List of Illustrations

 

 

 

1. Charlie Ramsay, Pete Fettes (a support runner) and Bobby Shields in the minutes before leaving Glen Nevis youth hostel to run the first Ramsay’s Round (Alex Gillespie)

2. Alec Keith racing on Ben Nevis (Alec Keith Collection)

3. Adrian Belton, flanked by Helene Diamantides, Andrew Addis and Mark Rigby, second, third and fourth from the left, at Loch Treig following his 28-Munro run (Charlie Ramsay)

4. Snow-capped Ben Wyvis rises imperiously above runners at Cioch Mhòr (Phil Hindell)

5. Purple heather in full bloom at Knockfarrel (Phil Hindell)

6. Graham Bee and Tim Gomersall racing at Meall a’Bhuachaille (Phil Hindell)

7. Finlay Wild descending Ben Nevis (Dave Haggett)

8. Murray Strain leads runners up Salisbury Crags in the Hunters Bog Trot (Matthew Curry)

9. A line of runners climb into a snowstorm at the Carnethy 5 (Matthew Curry)

10. Runners descending in whiteout conditions at the Carnethy 5 (Matthew Curry)

11. Teams setting out on the OMM in the Tweedsmuir Hills (OMM)

12. Jez Bragg and his team pose outside the Glen Nevis youth hostel after his Ramsay’s Round (Gemma Bragg)Back row (left to right): Chris Busby, Cameron Burt, Olly Stephenson, Anna Hayes, Gemma Bragg Front row: Murdo McEwan, Pete Duggan, Jez Bragg, Jon Gay, Graham Nash

13. Alan Smith at the Pentland Skyline (Harry Gilmore)

14. Bill Gauld on Caerketton Hill (Allan Gebbie)

15. Stewart Whitlie descending Capelaw Hill in the Pentland Skyline (Harry Gilmore)

16. Jasmin Paris and Konrad Rawlik climbing Beinn na Lap on Jasmin’s Ramsay’s Round (Jim Mann)

17. Alex Brett on Foinaven (Ross Bannerman)

18. A ‘line of recumbent bodies’ rest on Craig Varr (Jonny Muir)

19. Davy Duncan finishes another Craig Varr race (Jonny Muir)

20. Racers search for the best line at Devil’s Beeftub (Allan Gebbie)

21. A runner in the Isle of Jura Fell Race (Iain Gilmore)

22. The only way is up at Stùc a’ Chroin (Matthew Curry)

23. Runners approach Sgùrr Choinnich Mòr on a Ramsay’s Round reconnaissance (Anthony Hemmings)

24. Tom Phillips crossing the Abhainn Rath in his winter Ramsay’s Round (John Carr)

25. John Hammond climbing Easter Craiglockhart Hill in the Seven Hills of Edinburgh (Jonny Muir)

26. Stephen Pyke on the South Cluanie ridge on day 26 of his 39-day Munro round (Chris Upson)

27. Rob Woodall on the summit of Stac an Armin, with Stac Lee in the background (Pete Ellis)

28. Angela Mudge in battle dress at the Carnethy 5 (Anne Nimmo)

29. The author and David Gallie, and Stob Bàn, reflected in the lochan of Coire Rath (Mark Hartree)

30. The author and David Gallie on the ascent of Stob Choire Claurigh on Ramsay’s Round (Mark Hartree)

31. Runners in the Skyline Scotland series (Oriol Batista)

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Hill Races of Scotland

Edinburgh and Pentlands

Isle of Skye

Ramsay’s Round