HILL BAGGING 2018 Relative Hills Society members write about their hill-bagging year: List completions; HuMPs first completion; island bagging; kayaking; climbing; backpacking; history; adventures at home and overseas To jump to an item, click on its title. Press Ctrl+Home at any time to return to top Contents Completions ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Baglogs 2018 - Britain ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Anne Butler - 2018 Baglog (Grahams; SMC Full House) ................................................................................... 3 Alex Kelso - Rounds with a View (Grahams; Corbetts)..................................................................................... 4 Andrew Finnimore – Baglog (Donalds & Tops; SMC Full House; Atlantic outliers; snow patching; Indian islands) ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Eric Young - Adventures and Experiences 2018 (Skye scrambles; Munroing encounter) ............................... 5 Campbell Singer - Rubbish report; London Boroughs; Counties through the ages ......................................... 6 Alan Whatley - 2018 Totals (Counties; HuMPs completion) ........................................................................... 7 Barbara Jones - Keep Off the Land (Military manoeuvres) .............................................................................. 7 Bert Barnett – Baglog (Third Full House).......................................................................................................... 8 Colin & Isabel Watts – Baglog (Donalds done) ................................................................................................. 8 Robert Poole – 2018 Bagtotals (Corbetts complete; Harris; Coigach) ............................................................. 8 Audrey Litterick - Marilyn Baglog for 2018 (Backpacking; Scarba; Suffering for the JMT) .............................. 8 Alan Caine – Baglog (1000th trig; sunny North Wales; southern England; SQUIBs) ......................................... 9 Marion & Alan Mitchell – 1200th HuMP; Rescued on Mull ............................................................................ 10 Andy & Val Moffat - Hill Report 2018 (Grahams completion) ....................................................................... 11 Dave Broadhead - Baglog 2018 (Western Isles; Gatliff Trust hostels completion) ........................................ 12 Margaret Squires - Reaching the Wall on Lewis............................................................................................. 12 Norman Wares – Baglog (Sibbing; motorhoming; a bereavement; 3 celebrations) ...................................... 13 Tony Kinghorn - Baglog (Wild weather; Cuillin; Knoydart; Munros 2nd time; Bass Rock) .............................. 14 Charles Everett – 2018 Baglogs story (Welsh Hogmanay; Skye project; Azores) .......................................... 15 Dave Beaumont – Baglog (Corbett completion; house and dog duties) ....................................................... 16 David Levey – Baglog (Marilyn corridor; grouse moor misgivings) ................................................................ 16 David Stallard - Annual Return for 2018 (1000th Marilyn; HuMPs; Simms; Dodds; eagle) ............................ 16 Donald Shiach – Baglog (Wainwrights done; Scottish Marilyns; Nigg niggle) ................................................ 18 Eddie Harwood – Baglog (Fractures; Western Isles relapse) ......................................................................... 18 Gill Stephens – Baglog (Wales complete; 1100th Marilyn; Scottish nest-building) ........................................ 18 Henry Marston – Biog and Baglog .................................................................................................................. 19 Jean and Bill Bowers - Marilyn and Humps Update (Mull; Scourie; Outliers) ................................................ 20 Liz and Peter Hastie - The Luck of the Weather (Western Isles; Cape Wrath newcomer) ............................ 21 Jen and Rick Salter - Bag Log 2018 (Climbing; dog-walking; running; whisky; wedding) ............................... 21 Jonathan Appleby – Marilyn Baglog 2018 (Arran; Flowerdale; Wyvis close call) .......................................... 23 John Henderson - Bag Totals and Report (LDWA; Bishop Isles; Pennines; Mournes) ................................... 23 Jonathan de Ferranti – Bag Totals 2018 (Mad bagger; Stacs obstruction) .................................................... 24 Martyn Dougherty – From the Sublime to the Ridiculous (Wrath; Kilda; Crowborough) ............................. 24 Neil Stewart - Reflections on 2018 (HuMPs; Gairloch; Ochils; in praise of TuMPs) ....................................... 25 Ron Bell - Baglog for 2018 (Skye; Gorms; Kilda; Harris; Fisherfield) .............................................................. 26 Pete Ridges – Baglog (Zoo; Islands; Skye; guerrilla gardening) ...................................................................... 27 Peter Wheeler - Baglog for 2018 (Marilyns; everything in Edinburgh) .......................................................... 27 Phil Cooper’s Report (Rum; Knoydart; contemplating Nirvana) .................................................................... 27 Dave Irons - Marilyns 2018 (1200th Marilyn; Andes anniversary) .................................................................. 28 Obituaries ........................................................................................................................................................... 29 David Batty (1944 – 2018) .............................................................................................................................. 29 Eddie Wilkinson (“Grumpy”) 1954 – 2018 ..................................................................................................... 30 Baglogs – Britain and Overseas .......................................................................................................................... 31 Tove Illing - RHSoc Report 2018 (Skye, Far North; Suilven celebration; Snøhetta) ....................................... 31 Peter and Frances Wilson - Marilyns – Britain (Somerset; North Devon) ...................................................... 33 Peter and Frances Wilson - Marilyns – Ireland (Tipperary; Galway) .............................................................. 33 Ian Hill – Baglog (Grahams; Ireland) ............................................................................................................... 34 Sue & Trevor Littlewood – Baglog 2018 (homeland repeats; Picos; Dolomites) ........................................... 34 Colin Green - Baglog 2018 (Back on the hills; birding abroad; jaw dropping Jordan).................................... 35 Denise McLellan - My Hill Bagging Year – 2018 (Tumps; hostels; Turkey; Canada; Japan; Azores; Colorado 14ers; Cornish kayaking; South Africa snake dodging) .................................................................................. 36 Graham Illing - 2018 Bagging Report (Skye; Norway; Ecuador) ..................................................................... 38 Julie Brown – Baglog (IOM, Skye, Ardnamurchan; Lakes; Indonesia) ............................................................ 42 Daniel Patrick Quinn - Baglog from Indonesia ............................................................................................... 44 Rob Woodall - Baglog & Totals 2018 (HuMPs completion; Welsh mainland TuMPs; kayaking; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; Oman; Turkey; Canada; 100th P2000m; Mexico) ......................................................................... 44 Articles ................................................................................................................................................................ 48 The Man with the False Beard – by Eric Young (John Rooke Corbett) ........................................................... 48 Imagine – Alan Dawson .................................................................................................................................. 52 Taking the Humff with Humps – Eric Young ................................................................................................... 54 Beginners A-Z of The Relative Hills Society - Anne Gray ................................................................................ 55 A Grand Day Out – Tony Kinghorn (Sgurr nan Coireachan and Sgurr Thuilm, Jan 2018)............................... 57 Shetland and Orkney Islands – Barry K Smith ................................................................................................ 58 A Day Out on the Old Man of Hoy - Richard Mclellan .................................................................................... 59 HuMP Stacks Roundup – Rob Woodall (Mow Cop; Sheep Rock; Mingulay stacs; Hoy)................................. 62 Bagging by Kayak – A Sutton, A Brown, D Broadhead, D & R McLellan, R Woodall ...................................... 65 Western Turkey Ultras - Rob Woodall ..........................................................................................................