A fantastic day walk taking in the five Munros to the east of the Bridge of Orchy in the West Highlands with views to Rannoch Moor, Glencoe and beyond.

A high level north-south traverse through the Cairngorms taking in the Fiacaill Ridge, Loch Avon and Derry Cairngorm.

Another modified route, this time taking us through the glens of the eastern Cairngorms from Invercauld on Deeside to Corgarff on Donside via Glen Gairn and Loch Builg.

A planned big route in the Cairngorms cut short by high winds above 900m. After a night on the Corbett of Sgor Mor I wandered around Glen Dee in a mixture of sunshine and showers.

A perfect weekend spent at Sandwood Bay in the far north west of Scotland

My birthday has slowly turned into the quest for the perfect barbeque. Previously we've wandered out to Glen Esk or somewhere on Deeside, but more often than not it has been in the kitchen at home, driven back by the usual July weather. This year we inexplicably threw caution to the wind, stepped up our ambitions tenfold and found ourselves putting together a plan for a weekend camping on a beach in the far northwest of Scotland. Surely this would bring out the very worst in the weather. Can you even light a barbeque inside a closed tent?

A first visit to the Lake District sees me walking the Coledale Round taking in ten Wainrights including Grisedale Pike and Grasmoor on a very hot summer's day.

A scramble up the Stuic buttress to reach Lochnagar, returning to Keiloch via some lesser hills to the south of the Ballochbuie forest.

A day hike taking in the Corbett Ben Gulabin above the Spittal of Glenshee and then returning in a loop via the Munro of Carn a'Gheoidh, Loch nan Eun and then Gleann Taitneach.

A midsummer celebration walking the route of The Minigaig from Calvine on the A9 through to Glen Feshie.

Date: 22nd June 2013
Distance: 39.79km
Ascent: 1,112m
Hills: Leathad an Taobhain [912m, Corbett]
Weather: Low cloud and hillfog, later sunshine and some brief rain
Route: View on OS Maps

The rain seemed to start seconds after we pulled up in the tiny hamlet of Calvine, just off the A9 near Blair Atholl. It was two in the morning on a humid midsummer night and we were here to walk north across the hills to Glen Feshie, some twenty-four miles away.

In May 2013 I backpacked across Scotland. This is part three of the trip report which covers the days from Aviemore to North Water Bridge.

This is Part 3 of my TGO Challenge 2013 which picks up the story on Day 9 after an overnight stay and re-supply in a very wet Aviemore. If you missed them you can catch up on Part 1, covering Days 1 to 5, at this link, and Part 2, covering Days 6 to 8, at this link.