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Summit summary: Ben Alder

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Summit summary: Beinn a’ Ghlo

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75 Glen Tilt

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INTRODUCTION

Meall Garbh summit ridge, the Tarmachans (Route 12)

For the Atholl highlander of 400 years ago there were two ways of treating any passing hillwalker. Arrive at teatime, and it would be a stool in front of the peat fire, eggs still warm from the midden, a glass of heather ale and a wee skirl on the pipes. That tradition continues in the main street of Pitlochry, perhaps the world capital of the nice cup of tea and slab of shortbread.

But meet him on a winter night, in his filthy old kilt and a thieving chill in his eye – you’re about to lose all your livestock and maybe also your life.