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A long, long trip to Slioch

A long, long trip to Slioch

by jupe1407 » Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:54 pm

Route description: Slioch, near Kinlochewe

Munros included on this walk: Slioch

Date walked: 05/04/2013

Time taken: 9 hours

Distance: 19 km

Ascent: 1144m

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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby Tomsie » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:24 pm

Nice report JP, good to walk with you on Saturday.

Have heard of a speed camera in Perth that drivers never received fines :D
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby jupe1407 » Mon Apr 08, 2013 5:46 pm

Tomsie wrote:Nice report JP, good to walk with you on Saturday.

Have heard of a speed camera in Perth that drivers never received fines :D


Cheers Tomsie.

I hope it's the one that flashed me :lol:
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby PeteR » Mon Apr 08, 2013 6:50 pm

A superb selection of photos :D

I still have this little hill to do and your images have sure whetted the appetite :D
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby Clach Liath » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:32 pm

Don't think we actually met at the weekend. But Mrs CL and I did Slioch the following day. I'll post a report soon but the contrast in conditions is marked! And your photos are better than mine!
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby rockhopper » Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:45 pm

Stunning :clap: just stunning. One of my favourite areas but have only ever done low level walks and mountain biking round here - yet to get to the hills especially Slioch - brings back special memories - cheers :)
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby nathan79 » Tue Apr 09, 2013 2:52 pm

Fine pics and report. Good to see them on a bigger screen.

I wish the cloud had been a wee bit higher on Sunday when I was pottering about, the NW side of Slioch looked like it'd be a grand dramatic view.
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby jupe1407 » Tue Apr 09, 2013 6:21 pm

nathan79 wrote:Fine pics and report. Good to see them on a bigger screen.

I wish the cloud had been a wee bit higher on Sunday when I was pottering about, the NW side of Slioch looked like it'd be a grand dramatic view.


Cheers Nathan.

The view out towards Fisherfield etc was ridiculously good. :)
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby pollyh33 » Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:45 am

Absolutely stunning :clap:

What a fantastic report, loved every word of this :thumbup: :thumbup:

Er now that I think about it, mibbe not the stinky socks bit! :crazy: :crazy:
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby jupe1407 » Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:58 pm

pollyh33 wrote:Absolutely stunning :clap:

What a fantastic report, loved every word of this :thumbup: :thumbup:

Er now that I think about it, mibbe not the stinky socks bit! :crazy: :crazy:


Thanks :D

I got a good price for them :lol:
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby Sunny Speyside » Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:29 am

John
Your photos bring it all back, what a smashing day! So glad you snapped one of the ridge - I couldn't have held a camera steady enough at that point :clap: :clap:

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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby dogplodder » Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:34 am

It's good to see the ridge we didn't do last summer due to cloud and rain - and a great incentive to get up there again! :D
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby Mountainlove » Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:29 am

Great pictures! Slioch is one of my favourite mountains, but you had far better views that I had in summer. Know the feeling of leaving food in the car - did that once as well. Hopefully the speed camera wont be too much :roll:
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby jupe1407 » Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:22 pm

Thanks folks, it was an absolute cracker of a day, on a cracker of a mountain :D

Cost me £60 and 3 penalty points though :lol:
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby Johnny Corbett » Fri Apr 12, 2013 8:21 pm

Very very nice, the photos are superb. Hoping to do Slioch this year. :D
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Re: A long, long trip to Slioch

Postby jupe1407 » Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:19 pm

Johnny Corbett wrote:Very very nice, the photos are superb. Hoping to do Slioch this year. :D


Cheers :)

Fantastic mountain on a clear day.
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