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And, finally, this volume includes the islands of Rum, Mull, Skye and Harris – with another half a dozen precious pearls.

Liathach from Beinn Damh, Glen Torridon (Route 57)

The southern hills are perfectly fine; but these are the real deals. And more often than not, you will have them to yourself. Go there.

Lord Haworth was the first member of the House of Lords to compleat (sic) the Munros, many of which he climbed with former Labour Party leader John Smith and Chris Smith, the only member of the House of Commons to have compleated the Munros. Although a Lancastrian, his love of the hills of Scotland led him to take the title of Lord Haworth of Fisherfield when elevated to the peerage in 2004. The Fisherfield Forest in Wester Ross contains some of the most remote and dramatic Munros and Corbetts, including A’ Mhaighdean and Beinn Dearg Mor. He is a member of the Munro Society and has sponsored some surveys to measure the height of ‘dubious’ Munros and Corbetts, including the one which resulted in Beinn a’ Chlaidheimh being relegated to Corbett status.