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The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hills?

The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hills?


Postby ChrisW » Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:36 pm

Sarah and I took a short walk beside a section of the Kananaskis river yesterday, the melt-water was a beautiful blue colour and icy cold, we saw a few kayaks as expected but then...this..............
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Surfing on an icy river :shock: I talked to the lad and he said he was surfing in South America last week....he noted it was a bit warmer there :lol:

So.....what unusual sights have you come across whilst out wandering the hills :think:
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby RicKamila » Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:40 pm

We saw a naked couple at the far end of Loch Muick...
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby ChrisW » Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:32 pm

RicKamila wrote:We saw a naked couple at the far end of Loch Muick...

When was that.................could've been me and the mrs :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby fraochydug » Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:38 pm

that does look like fun.

i wish i was there when this was filmed:
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby RicKamila » Sun Apr 01, 2012 6:40 pm

ChrisW wrote:
RicKamila wrote:We saw a naked couple at the far end of Loch Muick...

When was that.................could've been me and the mrs :lol: :lol: :lol:


August 2010. We were having lunch at the beach at the far end and a young couple were loitering around. We carried on after lunch and after a short while turned around to look at the view and there they were, both naked on the beach taking photos of each other frolicking near the water.
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby ChrisW » Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:38 pm

fraochydug wrote:that does look like fun.i wish i was there when this was filmed:

:wtf: :lol:
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby ChrisW » Sun Apr 01, 2012 9:40 pm

RicKamila wrote:
ChrisW wrote:
RicKamila wrote:We saw a naked couple at the far end of Loch Muick...

When was that.................could've been me and the mrs :lol: :lol: :lol:


August 2010. We were having lunch at the beach at the far end and a young couple were loitering around. We carried on after lunch and after a short while turned around to look at the view and there they were, both naked on the beach taking photos of each other frolicking near the water.


Oh...young you say.....it wasn't us then :lol: :lol:
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby Kevin29035 » Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:25 pm

fraochydug wrote:that does look like fun.

i wish i was there when this was filmed:

God this is creeping me out
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby Caberfeidh » Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:11 am

I was wandering in the middle of nowhere on Skye when I saw a caver, in full drysuit,harness and helmet with miners' lamp, etc. , covered in crap, wandering off the moor, blinking like a mole in the sunlight.
One of the strangest must be when the Rev A.E. Robertson was wandering in the Galloway Hills; he came across a party of hundreds of marines, dragging the hulk of a huge airship which had crashed landed in the moors, just after the Great War.
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Postby johnkaysleftleg » Mon Apr 02, 2012 11:15 am

Daftest thing I've seen was a group of four blokes carting kayaks up Helvellyn from the Swirls Car Park. It was very windy and clag ridden on the top. I suppose they could have been doing it for a bet but when I heard one yell above the wind "I think we better get the map out" I wasn't so sure. :?
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby skuk007 » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:52 pm

fraochydug wrote:...i wish i was there when this was filmed...

OMG, I think if I ever meet anything like this in the hills it will be the end of my hill walking days. Freaky. :)
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby Graeme D » Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:57 pm

skuk007 wrote:
fraochydug wrote:...i wish i was there when this was filmed...

OMG, I think if I ever meet anything like this in the hills it will be the end of my hill walking days. Freaky. :)


Was that filmed in Kintail on Saturday???? Brothers Ridge???? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby BoyVertiginous » Mon Apr 02, 2012 4:37 pm

ChrisW wrote:Sarah and I took a short walk beside a section of the Kananaskis river yesterday, the melt-water was a beautiful blue colour and icy cold, we saw a few kayaks as expected but then...this..............
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Surfing on an icy river :shock: I talked to the lad and he said he was surfing in South America last week....he noted it was a bit warmer there :lol:

So.....what unusual sights have you come across whilst out wandering the hills :think:

And he's going the wrong way!
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby ChrisW » Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:13 am

"BoyVertiginous" And he's going the wrong way!


:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: The river surfer -what oddities have you seen in the hil

Postby pgrizz » Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:19 am

Wooden Oddities.
This one I titled "An Ent by the Nent". This tree is by the River Nent between Blagill and Alston.
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This "giant centipede" can be found beside Rowantree Beck which flows into the Selset Reservoir in Lunedale, Teesdale.
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I will be happy to read any other captions for these pictures.
Has anyone else seen, or photographed similar "freaks of nature"?
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