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Well that answers my query - and makes interesting reading too!

This is indeed an amazing achievement - well done Jamie! And some of footage I saw on the news from it was beautiful.

But it get me wondering... when doing these record attempts do you have to start from sea level or is the clock started at the peak of the first hill?

I'll be getting the train so BoO station is my starting point, so it's the climb up to the bealach or a trek up the A82 to Achallader... I was trying to suggest that there could be a third option for you from the station which is pretty flat and on good tracks..... Ah right, I get you now. That cou...

Where your planning on camping i would hope for it to be dry quite a few days before as if you look at the map there is a lot of steep ground for rainfall to run off plus a good give away is there are 2 small dams and numerous fords in the area which are shown on the OS 1:25k map. I just remember i...

I decended that way after doing the '5' to my camp further along the glen. Was a few years ago but don't remember any real difficulties. My GPS track suggests it took me about 40 minutes to get the to bottom at a steady pace, which doesn't indicate any horrors were encountered. It's a fair climb up...

There's no path, but the going looks quite reasonable: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1421381 A recently posted trip report had an unplanned excursion that way: https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=105911 Time wise, (and river levels permitting) it would not be much long...

Hi all, Hope this doesn't sound too much of a simple naive question... If anyone is familiar with the area below Beinn an Dothaidh, would they know how passable Coire a' Ghabhalach is heading east? Is there a path on the ground at all? I'm planning to camp round there around Lurg Luibheach somewhere...

Hi all, Has anyone has experience of using GIS mapping software? I have some links to WMS (web mapping service) files showing footpaths, and apparently I need GIS software to use them. I see there's quite a few free GIS options (QGIS looks good) but to be honest haven't tried any yet, so wondered if...

Ask 100 walkers for keeping midges away and you'll get 100 different answers.
So like a lot of things I think it's trial and error and what works best for you.

The only thing that's worked for me is a net.

Could be - but the crash was higher up wasn't it? And there is a memorial to them in the church yard.

Hi all, Does anyone know what this cairn is for at the bottom of Ben More, not too far up from the farm and main road? It seems to have been walled off at one point, but I couldn't see any plaque on it. Just wondering! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48968228078_0aa44345c4_c.jpg

alanlees wrote:For goodness sake stay at home - don't go into rural communities don#t go to the Highlands and take this site down!

Good grief - his second post on the forum and he's saying the site should be taken down!

Thank goodness for everyone else's common sense here.

How about this?

https://anicewalk.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/a-cairngorm-circular-september-2015/

Mountain camping, lochside camping, woodland camping. One my favourite trips in the Highlands I think!

OB

Loch Lomond is very popular - but lovely. Are you travelling from Glasgow? If you don't mind heading a bit further north on the train to Fort William - a lovely journey in itself! - I really enjoyed walking from Invergarry to Inverie to visit the UK's most remote mainland pub. Some lovely camping an...

As I wrote of Meall Bhuide a wee while back: "As mentioned the keds had been constant all the way up and although tedious and irritating they weren’t a real problem and I’d almost got used to them. But on the top here there was nothing less than a swarm of them. Suddenly I had dozens and dozens...

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