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Re: Glen Affric parking

"They'll also need to assess and carry out any repairs needed to the car parks before they can be opened for safety reasons."

Ah... "safety reasons" ... the preferred 21st century bureaucratic excuse for almost any action (or inaction). :roll:
by rabthecairnterrier
Mon Jun 29, 2020 5:23 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Glen Affric parking
Replies: 10
Views: 2294

Re: Litter on the hills

A good article in today's edition of The Times by Clare Foges on the UK's litter problem. One agency, the Global Hygiene Council (no, I hadn't heard of them either) has apparently concluded that the UK is the worst country in the developed world for littering. It is a deep-rooted cultural issue that...
by rabthecairnterrier
Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:18 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Litter on the hills
Replies: 45
Views: 9207

Re: Scotland: (tentative) July 3rd date for end of 5-mile ru

Will they be opening the car parks? Depends who "they" are in any particular instance - could be the NTS, the local council, a private estate, or whatever it is that the Forestry Commission likes to call itself these days (which seems to change every two or three years - think it might be...
by rabthecairnterrier
Wed Jun 24, 2020 3:03 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Scotland: (tentative) July 3rd date for end of 5-mile rule
Replies: 37
Views: 7298

Re: Trig Points

A few years ago the OS were promoting a scheme whereby local communities or walking groups could "adopt" a local trig point and take responsibility for maintaining it in good condition. Nice idea, but unfortunately it never seemed to catch on. More recently a newly appointed head of Visit ...
by rabthecairnterrier
Wed Jun 24, 2020 2:58 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Trig Points
Replies: 19
Views: 4637

Re: Go Outdoors face administration

Prior to Go Outdoors opening in Inverness, which wasn't that long ago, I'd only ever been in one once before, in darkest Englandshire (Hathersage I think). Never liked the one in Inverness much. Liked the aggressive way they pushed their discount scheme even less. Anyway, little point in having outd...
by rabthecairnterrier
Tue Jun 23, 2020 3:23 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Go Outdoors face administration
Replies: 26
Views: 5726

Re: New Coronavirus Law

One of the Scottish vloggers I follow has wild-camped in his local area (SW Glasgow, near those wind turbines) Does camping include stopping for a while with a shelter? https://i.ibb.co/kc3LxJv/20200507-204824.jpg ... and what about spending the night in a bivvy bag? Are you "camping", or...
by rabthecairnterrier
Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:08 am
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New Coronavirus Law
Replies: 336
Views: 57911

Re: Strathfarrar 4 - Parking

I did it from Inverchoran, and recommend it. Not least because you have no time constraints to get back in time, unlike everyone I met on the ridge itself, who all seemed to be in a rush :lol: Likewise. My first ascent of the "4" in the mid nineties involved walking in from Inverchoran on...
by rabthecairnterrier
Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:25 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Strathfarrar 4 - Parking
Replies: 11
Views: 2302

Re: New Coronavirus Law

man wrote: ... I bet it plays well with highland voters.

... it's not playing well with this Highland voter; neither is it playing well with any other Highland resident walker I've been in contact with.
by rabthecairnterrier
Fri Jun 19, 2020 2:46 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New Coronavirus Law
Replies: 336
Views: 57911

Re: New Coronavirus Law

I was up at Carron Valley at the weekend. Its about 7 miles biking from home up over Tak Ma Doon, down onto MTB trails. The lines of cars outside the car park was significant - around 20+. I just dont get the sense in this at all - car parks at my B&Q open and encouraging people - car parks in ...
by rabthecairnterrier
Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:52 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New Coronavirus Law
Replies: 336
Views: 57911

Re: Mountain inspired doggo names

I once worked with someone who had a border collie called Kick, so it was "Kick the Dug."
(Despite my nom de plume ah'm nae a wee dug masel; ah just seek oot summit cairns wi' terrier like determination.)
:)
by rabthecairnterrier
Mon Jun 15, 2020 2:50 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Mountain inspired doggo names
Replies: 18
Views: 3064

Re: New Coronavirus Law

Since the advent of Covid-19 and subsequent "lockdown" I have been astonished to discover quite how many eminent virologists and epidemiologists there are in the Scottish hillgoing community. I had no idea that in normal times there was so much expertise wandering the hills of a weekend. I...
by rabthecairnterrier
Sun Jun 14, 2020 3:38 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New Coronavirus Law
Replies: 336
Views: 57911

Re: New Coronavirus Law

I guess cabin fever is setting in ..., but this is not forever,

True, but the longer it goes on the more it feels like it
by rabthecairnterrier
Tue Jun 09, 2020 11:18 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New Coronavirus Law
Replies: 336
Views: 57911

Re: New Coronavirus Law

A case of ra Polis attempting to make an example of someone pour encourager les autres?
It will be interesting to see what evidence is submitted should the accused plead not guilty.
by rabthecairnterrier
Tue Jun 02, 2020 3:47 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: New Coronavirus Law
Replies: 336
Views: 57911

Re: Stay at home

[quote=Remember: even if you can go hillwalking, you can't yet stay out overnight and you absolutely cannot use a bothy.[/quote] Just as there is no curfew on when you may go hillwalking, cycling or whatever (we're coming up to the best time of year for those who enjoy a bit of night walking) there ...
by rabthecairnterrier
Sat May 30, 2020 1:11 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Stay at home
Replies: 570
Views: 94001

Re: Discussing how a return to the outdoors should be manage

Though it is good that mountaineering Scotland are being proactive in this current situation, the main concern is that I'm not sure they carry any weight. In recent times they have been widely ignored, when giving their opinion or advice on subjects like wind farms, inflated car parking charges, pl...
by rabthecairnterrier
Mon May 18, 2020 3:20 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Discussing how a return to the outdoors should be managed
Replies: 31
Views: 6502
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