strathfarrar four and the Gate keeper
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 1:59 pmOooh what an adventure
Jim and I left Kirkcaldy at 5am and got up to the gate at 8:50 .
When we realised we were early we sat and waited by the gate.
The gatekeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppeeeerrrrr came out of the little house and told us ' go and wait in the car park with the rest of them!'
(Reading back on old reports I see there used to be a code however it seems now there is no code and we now rely on the gatekeeeeeeeeeeeepppeeeerrrr )
She never looked like this though !
...ok....
9am the gate was declared open .
The gate keeper gave us a ticket and made note of our registration plate and commented on the very bad potholes and that the gate shuts at 8pm , not cars allowed overnight
( does anyone know why this is the case ? we were informed it was due to poachers by the very helpful ladies at Mcofs office )
So we set of
Although it was cloudy all day with very little views the rain stayed off so that was good . Bloomin Baltic though so I slipped them on for some warmth. Where is our summer ?!!!
The day was a good but pretty uneventful given the lack of views.
The only thing worth mentioning would be the snow/mud land slide
It was still extremely treacherous with solid ice under the mud i actually wished i had my ice axe for this little section.
In terms of the map, where we deviated from the path is where the mud/ice slide was. Which then turned into a bog field.
We picked up the path once more a little further down.
As it happened we were late for the 8pm curfew and never reached the gate until 8.20 .
The gate keeper was less than happy.
Jim had to go to the door ( i wasn't going !!) explaining .....however she replied 'this was not her problem' !!
Ah well
All in all a great adventure with 4 in the bag .
In total it took 10hours and 13 mins.
We set off up to Toridon to meet up with the club
Jim and I left Kirkcaldy at 5am and got up to the gate at 8:50 .
When we realised we were early we sat and waited by the gate.
The gatekeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppeeeerrrrr came out of the little house and told us ' go and wait in the car park with the rest of them!'
(Reading back on old reports I see there used to be a code however it seems now there is no code and we now rely on the gatekeeeeeeeeeeeepppeeeerrrr )
She never looked like this though !
...ok....
9am the gate was declared open .
The gate keeper gave us a ticket and made note of our registration plate and commented on the very bad potholes and that the gate shuts at 8pm , not cars allowed overnight
( does anyone know why this is the case ? we were informed it was due to poachers by the very helpful ladies at Mcofs office )
So we set of
Although it was cloudy all day with very little views the rain stayed off so that was good . Bloomin Baltic though so I slipped them on for some warmth. Where is our summer ?!!!
The day was a good but pretty uneventful given the lack of views.
The only thing worth mentioning would be the snow/mud land slide
It was still extremely treacherous with solid ice under the mud i actually wished i had my ice axe for this little section.
In terms of the map, where we deviated from the path is where the mud/ice slide was. Which then turned into a bog field.
We picked up the path once more a little further down.
As it happened we were late for the 8pm curfew and never reached the gate until 8.20 .
The gate keeper was less than happy.
Jim had to go to the door ( i wasn't going !!) explaining .....however she replied 'this was not her problem' !!
Ah well
All in all a great adventure with 4 in the bag .
In total it took 10hours and 13 mins.
We set off up to Toridon to meet up with the club
