Bob, his two daughters Michelle and Morgan, Dave, David, Jerry and Roger spent two weeks mostly hiking, but also touring on several days, in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Carol joined them for the second week before spending several more weeks in Scotland with her husband.

The group used three different locations as its base of operations, Ft. William in the shadow of Ben Nevis and convenient to Glen Coe, Glen Shiel close to Skye, and Achnasheen near Torridon National Park. Goals were ambitious and included many of the classic hikes, ridge walks and scrambles in the region.

Although normally the best time of year to visit, Mother Nature failed to cooperate, forcing the group to scale back its objectives because of frequent rain, high winds and low visibility. Despite this a number of hikes were spectacularly successful and several others represented significant accomplishments under the circumstances.

Pictures by all but Carol -- Bob produced the report.

Pictures at https://goo.gl/photos/jHDR2JC3uS3fzGxRA