How much does a round of the Munros Cost? This is an interesting and scary question, and, of course, the answer will be different for everyone. There are some big variables, including:- 1. Where do you live and what transport will you use? 2. What kind of accommodation will you use? 3. What is your Food & Drink budget? As an accountant and munroist I needed to know the answer, as you do, and my best starting point would be my own experience. I started around 1980 and complete

I've already written a blog about memories of Gerry's Hostel and also had an article published in this month's The Munro Society Magazine about him. But now I've also had a go at writing him into Scottish Munro Bagging Folklore through the medium of a song with video- The Legend of Gerry's Hostel.

I reflected on the variety of accommodation we experienced while Munro Bagging. Also on the fact that sometimes we had no accommodation at all. That was usually our own fault. Spending too long in the pub, wanting to save money or enjoy the stars, or being locked out! Telling people about it made them laugh. So there was only one thing for it! After the success and interest on YouTube with our 'Call of Scotland' song about my addiction to Scottish Hills, it was time for anoth

Do you feel like this about Munros and Scottish Mountaineering too? If these words and pictures resonate with you then you probably have an addiction to needing the next summit fix like me. But ... can that ever lead to contentment? See if you agree on my view here.

From Munro Bagger to Munro Blogger! The only climbing related "pod" that I knew until recently was my one-man 'PeaPod' tent... which we occasionally squeezed three people into! In addition to blogging regularly I now appear to have made a Podcast! Whatever that is...

An award winning & published account of a high level crossing of Scotland- from Shiel Bridge to Montrose... The 'Ultimate Challenge', ... was a cross-Scotland long distance walk sponsored by The Great Outdoors Magazine & Ultimate Equipment Ltd. It was not a race, but a challenging self-supported backpacking trek across Scotland starting on the west coast & finishing on the east coast... covering at least 12 Munros or Corbetts. An observant an honest story by a prolific writer

Remembering Gerry's Private Bunkhouse between Achnasheen and Achnashellach... On 3rd November 1985 we had decided to stay at our first ever Private Bunkhouse. We had all been members of the YHA for upwards of 30 years, but they were spread a bit thin in obscure parts of the Highlands. On the other hand Private Bunkhouses/ Hostels were just coming into being, and we thought that we should try one, especially as we were venturing into territory that had little other accommodati

As published in The Munro Society Newsletter No.66 April 2026. 'Scotland- In the beginning'. My first trip ever to Scotland was by steam train from Blackpool to Aberdeen with my Grandmother. The year was around 1950 when I would be 11. As a trainspotter I spent the entire journey getting smoke in my eyes, and a black face, from standing with my head out of a corridor window (then openable!) so as not to miss an oncoming train. We stayed a week in the Granite City with friend

Over 70 years of climbing there are only a handful of days where we failed to meet our Summit. But there were some... where the weather or map-reading errors serve as a lesson, even for hardened climbers... Most notably:- 1. Ben Griam Mor and Ben Griam Beg (not even Grahams). 2. Am Faochagach (a Munro). 3. Cruach nan Capull, (a Graham) ... The Munro Am Faochagach... We stayed at the Aultguish Inn around 1985 shortly after they had started to operate a bunkhouse adjacent to th

As you draw closer to completing a round of the Scottish Munros, you will probably start wondering “What's next?”. How do we follow that? You will probably have very mixed feelings, with the excitement and achievement of having successfully completed a considerable challenge, and nagging doubts about how to fill all those hill days still to come.

... our intention was to head up to the long, lonely Loch Mullardoch and return having picked up three new MUNRO Tops, whilst repeating two MUNROS.... He was in a shed, busy wielding a large axe... here was a man not to be crossed, not to fall out with.

Having completed a round of the Munros and also a round of the Corbetts and being a Chartered Accountant, I thought about the Statistics.... Over the years I naturally kept a brief diary of hills done, height gain, time taken, weather etc etc... One obvious question stuck out a mile...

An article by Normal Neville's daughter, Susan Baria, primarily reflecting on how one small book must have impacted thousands of lives. There's a book that lists Scottish Munros, which are mountains in Scotland with a height of 3,000 feet (914.4 meters) or more. There are currently 282 Munros listed in it and they're named after Sir Hugh Munro, who first catalogued both Munros and 'Munro Tops' - the subsidiary peak(s) of a Munro that are also over 3,000ft. This enabled the Sc