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- Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:23 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Map or GPS
- Replies: 19
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Re: The Five Sisters of Kintail & Kids
With two cars, starting at the top (East), and a reliable weather window I think this is do-able for the ages you describe IF they are hill-fit - i.e can keep plodding on at a steady pace all day, are good for the height gain - which is not too bad going West, and have a head for heights. Hmm - quit...
- Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:50 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: The Five Sisters of Kintail & Kids
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2566
Re: TRIP REPORT OF THE MONTH - JUNE
Well deserved, but again I'd not want to call the shots - so many fine reports, and so MANY great pictures.
Must get a better camera - and one that doesn't chew through the batteries would be good.
Must get a better camera - and one that doesn't chew through the batteries would be good.
- Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:52 pm
- Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
- Topic: TRIP REPORT OF THE MONTH - JUNE
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4189
Re: well hello there
Welcome youth! Good to hear you planning to temper your spirits with some altitude - just remember that a wild night drinking means you'll be truly dehydrated on the hill and carry LOTS of water! Especially if the weather holds out - based on the amount I drank without needing to offload I think I l...
- Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:12 pm
- Forum: Say hello...
- Topic: well hello there
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2237
Re: walking and fishing
HI Myth, Thanks for that info. (I also had a reply to a private message to Caberfeidh) We have decided to leave the campervan at home and camp wild. We hope to walk Blaven and fish in loch Slapin if the weather is good. We then may move back to the mainland and do the ring of steal or brothers ridg...
- Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:07 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: walking and fishing
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6956
Re: walking and fishing
Too grippy to use a campsite??? ... A lot of the campsites are only a fiver a night, surely not too much for toilets and showers? Hmm. A common opinion in Highland Council too - although their rules were/are based on ignorance and self interest. All the campsites in Scotland I've stayed on cost MUC...
- Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:38 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: walking and fishing
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6956
Re: Topped but not bagged
Some years ago I walked out from Cairn Gorm in the mist and there was a continuous line of cairns along the path to Ben MacDui.... Continuous is stretching a bit, and the path is well less than arrow like! There are still some cairns, but smaller than twenty years ago, and over the rock fields, onl...
- Sat Jul 04, 2009 9:07 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Topped but not bagged
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2862
Re: Glen shiel South ridge
Could have my arm twisted... I should be eligible for a day pass by then.
Not done the whole South ridge, although I've overlooked the bits I've got left from North, South and East!
Not done the whole South ridge, although I've overlooked the bits I've got left from North, South and East!
- Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:55 am
- Forum: Meeting up, arranging trips and walking clubs
- Topic: Glen shiel South ridge
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4424
Re: Topped but not bagged
Hi all well thats another Munro topped (Ben MacDui) but not bagged as we could not find the triggpoint for the clouds :? That's well clever - MacDui is a fairly clear rise on all sides to the trig/shelter... very, very unlucky! I have been most fortunate on that hill, and have (I think) always seen...
- Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:51 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Topped but not bagged
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2862
Re: Potential Cleg Bite Treatment
..The bite then itches solidly and horridly ... swells up dramatically One got me today betwixt car and house - fast mover. Bit back of my left hand just above ring finger. From bitter experience I removed said ring before my hand blew up - two knuckles and a finger joint all puffed up and bright r...
- Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:47 am
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Potential Cleg Bite Treatment
- Replies: 16
- Views: 39926
Re: newbe
Essex is a LONG way!
Welcome to the forum, and look forward to reading about some "English" walks!
Welcome to the forum, and look forward to reading about some "English" walks!
- Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:43 pm
- Forum: Say hello...
- Topic: newbe
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1865
Re: New Member
ooooh a completer - Congrats!
I enjoy two areas too much to worry about such things
I enjoy two areas too much to worry about such things

- Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:31 pm
- Forum: Say hello...
- Topic: New Member
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3027
Re: walking and fishing
fishing... puts me to sleeeeep. MacKenzie EXACTLY.... After a hard days walking/cycling/canoeing/etc. take up thy rod, pester the fish and relax for an hour or three through the evening rise. Wind down, catch breakfast, and slide off to sleep doubly satisfied. Works for me! I forgot about flies - g...
- Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:30 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: walking and fishing
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6956
Re: Your favourite walkers pub in the Highlands?
...Second would be the Anderson at Fortrose; some of the best real ales in the Highlands, plus one of the few pubs to sell real cider, a massive selection of bottled foreign beer, plus fabulous food and friendly owners. Also thought I'd nominate it as probably no-one else has heard of it :lol: ... ...
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:45 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: Your favourite walkers pub in the Highlands?
- Replies: 32
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Re: walking and fishing
Caberfeidh or Paul are your men on Skye... but I've spent quite a lot of time low level walking over there, often with a rod. On Skye itself the "rivers" are actually almost all spate streams - there is really very little head of fish, other than spate run salmon, and the local brownies in...
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:08 pm
- Forum: General discussion
- Topic: walking and fishing
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6956
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