The capercaillie is the largest grouse in the world yet hardly seen in Scotland once again. In Gaelic, capall-coille, the ‘Horse of the Woods’, describes their size in relation to other forest birds

Weather is one of the most important factors to take consideration of when heading to the hills. Good or bad the weather ensures no two days on the hill are ever the same and you can see some spectacular and often rare cloud types & optical phenomena as well as the big skies that you don’t get in town.

How do you solve the litter problem? I did a blog on this a couple of years ago but thought I’d refresh the issue after spending yesterday cleaning up Bennachie for the Real3Peaks Challenge.

One of my finds last August was near the top of my favourite hill. My client for the day was busy sketching the hills beyond and I wandered around looking for something of interest.