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I saw a dark Berghaus fleecy jacket by the path going up to the Ben Cruachan dam from the A85. I left it in situ because it wasn't too far from the road, in case its owner was going to come back to retrieve it. (I can send photo.)

Thank you Bustlung for starting this thread. And in case anyone's wondering, that Hollow Mountain car park that hillwalkers are now redirected to has a sign saying 'Gate will be locked at 4.45pm'. That left us rushing down from Ben Cruachan, as we didn't want to spend the night in our car locked int...

I came off Beinn Heasgarnaich the traditional way, i.e. heading east from the summit until I reached that road. I did that because I had a bike waiting by the road (the ride down to Kenknock Farm was fab!), and because it looked less steep than a descent due south from the summit. (The contour lines...

Interesting walk report. I too did Beinn Eibhinn from the north, also with a mountain bike, I'd definitely recommend this route to anyone who can't fit too many summits into a Ben Alder round undertaken from Dalwhinnie.

I've drinking from burns/streams on almost every walk for the last 20 years and never had any nasty reactions. If I'm heading for an area with little water, I also take some types of food which are lighter to carry than water and have a great thirst-quenching effect: tangerines, grapes, other pieces...

Congratulations Charlie and Dad! Sorry you got stuck in the the mud for a bit...

Stunning!

You might like to take a thermos flask with coffee / tea / soup. The weather is not great at the moment, and having a hot drink will make you feel a lot better up some windswept mountain.

PS My notes for this mountain and this route read as follows:

Beinn Ime, 18/07/17, via Coire Croe, very awkward sloping terrain, no path, assymetric blisters; next to no mobile reception all day

Great walk report. I too did Ben Ime from this less conventional side. Free parking, as you point out. Yes, those annoying little gullies; I too found it quite hard-going. On the other hand, I didn't meet anyone else up that side of the mountain, so if you're after solitude, that route may be for yo...

Crianlarich Londis? 7.30am, I think? I forget whether they serve hot drinks, but they have bakery goods (not sure what time that arrives though). Very friendly service in that shop, so a vote for them.

There were hundreds of them in Glen Ceitlin a couple of weeks ago - really gross. I was covered in DEET from head to toe and it didn't make any difference. Apparently they locate you by sensing your body heat, so I put my jacket hood up and that reduced the number of keds landing on me. It was a ver...

Haribo's weigh next to nothing, are good against thirst and keep me going for miles!

Message to Emily: not sure if this helps in your particular case, but the big scary groups of mountains will seem less worrying if broken up into shorter trips. I did the Ben Alder group in three daytrips, across three years: 1) daytrip bike-and-hike from Dalwhinnie, 2 summits; 2) daytrip bike-and-h...

Well done for writing this up. Not to worry - we've all done things like that! :lol: And at the end of June, you had a lot of daylight left to correct your error. A great walk report to read also for younger hillwalkers. (Churchill once said that it's important to make those errors early in life fro...

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