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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Moray was named after Glen Moray single malt, and he treated us to a 15 year old one on the occasion of his 15th birthday earlier this year. So we've raised a large glass to him tonight. Oidhche mhath, a bhalach brèagha. #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

Moray the dog lying on a tartan quilt looking at the camera, with a bottle of 15 year old Glen Moray single malt leaning against him.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Run Free Moray 2011 – 14/09/2026 You Were The Best 15 years was not enough. You came to us a year old after a difficult start, we gave you a safe home, a happy home. Our little bundle of life & love, energy & fun. In return you gave unconditional love, amazing […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Moray the dog stood on a stone summit cairn, the shadow of the mountain is on the low cloud at the back, with a rainbow glory. The sky is clear pale blue.

Moray the dog stood on a sloping grassy hillside with a few rocks. There is a big mountain at the back, and pale blue sky.

Tim is lying down and Moray is sat up next to him, they are looking at each other.

Michael is sat in a chair with Moray the dog stood on him trying to lick his face.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Throwback Thursday. 50 years ago this week. School camp at Grasmere, one of the teachers, the late Peter Farquhar crossing a stream. #ThrowbackThursday #Grasmere #LakeDistrict

A wide stream between two grassy banks. A man is walking across via a line of submerged stepping stones. A small group of people is watching from the bank.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

Recent visit to Leeds, tracked down the headstone for my great x7 grandparents, Marmaduke Rodgers (1683-1755) and Sarah (Scott) Rodgers (d 1735), at St Bartholomew's Armley. Impressed with the condition of the stone, it's 290 years old. Shame that most of the […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

An upright gravestone in a grassy graveyard, the stone is in very good condition for its age. There is an intricate circular pattern at the top, then the wording Sarah Rodgers was buried 1735 Marmaduke Rodgers died 1855.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025

This path at Glenmore always reminds me of one of those medieval dramas like Merlin, or Robin of Sherwood, this is exactly the location where we are about to be ambushed. 😮 But I have my doggie to protect me 🐾🐾 #CairngormsNationalPark #Glenmore #Scotland #DogsOfMastodon #HikingWithDogs #Kelpie

A path through a forest of tree trunks, the ground is covered in moss, and rises on both sides of the path so it feels enclosed. Moray the dog is stood looking to the side.

A path through a forest of tree trunks. The ground is covered in moss, and rises on the right hand side to above head height. Moray the dog is stood looking at me.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2025

There’s a group of 5 Corbetts just north of Tyndrum, Moray and I did most of them earlier in the year but missed out Beinn Odhar as it was just too hot. So we went back yesterday to do it, straight up and down from the A82. One disadvantage of doing Corbetts is […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Looking up a grassy hillside, there is snow on the ground higher up. Moray the dog is stood by my rucksack looking at me. Blue sky.

A grassy hillside across the picture, rising above it are several snow covered peaks. Blue sky.

Some snow covering the hillside in the foreground, with Moray the dog stood looking to the right. In the distance some snow covered peaks. Blue sky.

Moray the dog is stood at a small stone summit cairn, there is a big patch of snow to its left. In the distance some higher hills with crags and snow cover. Hazy blue sky.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 20/11/2025

On this day in 1996: compleation of my first round of Munros, Meall nan Tarmachan. Yes it really was that gloomy. #Munros #MeallNanTarmachan #ThrowbackThursday #OTD

A mountain top in gloomy weather with heavy dark clouds, I am sat next to a small cairn.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2025

Overnight trip with Moray, camping by Lochan na h-Earba. This glen is about to be dammed and flooded as part of a huge pumped storage scheme, so the area will become a construction site for the next few years, and be irrevocably changed thereafter. So it was […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Looking from my little tent, Moray the dog stood next to it, down a grassy slope towards a lochan, a few scattered trees on the shore. On the other side of the lochan a craggy hill on the left and a grassy slope with more trees on the right.

A dull and gloomy view along a loch, rough hillsides on both sides. In the foreground some reeds are showing in the water.

Black and white view, silhouette of two trees on the shore of a lochan, hillsides on both sides, grassy in the foreground. Cloudy with gloomy sky.

Moray the dog looking along the shoreline of a lochan. The shoreline is rocky, then grassy, with a gravel road alongside. There is an area of flat land jutting out into the water, with a few mature trees on it. A hillside with trees, grass, and gravel, on the far side of the loch.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2025

Càrn na Saobhaide and Càrn na Làraiche Maoile in the northern Monadhliath, the area of high ground south of Loch Ness and north of the Spey. The network of gravel service roads for the Corriegarth Wind Farm made for easy walking. And the river that Moray and […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Black and white, a gravel road going gradually uphill on undulating moorland. The road goes over a bridge crossing a stream at the front, and there are about a dozen tall wind turbines at the back.

Moray the dog sat next to a small summit cairn of white stones, the ground is very short heather. There is heather moorland into the distance, with about a dozen tall wind turbines. The sky is mostly cloudy.

Black and white. About a dozen tall wind turbines on rolling moorland. There are gravel roads linking the turbines, and a tiny white van parked next to the nearest one, which shows the scale.

A small stream coming down a mostly grassy hillside towards the camera. We are on a gravel path, Moray the dog is stood next to a boulder which is balanced on a bigger rock. Sunny, blue sky with some clouds

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2025

And I loved these tiny stone slab bridges, on the stalkers path up the Allt Lorgaidh, a tributary of the Feshie. The path has long since fallen into disuse and is only occasionally still visible on the ground, but these structures are still there. And they are […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

A small stream between high banks of thick grass and heather. There is a stone slab forming a bridge.

A tiny stream between banks of long grass and heather. The stream is bridged by a stone slab which is also covered in vegetation.

Small area of OS map showing a track following a stream, a couple of footbridges are marked by FBs. A thin red line shows my route along the path.
Copyright Ordnance Survey.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2025

Not posted in a while so here goes. 2 day trip with Moray walking from Glen Bruar to Glen Feshie, taking in the remote Corbett of Beinn Bhreac. Estate roads at both ends, but a lot of pathless heather in between, hard going. Forecast was for the wind to drop […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

We're on a moorland with short heather looking towards rolling hills. Moray the dog is lying down wearing his panniers. My lower legs and boots are also visible.

My tent is pitched on a small patch of grass, surrounded by short heather vegetation. There is a rounded summit just behind. Blue sky with clouds. Moray the dog is stood next to the tent looking at me.

A small summit cairn of stones, there are a couple more hills in the background. The ground is short heather with some rocks. Blue sky with clouds. Moray the dog is sat next to the cairn looking at me.

Looking down a heathery valley with steep sides with some scree. Beyond is a wider valley with a winding river, grassy valley floor, and areas of forest. Moray the dog is ahead of me heading down through pathless heather.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2025

Day out with Moray to Sgùrr an Utha, just north of the main road to Mallaig. Started off in nice sunshine, but rapidly clouded over. The cloud base was around 800m, so we just escaped, but most of the surrounding hills were in cloud. A few flurries of snow or […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

Framed by birch trees, looking across a road with a gate to a rocky hill, there is some snow at the top. Blue sky with clouds.

Moray the dog stood on a grassy and rocky hillside, the hills behind him can be just seen through the mist.

Moray the dog stood on a gravel track on a grassy hillside. Behind him there are more rocky & grassy hills, the highest points have some snow cover. Cloudy and dull.

Moray the dog stood next to s summit cairn of rocks with a lot of moss cover. It is hazy, some hills and a loch can be seen behind him.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2025

... And today is his birthday, happy 14th birthday Moray. His official birthday pic. He had finished his lunch but I was still eating mine. He didn't think that was fair 😉 #HikingWithDogs #DogsOfMastodon #Kelpie

We're on a rocky and grassy hillside. Moray the dog is stood looking intently at me.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 09/03/2025

Meallan nan Uan & Sgùrr a’Mhuilinn from Strath Conon. An pre-birthday outing for Moray yesterday, summer conditions, a fairly short route picking up 2 Corbetts above Strath Conon. Although apart from the two summit ridges themselves, most of the walking was […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

We're on a grassy and rocky mopuntain ridge, with a coupld o fummits in the middle distance. Moray the dog is stood looking into the view. Blue sky with clouds

We're on a grassy and rocky hillside, looking along a ridge. Moray the dog is stood on a small rocky outcrop. Blue sky with clouds.

Selfie, myself and Moray the dog, we're at the top of a mountain, it is rocky and grassy. Blue sky with clouds.

A hazy view of a mountain range in the middle distance. Mostly grassy in the foreground with some rocky bits. The distant hills have very few snow patches on them. Cloudy, blue sky.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2025

Carr Bridge to Aviemore with Moray yesterday. A mix of forest roads and bike trails, and some moorland. Including a short section on a black bike route 😮 We started off following the route of General Wade's military road, then found a track that wasn't on […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

A vehicle track through open woodland. The ground is heather and blaeberry, the trees are fairly mature Scots pine. Moray the dog is stood looking ahead.

An open bit of heathery and grassy ground, with a thick forest plantation in the middle distance. In the distance the tops of the high Cairngorms are just visible with a sparse coating of snow. Blue sky and patchy clouds. Moray the dog stood looking back at me.

A stream crossing a gravel forest road. There is woodland beyond, enclosed by deer fencing. Moray the dog is stood in the water looking back at me.

Looking across heather moorland. There are some mature Scots pines, and also some younger ones regenerating. Blue sky, patchy clouds.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2025

Beautiful bridge o'er the silv'ry Tay. Alas! I am very sorry to say. A lighting column has collapsed into the way. With delays expected until half past nine. Which will be remember'd for a very long time. Sorry 🫣

Online news article, stock photo of the Tay Road Bridge with Dundee in the background, and the following text:
Disruption to Tay Road Bridge as lighting column collapses.
20th February.
Traffic Scotland.
Drivers on the Tay Road Bridge in Dundee are facing disruption. (Image: Archive).
By Jon Colter.

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Tim Hall @outinthehills.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2025

Ben Rinnes is a distinctively shaped hill, always in the view from the Northern Cairngorms, & has always been on my to-do list. Today we did it. Lovely bright sunshine, but the wind was baltic, and from the south so we had no shelter from it at all, apart […] [Original post on mastodon.scot]

A gravel path up through a heathery hillside. Higher up is a rounded summit, then behind that a pointy summit, the top of the hill is white with snow. There are a few rocks in the foreground, with Moray the dog in front of them. Blue sky.

Heading towards a pointy summit with a small rocky outcrop, the ground is mostly white with snow & rocks showing through. But there is a gravel path up which is mostly clear of snow. Moray the dog is stood on the path. Blue sky.

Moray the dog stood on snowy ground at the summit of a hill, there are some rocks showing through, he is next to a concrete trig pillar. In the distance the lower ground is fields and areas of forest, all free of snow. Hazy blue sky.

Summit selfie, Moray the dog and me. We are sat on rocky ground which is covered in snow. I am wearing sunglasses and wrapped up well against the cold wind, with yellow padded jacket and woollen bobble hat. In the background the lower ground is hazy but clear of snow. Hazy blue sky with clouds onthe horizon.

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