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If I'm out on a good day, on an interesting route with some great views, I'll usually take a camera and take around 50-ish photos (I don't target a specific number but that seems to be a common average) and some videos on my phone. When I get home, I weed out duplicates, uninteresting or blurred ima...

If you have to book something, just book it - in my experience, you never really know what the weather will truly be like until the day in question. The key is to have a plan A, plan B, C (and so on) and be flexible enough to change plans at the last minute. For example, I'm booked into a cottage in...

As others have already said, some coolmax liners under a pair of cushioned hiking socks (or hiking socks with a built-in liner) works wonders.. I used to get frequent blisters from long days out on the hills, but I can't even remember the last time I had a single one since I started using the liner ...

It'll be interesting to see how the wetter weather we're seeing now and in the coming week or more, will impact them. However, the current forecast as of this morning appears a bit more optimistic than what the BBC article showed:

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If you can find them in the UK, the Outdoor Research Echo Hoodie is my go-to for summer - very very lightweight and breathable, but offers spf levels of protection and when I'm being bothered by midges or need a break from direct sunlight where I'm not in a position to apply sunscreen, sleeves down ...

Reminds me of a fairly long dry spell over summer just a few years ago in 2021. I took advantage of it by getting Am Faochagach done without even getting my boots wet, and also the fisherfield six round, where the big boggy section over from Larachantivore and Shenavall was not boggy at all. In fact...

Latheron Lane Car Park. No overnight parking is for the campervans. you'll upset the locals parking on street. No probs leaving your car to go on the ferry. Perfect, thank you! I was a little wary of leaving the car on the street, but glad to hear that I should be able to leave in Latheron Lane Car...

Plenty free on street parking a bit futher up from the main high street. Thanks for the reply! I was "walking around" on Street View and did notice some streets with cars on the street, but I don't want to annoy any local residents. I'll mark a few as potential places to leave the car, I ...

Hi all, I'm planning a trip over to Harris/Lewis later this month and as I'm meeting some folks over there, I'll be leaving the car in Ullapool on a Sat morning, and meeting my friends in Stornoway after the ferry trip, staying until the first ferry back to Ullapool on the Monday morning (bagging Cl...

Been lucky so far this year but it's still fairly early - didn't have any issues with them in Skye (Bealach a´Bhasteir) this weekend and though there were a few biters around in Glen Dessary the previous weekend, certainly nothing that would have had me pulling out the midge net. That said, I'm drea...

They are too hot and warm in summer - I have used approach shoes and now graduated to Innov8 Roclite 345's (too flexy, but comfy) and my wife has a pair of Innov8 Pro-400's which I think are brilliant and i will likely buy a pair when mine wear out. I've taken a fancy to the Pro G 400 too - not sur...

They're a very lightweight boot. In my experience, they don't last that long. I went for Salomon Alp-x this time and they are learning better, but are a step up in weight and chunkiness. Are they still making the X-Alp boots? I have a pair from 2018 that I only use in shoulder seasons (as they suit...

Having been through Scarpas, Meindls, LaSportivas and a few others, Salamon boots are the only ones I'll use - I find that I buy a new pair of Quests about every 1-2 years - with me being out pretty much every weekend, I certainly get through them - but I'd buy a new pair every year quite happily if...

I had noticed that gpx files exported from OSMaps have a section in the file that results in a load of waypoint objects being created (as well as the route) when I imported them into Garmin Basecamp - what may work for you is to open the gpx on a computer (just open it in a text editor like notepad ...

I always have an old Garmin GPSMAP 64S stashed on my pack with my route loaded - I rarely use it to check the route (if I need a spot-check, I'll bring out OSMaps or the Walkhighlands App (if using a WH route) first. However, the Garmin beeps at each waypoint, so it's not uncommon for my walk-mates ...

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Re: How many photos do you take on a day out?

Re: July weather

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Re: Midge boom

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Re: Just how dry is it?

Re: Overnight parking in Ullapool

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Overnight parking in Ullapool

Re: Midges!

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Re: Exporting GPX files from OS Maps to Satmap problem.

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