ANDY WALKER
What do you do when you don’t lead walks for the Arran Mountain Festival?Why do you volunteer as an Arran Mountain Festival walk leader?
I like walking the hills & watching the wildlife so it’s an opportunity to pass on some of what I know.
Tell us about a favourite mountain moment.
Up on Sgurr Alasdair & Inaccessible Pinnacle on a blistering hot day about 6 years ago, the sea was a millpond & every island & hill for miles around was in sight – hard to beat!
What is your favourite Arran walk?
Walking down onto the ridge leading to Cioch na h-Oighe from Mullach Buidhe looking up Loch Fyne & Kyles of Bute to the Cowal & Argyll hills. The ridge looks so narrow & dramatic. Then onto the ridge itself which rises in narrow twisting steps to the summit where the drop all around plunges down into Glen Sannox & to the sea.
Which piece of kit would you not head into the hills without?
Map – I love looking at the features & their names; there is so much history, culture & terrain information in them. And useful for navigation too.
What is your favourite breakfast before a long day out in the mountains?
I don’t have anything special, just my usual cereal & toast.
Andy is leading the Whitebeams & wildlife of the western hills walk on Friday and the Witch's Step & Castles walk on Monday.
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