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Flipside (Billy), Mountain Coward (Carol) and I (Janet) had an overnight stay in one of Glen Loin's legendary caves last night and it was magic
.
The all singing and all dancing one-man support team, chalkywhyte (Alan) very kindly greeted Billy and I when we stepped off the bus from Glasgow, and the three of us met up with Carol and magicdin (David) in the Village Inn for some great food and drink. A very big thank you to Alan and David for joining us in the pub and being such fine company
.
We set off for the caves around 10pm in the dark, dark, dark. We didn't have any problems getting there at night, as Carol had revisited the caves the day before, to double-check the route and their condition - clever lassie
. Billy was having a chuckle at the noises I was making as I was trying to stay on the path behind him though (it was wet and slippy in bits).
'I'm over here! I'm in the trees.'
'We know, Janet, we can see your head torch.'
We arrived at the cave and Carol and I spent the first ten minutes just taking it all in, ooh-ing and aah-ing at everything
. Billy on the other hand, got busy straight away, lighting and throwing glow sticks all over the place and getting the camp fire started
.
- Our Cave Entrance
- Another Cave to the Rear of Ours but Higher Up
- Carol in the Cave
- Billy and Carol by the Camp Fire
- Billy in the Cave
We had tea loaf and cider to celebrate my birthday around midnight
, and then we sat and chatted around the camp fire until around 3am. We could hear stags roaring throughout the night
. We didn't get to use all of the peat blocks we had carried in, but the fire was still glowing in the morning. Sleeping in the cave was very mild, not the least bit cold
.
- Halloween Treat by the Camp Fire
- Cave Woman
- Carol's Cave Rear
- Spooky Billy
- Billy Sleeping
We got up at 8am and were packed ready to leave about 20 minutes later. Alan met up with us again for breakfast, but Billy and I had to leave the other two to enjoy their hot rolls and morning cuppa
, as we were cutting it a bit fine to catch the bus back to Glasgow.
- Cave Entrance View
- Billy didn't want to leave
- Heading Out in the Morning
- That non smoking, non drinking, man of plenty fuel and spare kit wise, brilliant bloke, Mr Alan Chalkywhyte
All three of us thought the cave-sleeping adventure was a terrific experience
, and it was great to meet up with a few fine folk from the forum
.