A self-confessed hill bagger. I love walking in company but l am equally happy on my own. I am accompanied on my hill walks by my canine companion Ralph and previously by Megan and Molly. I climbed my first Munro in 1998 and just kept going. I am built for stamina not speed. I am not a big fan of camping or snow, I am fuelled by chocolate and diet coke and my knees are trashed.
My husband Bill is a submariner in the Royal Navy and he feels more comfortable with depths rather than heights. He has climbed over 650 Munros and Corbetts but can only name 5 of them. Bill hates being cold and has never stayed in a bothy.
We started walking together in 2002 when Andy, in a moment of weakness, agreed to guide me over the Cuillin Munros. Over the last 20 years we have shared many mutli-day trips known as ‘Anne’s Epics’. We have climbed the Cuillin Munros eight times, traversed the Rum Cuillin and the A’Chir ridge on Arran, we have kayaked to Ben Aden and taken a dog to the summit of The Cobbler, forded thigh deep rivers and climbed the Welsh 3000fters, we have wilted in the heat in Letterewe and got thoroughly soaked on more than one occasion. As a result, Andy has now gone grey.
Stewart and l started walking together in 2009 just after he had retired. On our first walk together Stewart announced that he would like to complete his Munros within the next five years. I told him that we better get a move on as he might not last that long. Within five years Stewart had completed both the Munros and Corbetts.
After he completed the Munros in 2014, Robin removed his Munro blinkers in favour of wild camping and long distance walking. We have walked together on trips to Knoydart, Glencoe, Torridon and Ireland and completed the Furths together on Foel-fras in Snowdonia.
Robin has his own YouTube channel called ‘Walk With Wallace’.
Yorkshireman and part time resident of Scotland, Mark has completed the Munros, Munro Tops, Corbetts, Grahams, Donalds and Furths. Over the last few years Mark and l have been busy trashing and bashing our way through boggy Graham terrain in search of a Full House.
