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BEN HOPE’S status as the most northern Munro on the British Isles is an irresistible draw. It’s a long way to go, true, but this scramble to its summit more than makes up for the effort spent getting there.

DOUBLE MUNRO SCRAMBLE

Runners-up rarely get the attention they deserve, but two days on Britain’s second-highest peak BEN MACDUI will show you why this is the king of the Scottish hills.

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ISOLATED MOUNTAIN WALKING

Jim Perrin remembers the giant of Mull, an elegant outlier leaning seaward