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Re: The Easy option

Yes very straight forward, just have to be careful as approach summit ridge , that in cloud, you might not pick up the path across rocky ground. Just take a bearing on that part or use GPS :)
by PathfinderPaul
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:43 am
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: The Easy option
Replies: 4
Views: 1326

Sunshine for a trip to the Wilderness

Sometimes it’s good to remember we were a “bit younger” once for this write up of an old trip :) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53436295785_058209e269_k.jpg 2011_07290028 by Joan Howard , on Flickr We took the bikes to the youth hostel , quite a bit of pushing as we don’t have full mountain bik...
by PathfinderPaul
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:19 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Sunshine for a trip to the Wilderness
Replies: 0
Views: 402

Re: Compleat at last on An Teallach. 5Ws an H (and a bit of

Hi Keith, what a great biography of your “Munro journey”, well done, particularly not giving up in the face of heath problems :clap: We met you in 2017 at Gruinard Bay and had a very nice meal with you at your wonderful house overlooking the bay, we were staying at the nearby caravan site & tryi...
by PathfinderPaul
Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:39 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Compleat at last on An Teallach. 5Ws an H (and a bit of C)
Replies: 27
Views: 4844

Stay switched on

t273298430_beinn manach.gpx [ This was last one for this year & a good weather day :) So bikes were organised & we found a lay-by just before the turn off the main road, so Ponyexpress was dropped off at the start of the track :) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53411816167_9c914cd2da_c....
by PathfinderPaul
Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:28 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Stay switched on
Replies: 0
Views: 772

Re: Lost in the bracken

Hi Rockhopper, thanks for your interest :D I have 3 on Skye, so the plan is to get a guide , perhaps May time. I have the Loch Mullardoch four, but the ferry service to the end hasn't been running the last year or two, so I have been looking at ways to split them into two outings :crazy: Unless if c...
by PathfinderPaul
Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:24 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Lost in the bracken
Replies: 2
Views: 369

Lost in the bracken

Beinn Bhuide 2 2023-07-18 18_21_10.gpx https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53391582406_bf5f20b936_k.jpg IMG_20230718_115537_495 by :? Joan Howard , on Flickr We started this one rather weary after doing “Cheesecake a few days earlier & thought it would be a “walk in the park” :roll: However the...
by PathfinderPaul
Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:44 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Lost in the bracken
Replies: 2
Views: 369

The bothy and the bike

13 jul 2023.gpx This was a big outing for two “oldies” in their seventies and we didn’t know if we could compete it :roll: We discovered we couldn’t use the walkers car park, as it was needed for preparations for the Highland Games on the Saturday. The nice lady from the estate was very apologetic ...
by PathfinderPaul
Mon Nov 27, 2023 10:59 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: The bothy and the bike
Replies: 1
Views: 269

Re: How to cross the burn in spate?

My mate John and I did this crossing about 4 weeks ago. We had camped by the bridge and done Lunndaidh on the Saturday before requiring to cross it on the Sunday, him heading for the Munros, me for Beinn Tharsuinn. He was first to attempt the crossing. I have a photo of him making a real mess of it...
by PathfinderPaul
Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:26 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: How to cross the burn in spate?
Replies: 6
Views: 944

Re: How to cross the burn in spate?

Did manage to cross the wire, but at that time I was only 60, By 70 I might have had 2nd thoughts. By 80, no chance. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53273341737_61b1d8dc26_h.jpg Thanks for sharing your wonderful picture :) We agree completely about age, not sure we could have done it in our six...
by PathfinderPaul
Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:23 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: How to cross the burn in spate?
Replies: 6
Views: 944

A hill that lives up to its name.

Maoile Lunndaigh 2023-07-09 20_54_04.gpx The meaning of the the name if this hill is , “bare hill of the wet place.” Well for me it certainly lived up to its name :roll: Very heavy rain the previous day and through the night didn’t make this look a very good outing :( By 10.30 it looked as though i...
by PathfinderPaul
Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:44 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: A hill that lives up to its name.
Replies: 1
Views: 288

Re: Tenerife 2

Great place for walking out of the high heat of summer :) We’ve been there December and January :)
by PathfinderPaul
Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:46 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Outside Scotland
Topic: Tenerife 2
Replies: 2
Views: 853

Re: The Worst Win

I’ve made some of those mistakes myself, but not all on one hill! As someone who lives in North Wales, I think I’d stick to the Great Orme till your wife has forgotten your outing :roll:
by PathfinderPaul
Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:32 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: The Worst Win
Replies: 14
Views: 1305

How to cross the burn in spate?

Sgurr a Chaorachain 2023.gpx https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53237962282_1e13c07135_c.jpg IMG_20230704_091650_933 by Joan Howard , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53237955057_23e3ec2695_c.jpg IMG_20230704_185038_369 by Joan Howard , on Flickr We needed the bikes for the return jou...
by PathfinderPaul
Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:40 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: How to cross the burn in spate?
Replies: 6
Views: 944

Our final Munroes in Cairngorms

Route tracking on 29 Jun 2023 08_59_11.gpx We were a bit sad as we turned up at Dalmunzie Castle Hotel for our last two Munroes in the Cairngorms our favourite area :( https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53239209834_96ef828128_c.jpg IMG_20230629_115213_602 by Joan Howard , on Flickr We followed the...
by PathfinderPaul
Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:51 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Our final Munroes in Cairngorms
Replies: 2
Views: 428

Re: The one we missed earlier

Hi Jill, It was great to meet you & have lunch together with Heather :) To be fair it was very dry, it was more the heather impeding progress till we re found the path :D We made good progress after we met you and completed the Cairngorms , with the two from the Spittle of Glenshee. We then move...
by PathfinderPaul
Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:25 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: The one we missed earlier
Replies: 2
Views: 379
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