice, verglassed rock and frozen turf which gave interesting variation.

Michael, Karin H, Dave Griff and myself went up to Achallader Farm on Saturday with a view to climbing in the NE coire of Beinn Buidhe. Conditions were grey and a bit soft and there wasn't much ice; Echo Edge, which he had been thinking of, looked a bit bare and hard. We instead headed up to the right onto the slopes below Beinn Achaladair to a sausage- shaped buttress isolated between two broad snow gullies.

Skiing in Scotland has not appealed much as I've been spoiled by holidays with big mountains in Europe with lashings of sunshine. I tried 25 years ago in Aviemore and again last year on Aonach Mohr but quickly retired because of ice and abysmal weather. However, Dave W and I set off to Glencoe on a Friday morning in a rare weather window a couple of weeks ago the day after 2 of the lift huts had been blown away in the gales. It was a day of perfection. Fresh snow in peak condition on only their 2nd day of opening and hardly a soul on the slopes.

went up to the hut last saturday night with a view to doing some climbing on the sunday in stob coire nan lochan. burly and his mate ben told us most of the climbs were banked out, so when we met harry on the sunday morning a decision was made to try the aonach eagach ridge. ive done a trip report on walkhighlands.co.uk, www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=17330 . as if that wasnt enough i was back up there today with theresa, what a difference a week makes.

The forecast for last weekend was not very good. For the North-West it was especially bad. Therefore, Andrew T, Jamie L, and I decided to head up to the North-West. This turned out to be a good call, as it did in fact rain, mostly sideways. Thus it was that after a healthy breakfast honoring local traditions (Full Scottish), we aimed for the An Teallach Ridge on Saturday. The hike up was fine, albeit we were distracted by the very long and fantastic-looking crag that follows the path up to the start of the final push to the ridge route.

Saturday was a miserable forecast but having itchy feet decided to get out for a low level walk anyway. Chose the 7.5mile stretch from Inversnaid to Rowerdennan on the W.H.W. Headed up to Tarbert to catch the ferry to Inversnaid and disembarked after the half hour trip at the hotel. The falls were in full flow which would be the theme for the afternoon. Headed down through pleasant Craigroyston and took the right hand fork in the path past Rowchoish bothy. From here the path begins to get fairly rough with much of it running like a burn due to the downpours.

had planned to accompany my friend theresa on the aonach eagach this weekend but the rain and high wind forced a change of plans. we decided on gleoraich and spidean mialch at loch quoich, with a fierce south westerly forcast we opted for a clockwise traverse, a good stalkers path takes you the full way to the summit of gleoraich. the path contiued over to spidean mialach but was very boggy on the descent back to the car. the winds wernt as bad as forcast but the rain was constant, and after changing into some dry gear we drove to the hut, dryed the gear off and made some grub.

Given that I'm sitting around the flat bored I thought I'd knock up a short trip report for the Braedownie meet.

We were promised an indian summer with a hut just across the road from a wide variety of rock climbing routes. Unfortunately while everywhere south of the Lake District appeared to enjoy an indian summer the Cairngorms were enjoying two days of solid rain (the second of which wasn't even forecast when we left Glasgow). This meant no climbing and quite a few disappointed people as the meet was well attended and well organised by Martin.

Finally got the Ellie Chain walk done, thanks Karin for going.

An enjoyable 1hr trip with lots of beachcombing included.

The chain walk actually starts in Elsferry not Ellie.