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Gorton Bothy, Echo Beach and the Wall of Rannoch Munros

Gorton Bothy, Echo Beach and the Wall of Rannoch Munros


by Graeme D » Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:23 pm

Munros included on this walk: Beinn a' Chreachain, Beinn Achaladair

Date walked: 29/12/2014

Time taken: 8.4 hours

Distance: 24.3 km

Ascent: 1420m

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Re: Gorton Bothy, Echo Beach and the Wall of Rannoch Munros

Postby malky_c » Wed Jan 07, 2015 2:42 pm

Another report from the glorious 29th :mrgreen: . Nice walk - there's little that can't be improved with a bothy trip :)
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Re: Gorton Bothy, Echo Beach and the Wall of Rannoch Munros

Postby mrssanta » Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:15 pm

lovely. feeling quite jealous really :lol:
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Re: Gorton Bothy, Echo Beach and the Wall of Rannoch Munros

Postby Morecambe Monkey » Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:20 pm

Excellent stuff Graeme,no better way of spending a winter's day (& night).
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Re: Gorton Bothy, Echo Beach and the Wall of Rannoch Munros

Postby Essan » Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:12 pm

Collaciotach wrote:
Only problem is .... Echo Beach ,far a way in time is now doing a loop in MY head :wink:


Me too!
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Re: Gorton Bothy, Echo Beach and the Wall of Rannoch Munros

Postby tina bonar » Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:33 pm

A fabulous read Graeme.That's our next bothy trip decided :clap:
That winter training camp in Montrose stood you in good stead :wink:
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Re: Gorton Bothy, Echo Beach and the Wall of Rannoch Munros

Postby rockhopper » Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:50 am

A cracker of a day, Graeme - great when a plan comes together like this :thumbup:
Good advert for bothying too - still to try it out though - cheers :)
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