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ben vorlich and stuc a chroin

ben vorlich and stuc a chroin


Postby chalmers38 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:39 am

Date walked: 23/07/2012

Time taken: 6 hours

Distance: 13.5 km

Ascent: 1145m

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me at top of ben vorlich
hello again time for our next blog returned to ben vorlich and stuc a chroin as my wife hadnt walked these hills before and knew she'd love them this is the third time i'd walked them and knew she would get the bug walking them :wink: it was a beautiful day when we set out from the shores of loch earn and stayed dry throughout the day for us :D it was a great day amazing views from the top lots of walkers taking advantage of the good weather only five of us in total at the top of stuc a chroin but it was late in the day passed a boy on the way down pushing his bike up good luck to him :shock: all in all great day AMAZING amanda all ready looking up our next hill she has the bug :D couple of days of now as also walked ben ledi the day before and scheihallion the day before that haha
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lochan a chroin
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my wife amanda at the top of stuc a chroin
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view of stuc a chroin
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Re: ben vorlich and stuc a chroin

Postby skuk007 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:07 am

Good plan using these as a walk to get the wife hooked, they are a great pair of hills. How did she get on with the scrambly bit?
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Re: ben vorlich and stuc a chroin

Postby chalmers38 » Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:31 am

orite skuk007 amanda was a bit shaky half way up the rock face but made it no prob didnt put her off any as shes busy planning the next outing not having as much luck getting my 2 teenage sons in the hills though :D
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