The Mountain's Silhouette - Latest Comments

Re: The Ben Starav Group

Ban the phrase wild camping. — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:33:04 -0000

"Wild camp". It's just camping. And it's Glen Coe. Glencoe is a village.

Re: Gulvain

Nick Bramhall — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 05:06:19 -0000

Thanks for the comment Sgurr, and glad you find the site useful!

Re: Gulvain

sgurr-a — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 06:52:31 -0000

Great to see you're still updating this blog Nick. It's really useful to see potential routes and camping spots. Hope the DVT gets better soon.

Re: Gulvain

Nick Bramhall — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:00:54 -0000

Thanks Dave, yes, it has been a slow and frustrating few months. I was hoping to be back to full fitness by now but it looks like I still have some recovery to go!

Re: Gulvain

Dave King — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 15:31:43 -0000

Wow, was shocked to read about your current predicament in the preamble! I've no experience of such a condition myself but do hope you make a speedy recovery. Well done on making the summit under tough circumstances.

Re: The Clachlet Traverse

Gordon — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 03:02:34 -0000

Enjoyed reading your report of an area I love. Thanks

Re: The Clachlet Traverse

Dave King — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:36:20 -0000

I can't vouch for the views since I had none but Creise from Glen Etive (by coming over Beinn Mhic Chasgaig) is certainly possible. There is a big river crossing to begin with though which means you'll start with wet feet - not really a problem for me since it was such a wet day that wet feet were inevitable! :P

Re: The Clachlet Traverse

Nick Bramhall — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:21:20 -0000

Thanks Dave! Yes, I felt pretty lucky with the weather! With the obvious exception of the ski centre side I was surprised how relatively wild the hills felt - definitely ones to revisit, though I fancy coming up to Creise from down in Glen Etive.

Re: The Clachlet Traverse

Dave King — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:35:57 -0000

Fantastic report with magical photos. I've done these hills twice (once camping, once as a day trip) with no views either time (bad timing/planning but you take what you can get when you drive all the way up from Southern England!). Have put this back on my 'todo' list with a note to make sure the weather is good! :D Congrats on the anniversary.

Re: The Clachlet Traverse

Nick Bramhall — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 07:28:14 -0000

Thanks for your comment, Paul! Yes, it has been good to get out with the tent again - I was missing it!

Re: The Clachlet Traverse

Paul Sammonds — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:19:09 -0000

A cracking trip that Nick something I quite fancy. It’s a long time since I was up Stob Ghadhar but do remember contemplating the route north at the time. Good to see you out backpacking again.

Re: Ben Chonzie from Glen Turret

Dave King — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:21:57 -0000

I'm a bit behind on your reports but it's great to have you back! Brilliant writing and photos as always :D

Re: Finzean Circuit - The Mountain's Silhouette

sgurr-a — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 05:48:08 -0000

Cheers, great website btw.

Re: Finzean Circuit - The Mountain's Silhouette

Nick Bramhall — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:00:31 -0000

Yes, unfortunately my website is temporarily unavailable until I sort out a new host. I will try and get the routes back up ASAP.

Re: Finzean Circuit - The Mountain's Silhouette

sgurr-a — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:58:01 -0000

Looks an interesting route, although the link the OS maps is dead.

Re: Sandwood Bay

Nick Bramhall — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:50:04 -0000

Hi Colin. We were lucky enough to have enough of a breeze to keep the midges at bay! We also kept pretty close to the shoreline during the evening and early morning!

Re: Sandwood Bay

Colin Hardie — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 06:42:29 -0000

Really enjoyed reading this. Camped at Sandwood bay a few times now but only ever in May or September to try to minimise the midgies. How bad were they in July over the other side of the river/far bank of the loch?

Re: My TGO Challenge 2013 Gear List - The Mountain's Silhouette

Andrew Tamplin — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 12:06:47 -0000

Hi, that's brilliant thanks. I'm just trying to assess my options. I have gas stove, a method burner and also a wood gas stove. Obviously the wood gas is heavier but I wouldn't have to carry as much fuel. The meths is lighter but the gas is so much more convenient then those two are.

Re: Modifying Viewranger Icons In Bulk - The Mountain's Silhouette

Nick Bramhall — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:23:01 -0000

Hi John. Apologies for the very late reply. By a POI file, I mean a file that contains a list of the summits and their locations. You can get these via a site like http://www.haroldstreet.org.... The icons that are used are already within the Viewranger app.

Re: Modifying Viewranger Icons In Bulk - The Mountain's Silhouette

Nick Bramhall — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:20:53 -0000

Hello. I'm not sure it is possible to change out the icons. You could try asking Viewranger directly?

Re: My TGO Challenge 2013 Gear List - The Mountain's Silhouette

Nick Bramhall — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:12:23 -0000

Hi Andrew. The blog is open but quiet at the moment! The 500g canister pictured above got me all the way to camp on the final night (so covered me for about 9 wild camps - hot dinner, hot drinks and breakfast coffee). I bought a 250g canister in Aviemore but only used it for breakfast on the final morning of the Challenge.

Re: My TGO Challenge 2013 Gear List - The Mountain's Silhouette

Andrew Tamplin — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 02:00:16 -0000

Hi, is this blog still open?
I was wondering how you got on with the supply of gas and how much you actually used? Did you buy additional?
Cheers
Andrew

Re: Modifying Viewranger Icons In Bulk - The Mountain's Silhouette

peak explorer — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 05:13:55 -0000

Hi nick, thanks for the useful article. just a quick idiot question though, where can you get alternative symbols from. for example a bigger medical cross and something clearer for RVs?

Re: Ben Vane and Beinn Ime

Dave — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 14:42:47 -0000

This was the time that Peter's slippers fell apart!

Re: Modifying Viewranger Icons In Bulk - The Mountain's Silhouette

John D — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 03:55:42 -0000

Hi, Nick.

Being new to ViewRanger, I got stuck on the bit where you said, "First download your POI file".

I tried looking for icons in ViewRanger and found a list of files with hexadecimal names. Can you tell me whether I was in the right place and, if I was, which of the files do I need?

At this stage, having the Munros marked would be plenty for me. In future, distinguishing between tops and main summits could be useful, in which case, this post would be my guide.

Cheers.