Archive for June, 2026
June has very much followed in May’s footsteps across Europe including the UK/Ireland with distinct tale of two halves. Cool, wet 1st half followed by warm, dry 2nd half with blistering heatwave to finish. A repeating pattern which may well show up a 3rd consecutive month with potential for a 3rd heatwave on steroids… Cool […]
Day/date: Sunday 14 June, 2026 Munros: Càrn Dearg 945m/3,100ft (No 92) Càrn Sgulain 920m/3,019ft (No 93) A’ Chailleach 930m/3,050ft (No 94) Start point: End of public road in Glen Banchor (nr Newtonmore) Drive length: 1h 20m / 62 miles Walk length: 15.5 miles / 9.35 hours Weather: BASE: Sun/cloud mix, light breeze, 10C /SUMMITS Cloud/Mist, moderate wind, 6/9C, WC 3C […]
Day/date: Saturday 6 June, 2026 Munros: Fionn Bheinn 933m/3,061ft (No 91) Start point: Achnasheen station Drive length: 50 min / 36 miles Walk length: 7.5 miles / 3.40 hours Weather: BASE: Sun/cloud mix, light breeze, 14C /SUMMIT Mostly cloudy, moderate wind, 9C, WC 6C Bheinn Eighe (right) Liathach (left) Lochan Fada (right) Slioch (left) Looking east across Loch Fannich to the […]
UK SUMMER 1994 — THE LAST USA WORLD CUP SUMMER Why Summer 1994 Is So Fondly Remembered The summer of 1994 delivered one of the most dramatic combinations of heat, humidity and thunderstorms seen in modern UK weather history. It was also the year the football World Cup was held in the USA, the Channel Tunnel opened, […]
May 2026 will go down as one of the weirdest, wildest and perhaps most extreme month’s on record. From mild start, cold middle (coldest in 15 years) to arguably one of Western Europe’s most anomalous weather events. A heatwave which within the final 10 days flipped the month from coolest since January to one of […]
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