I climbed Lochnagar last year using the upgraded Glas Allt path from the west end of Loch Muick; a circular route over White Mounth and its subsidiary Tops, returning by Cuidhe Crom and Little Pap.

Much like his late mother Queen Elizabeth, King Charles has long been known to be passionate about Scotland. His favourite mountain, Lochnagar, looms near the Royal Family's Scottish home Balmoral, to ...

On Shadow Buttress at Lochnagar in Scotland Greg Boswell has established two new mixed climbs, Shadow Buttress A Superdirect and Shadowboxin. The former was climbed with Hamish Frost, the latter with ...

Winter climbing in Scotland has kicked off with a bang with a series of hard repeats and, importantly, the first winter ascent of Nihilist at Lochnagar at the hands of Greg Boswell and Guy Robertson.

Charles painted Lochnagar mountain from his study at Balmoral while being filmed by BBC in 1993 Victoria is the Deputy Royal Editor for The Telegraph. A veteran of the newsroom, she provides expert ...

Royal Lochnagar Distillery claims to be the site of the first whisky distillery tour ever taken, by none other than Queen Victoria in 1848. A few weeks later the queen's consort, Prince Albert, ...

IT is one of Scotland’s most celebrated mountains – immortalised by no less a figure than Lord Byron who praised its “steep frowning glories” in his poem Lachin Y Gair. Prince Charles is also a fan ...

The Old Man of Lochnagar is a children’s book by King Charles III, published in November 1980. Then the Prince of Wales, Charles published the book in aid of The Prince’s Trust charity. He decided to ...

LYING at the very heart of Deeside and in the Cairngorms National Park, Ballater is an ideal base for the enthusiastic walker. With a wide range of both low-level walks and high-level Munro-bagging ...

Well-placed industry sources said the Lochnagar exploration well drilled by Smedvig drillship West Navigator on block 213/27 hit hydrocarbons, giving a further fillip to freshly installed British ...

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