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Spean Bridge To Rannoch

Spean Bridge To Rannoch


Postby GaryandDawn » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:21 pm

Date walked: 26/05/2012

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Forgot I had these,

Last year I decided to catch the train up to Spean Bridge and walk down to Rannoch, after a good first day, working my way down to Loch Treig and camping overnight, I set off on the sunday towards Rannoch, first few hours were fine, temperatures a bit lower than the previous day, until I got to the old Corrour lodge, one misplaced step and I went arse over tit and managed to twist my ankle, sat in a crumpled heap I dug my map out to try and decide if I should push on to Rannoch or head back to Corrour, as luck would have it, I was probably smack bang in the middle, so off I limped towards Rannoch. In hindsight maybe not the best idea as the last couple of miles were absolute torture, especially having to walk on tarmac. To make matters worse I was about 4 hours early for the train (I would have made the earlier one if not for my slip, trip and fall) and there was nowhere to go for a beer, the hotel was guests only. Oh well might as well warm up some soup.

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Re: Spean Bridge To Rannoch

Postby mrssanta » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:07 pm

these are weird pictures, what is that blue stuff above the hills?? :lol:
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Re: Spean Bridge To Rannoch

Postby Backpacker » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:40 pm

mrssanta wrote:these are weird pictures, what is that blue stuff above the hills?? :lol:


I believe it's called "Blue Sky" certainly a rarity round these parts :D
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Re: Spean Bridge To Rannoch

Postby dogplodder » Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:03 am

That's what struck me too about your pics - the blue skies! :D
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