Unfit and Roasted in The Mamores

[BobMcBob]

Sorry Bob but I was in stitches reading that report

That was kind of the idea No point being all miserable about it

[Rudolph]

Great report and a useful warning for when we get our hot days next year!

I take it you didn't trust the water in the burn as safe to drink?

I'm not sure I'd waste scarce drinkiing water on it, but I'm convinced a soaking towel or buff on the head reduces the amount you need to drink by a huge amount. Of course there does need to be some water about but it's amazing how little you need to get cloth dripping. Even if you don't think the water in the burns drinkable, it's worth filling up a spare container if you do find a source.

[BobMcBob]

I take it you didn't trust the water in the burn as safe to drink?

I've always been wary of drinking water from streams. I know a lot of people do but many years ago a mate picked up something quite nasty (I forget what it was called) that his doctor reckoned was often carried in sheep urine and could have been in some water he drank from a stream in the Lake District. So not knowing how to tell a clean burn from a dirty one I steer clear. On this walk there are loads of little burns cascading down in the walk up to the bealach and I confess I was sorely tempted.

I'm not sure I'd waste scarce drinkiing water on it, but I'm convinced a soaking towel or buff on the head reduces the amount you need to drink by a huge amount..

It's definitely fair to say that soaking my hat in the stream cooled me down a lot, as did the snow I put on my head