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      James Woodhouse

      James Woodhouse

      Kind | Diligent | Reliable

      Mini Bio

      I call the Cairngorms home, where the land’s contours echo the shape of my soul and the mountains rest as if in a timeless slumber. Married to Morag, I have been a soldier, a sailor, a mountaineer, an explorer, a farmer and a fisherman—many lives, all leading me here.

      Here, the pastoral and the bucolic merge effortlessly with the transcendent, weaving inspiration into the fabric of the everyday.

      Favourite Place to Play

      Scottish Winter Climbing in the Loch Avon basin “over the back” from the Northern Cories.

      Not a lot of People Know This

      I recited Lear’s “Owl and the Pussycat” through the internal intercom to his armoured fighting vehicle crew while manoeuvring through an enemy minefield.

      “I call the Cairngorms home—a place where the land’s contours echo the shape of my soul, and the mountains rest as if in a timeless slumber. ”
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      Qualifications Read More
      • Mountain Bike Leader 2
      • Mountaineering qualifications
      • Summer mountain leader
      • Winter mountain leader
      • Mountaineering & Climbing Instructor award
      • Winter mountaineering & climbing award
      • Joint services alpine mountaineering instructor
      Experience Read More
      • 5 expeditions (ea) to Greenland, Canada and New Zealand
      • 1 expedition to climb Meru and Kilimanjaro with x 28 pax
      • 1 expedition to Aconcagua
      • 7 years CMRT and GLMRT
      • 4 tours of operations with the British Army
      • 8 Alpine seasons working as a Joint Services Guide
      Biggest Adventure Read More

      Guiding a team of 9 across Greenland via the Nansen route in 2008 or taking Lathallan School J3 pupils on a self-supported camping trip at the beach.

      Book a trip with James

      Trip / Departure Availability Status Price Book
      Wilderness Walking – Outer Hebrides and Skye
      2nd May - 8th May 2026       		4 place(s) left Guaranteed 2,785 Book Now
      Wilderness Walking – Outer Hebrides and Skye
      18th Jul - 24th Jul 2026       		8 place(s) left Available 2,785 Book Now
      Royal & Ancient Scotland
      28th Sep - 4th Oct 2026       		8 place(s) left Available 3,185 Book Now

      Make Trip Private

      Sometimes it's nice to get family and friends together and travel privately for some quality time. This means you benefit from all the features of the group departure, including hand-picked accommodation and expert local guides and we'll take care of it all. Then you can make your choice of departures dates and we'll get back to you to finalise the details.

      We work together with our team of guides to decide which departures they lead each year. As part of that, guides provide available dates that they are free to be booked. This means that any of the dates you see in the first field of the form below, could be perfect for your private departure or customised tour.

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