tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22899591810663480882024-02-22T16:10:18.073+00:00FAST TRACK TO NOWHERE IN PARTICULARAssorted stuff about things that pop into my head and things I do or at least might do!.<br>
And the odd <b>RANT</b><i>Although that is on a different Blog now</i><br><br>Image is Angle Tarns Lake District 14th Feb 2015Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.comBlogger244125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-19851957979824988732023-08-28T19:56:00.003+01:002023-08-28T22:09:08.607+01:00TGOC 2023 - Shiel Bridge to Kinabber Links (Part 1 - Days 0 to 2) - An Intro of sorts<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><u>DAY 0 and earlier, we will get to the start! </u></b></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Ahhhhh.... Was it only a year ago that I did 2022?</span></b><br /><br /><b>Anyway, here we are again.</b><br /><br />Now, for the uninitiated, this is not a travelblog or a blow by blow description of a crossing of Scotlandshire. 😴🥱.<br />No sir, as many will know, there is an element of fiction in these 'ere posts init.</p><p><b>OH! I should mention there will be swearing and rudeness!</b><br /><br /><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">IF you suffer from the 2023 easily offended VIRUS, best to STOP reading now, as this is how it is, and I do not give a flying ***K about your sensibilities or needs!</span></i><br /><br />Well, it all began last year when I told <b>Sue</b> that I was stopping and that was my last, and that the insanity of <b>15</b> was enough.<br />As we know, she raised an eyebrow in an admonishing and bullshit sort of way, and assumed I may have to come back <b>AGAIN!</b><br />Ahhh she knows me so well.<br /><br />So, by the time for submission, I already had a route.<br />OK, 3 routes TBH.<br /><br />I put my application in, and also booked the sleeper train.<br />Yes, yes, arrogant belief, but also, I had a contingency plan if I was dissed and left out.<br /><br />As it happens, I was <b>IN again </b>(Bugger!)<br /><br />I have in the past done several solo, and several accompanied trips.<br />This was to be solo, although, day 1, was to be with a friend (<b>Martin Rye</b>).<br />I had unfinished business from 2015 when the Munro <b>Beinn Fhada </b>was off limits due to ice and snow.<br />That was NOT to be the case this year as it happens.<br />It was hot.<br />People apparently complained it was too hot.<br />"<b>Are you fucking kidding me?</b>" <br />It was a bloody belter of a day! <br />You should have been here last year when it utterly pissed it down and rivers were NOT crossable without a lucky prayer and GOD on your side.</p><p>But I digress...<br />This is a theme that will recur!</p><p>Anyway, route submitted!<br />I'll forgive Roger for asking for a FWA where I would never consider a FWA, and also a FWA to my FWA. He's a great bloke and knows my adjusted route was just to placate the H&S needs.<br />NO WAY on God's Earth I was doing any of that unless it was truly the apocalypse!</p><p>Christ, I still haven't started.</p><p>Moving rapidly on, with everything in place, and my NEW Atom+ 40 L pack in outrageous colours ready to go, I headed to Euston to meet up with martin and the sleeper train!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbO01cQSYyIPReKq1YZeGA5kiiye823xjuDrlXPPBRZG5R6Z06WcNk6wnqtIqysiGwtn1RXR4oA6fg23bzisdiNpX1idg-gUgGgiEP6-EvV95A-5Lvib8dWhxTR3kXpECxg_W38OvJMcI3cyJojBQJbtxgB3C64zg9KGIyj7KliZaL84YtemksmnzJkk/s3008/20230509_114356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="1962" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbO01cQSYyIPReKq1YZeGA5kiiye823xjuDrlXPPBRZG5R6Z06WcNk6wnqtIqysiGwtn1RXR4oA6fg23bzisdiNpX1idg-gUgGgiEP6-EvV95A-5Lvib8dWhxTR3kXpECxg_W38OvJMcI3cyJojBQJbtxgB3C64zg9KGIyj7KliZaL84YtemksmnzJkk/w418-h640/20230509_114356.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzibivH-KsTlzgOwtb3MvR8VXiCn0dqsYSr2A98scbumJVGDi5i1P4WxRzg9AZ1BkZfw2WDvnJLESBuI5Wlc2eMANNJuL6GDd4nvdPrxl3XtI7NIN9kuhe3A2egoL7Vndz5oACS52gPU-wNjsKK75WZSVBk662mj8IY7BdzwKt5o9FDeofunzKoXiYik/s3652/20230509_114402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="3652" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzibivH-KsTlzgOwtb3MvR8VXiCn0dqsYSr2A98scbumJVGDi5i1P4WxRzg9AZ1BkZfw2WDvnJLESBuI5Wlc2eMANNJuL6GDd4nvdPrxl3XtI7NIN9kuhe3A2egoL7Vndz5oACS52gPU-wNjsKK75WZSVBk662mj8IY7BdzwKt5o9FDeofunzKoXiYik/w640-h352/20230509_114402.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>Oh yes, about the teeth FFS!</b></p><p>4 days before the OFF, I had a really painful tooth.<br />Luckily, my friend is a Dentist (<i>although, he still makes me pay for treatment, which seems out of order, just sayin' Myles!</i>).<br />But anyway I was at the Dentist twice with raging agonies that are similar to <b>Man flu</b> in their severity.<br />The worst bit was the antibiotics that cause vomiting if mixed with alcohol.<br />It meant, I couldn't realistically drink any alcohol until the 1st evening in <b>Shiel Bridge</b>, so the journey up was to be a <b>DRY EVENT</b> 😟😨😭😭<br /><br />We met a few chaps at the Euston Tap sinking many bevvies, as a mourned into my diet coke.</p><p>The train was boarded.<br />The buffet car full already of fucking people NOT on the TGOC hogging all the bloody seats with their great fat arses.<br />Fuck it, I bought some more coke and went to my lie down bunk.<br />I couldn't drink anyway so **********</p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Special mention to having en-suite toilet and shower in your personal cabin. OH YEEEESSS!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGo5Nt8tODgCvLhUcnhK5DKWnS2V6JlOorbmMSqYVsWZ6s1OM1wkcpvg3N5zXDGQ1zs6crSeP04YtmxkIYa2-DFDwT4xo5m5-Wu4dCTuDPI18SA51gQjgQkPaZi-5qwIRGBSRkYPCsyn5_iNsRkedesMnm5GSviE8uf946LlzD0HBS5o8XlnzMQPqdyI/s4000/20230510_220340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGo5Nt8tODgCvLhUcnhK5DKWnS2V6JlOorbmMSqYVsWZ6s1OM1wkcpvg3N5zXDGQ1zs6crSeP04YtmxkIYa2-DFDwT4xo5m5-Wu4dCTuDPI18SA51gQjgQkPaZi-5qwIRGBSRkYPCsyn5_iNsRkedesMnm5GSviE8uf946LlzD0HBS5o8XlnzMQPqdyI/w225-h400/20230510_220340.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdqvYBt-LhkqrdzuOQWp98TEznfE6-DU4OCdsmMOOh0RqzBq9rBFBHWrnHzSJJOX7JxDOejUzGXVoOI_KXn7HXgaMdCFD0HvjgUqBfvS2eAOcq9m3tbozZ7v794Ls0nMZ7-m5HprZYGxRgnQsBtoMon7sgBVr4UnnfbzUqmjhMFDwtonQ59tbhMDFbPU/s4000/20230510_220344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdqvYBt-LhkqrdzuOQWp98TEznfE6-DU4OCdsmMOOh0RqzBq9rBFBHWrnHzSJJOX7JxDOejUzGXVoOI_KXn7HXgaMdCFD0HvjgUqBfvS2eAOcq9m3tbozZ7v794Ls0nMZ7-m5HprZYGxRgnQsBtoMon7sgBVr4UnnfbzUqmjhMFDwtonQ59tbhMDFbPU/w225-h400/20230510_220344.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDH_YS09PEQexhbFhuFrW64oSXjCdbXJ0iUezm-IUg6x7x1gkaOxeMBC0sNUlE5rBcMR4qOLAZsfaTLkIbNhRRE-ZqqDVFbcg_hMgglBmidtnhCJ_H5HkOlIcCCvoohEpjxfHMhzFn_qILIBFJUUKj4rJsPAK1qxcKhMdZNYDLHWdqyzv_Kr0-fcogSJY/s4000/20230510_220351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDH_YS09PEQexhbFhuFrW64oSXjCdbXJ0iUezm-IUg6x7x1gkaOxeMBC0sNUlE5rBcMR4qOLAZsfaTLkIbNhRRE-ZqqDVFbcg_hMgglBmidtnhCJ_H5HkOlIcCCvoohEpjxfHMhzFn_qILIBFJUUKj4rJsPAK1qxcKhMdZNYDLHWdqyzv_Kr0-fcogSJY/w225-h400/20230510_220351.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOSpYZW5SFEc8_RdZz9QY8zBaanWDcdxSuL6_t7ZOPCMFx8pOhF4NW7QCAIePYz2hghGcz_XBwSrAgJfZQDCYasT2Ovql-02fWpeQJRulhCohWyjSVaEBpqyyt9FpClmpab1MjD5QoOgzkHkOdYdqEKtI2xH2gt7mFQn0cZa3rzfJi3uvPz0_eJzCXvE/s4000/20230510_220355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOSpYZW5SFEc8_RdZz9QY8zBaanWDcdxSuL6_t7ZOPCMFx8pOhF4NW7QCAIePYz2hghGcz_XBwSrAgJfZQDCYasT2Ovql-02fWpeQJRulhCohWyjSVaEBpqyyt9FpClmpab1MjD5QoOgzkHkOdYdqEKtI2xH2gt7mFQn0cZa3rzfJi3uvPz0_eJzCXvE/w225-h400/20230510_220355.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><p>And then all of a sudden it was the next morning.<br />Went down to breakfast (<i>cos I was in posh section</i>) and had a chat with <b>Andy Pinkard </b>for a while.<br />Then it was back to the room, grab bag, do a paranoia check of literally everywhere, and hop off the train to meet <b>Martin</b>, who had travelled up in seated cattle class. (<i>NEVER AGAIN! he said</i>).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>A couple of breakfast window train views. <br />The weather forecast was looking great!</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JENlB46ENgSPOFX_1qwgoUjyW0z07d7Knshharm-mOepP8MYbWfMjS9K8-m1Ms7nqgXlnGSG_QxbxNnLbptfqpwClCVov4QfIwBtlVdyd2jempmxywBnr5XiCpkdNiOY9IuZNFGyVoy1rFNxpJwSeLikQf96TConXdiEYwvzB5rK5eTr_b4YYcG4D5o/s4000/20230511_090424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7JENlB46ENgSPOFX_1qwgoUjyW0z07d7Knshharm-mOepP8MYbWfMjS9K8-m1Ms7nqgXlnGSG_QxbxNnLbptfqpwClCVov4QfIwBtlVdyd2jempmxywBnr5XiCpkdNiOY9IuZNFGyVoy1rFNxpJwSeLikQf96TConXdiEYwvzB5rK5eTr_b4YYcG4D5o/w640-h360/20230511_090424.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdvpqoz_9pFJ3MTjhqJ7I18lDCwhBopHrJEnGG7T_rhqUow0Smp1lwxFpjWeZIRm4xTQne6_f6VogNXu2QpzDpOwxHt04h7jbm4YndPb8cMtvOv446dzQoMEjdyxPdBHE8Xv7-U2xu6L3lBIjK5Yan0jXWbOrlt--k8HHOD6-_Swft3E4t7UXnZKrTzY/s4000/20230511_090426.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbdvpqoz_9pFJ3MTjhqJ7I18lDCwhBopHrJEnGG7T_rhqUow0Smp1lwxFpjWeZIRm4xTQne6_f6VogNXu2QpzDpOwxHt04h7jbm4YndPb8cMtvOv446dzQoMEjdyxPdBHE8Xv7-U2xu6L3lBIjK5Yan0jXWbOrlt--k8HHOD6-_Swft3E4t7UXnZKrTzY/w640-h360/20230511_090426.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnb1cu5-RbH56S0mXwLAOk5_cEGQ0eW5XUhOcZ135UpttmSI3C7e0IeZlbSjusJL0o0N5rrUtZp0FwTxgyagxImkGG49jBDJcTuHncuT4N-uqScaimNSKgS52g0-CFxcgggX96Ihw2kxmOEMPNrvGlJ9aXdLpkACworSaO5SLoQ6ZX5eK_KsF_JWe4bo/s4000/20230511_091026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnb1cu5-RbH56S0mXwLAOk5_cEGQ0eW5XUhOcZ135UpttmSI3C7e0IeZlbSjusJL0o0N5rrUtZp0FwTxgyagxImkGG49jBDJcTuHncuT4N-uqScaimNSKgS52g0-CFxcgggX96Ihw2kxmOEMPNrvGlJ9aXdLpkACworSaO5SLoQ6ZX5eK_KsF_JWe4bo/w640-h360/20230511_091026.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNqlRIp5n_HDitFQlW_iIvWdB4OkLbBs8DX1gDY_g0WMmAaCp53ikxp1uGYXiSKjysiXtSG2i1sUfDOa7lxyPJHjYpqehTjP4Y7w-QDI862ywlH7NbvpmewOSy6mAyCw6Q9Kgjj6pdKhx0M3UosZ2NJEpdufzTdZOlCg-1Vwo8eKeWLTxm_h9MyWswyQ/s4000/20230511_091032.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNqlRIp5n_HDitFQlW_iIvWdB4OkLbBs8DX1gDY_g0WMmAaCp53ikxp1uGYXiSKjysiXtSG2i1sUfDOa7lxyPJHjYpqehTjP4Y7w-QDI862ywlH7NbvpmewOSy6mAyCw6Q9Kgjj6pdKhx0M3UosZ2NJEpdufzTdZOlCg-1Vwo8eKeWLTxm_h9MyWswyQ/w640-h360/20230511_091032.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Not having his own personal toilet, he used one in the station, and then outside to meet <b>Lindsay</b>.<br />I haven't mentioned <b>Lindsay</b>. However, we were intending to catch a bus about <b>13.50 to Shiel Bridge</b>.<br />Then Lindsay mentioned that she had driven up, and so the day before we had arranged to cadge a lift.<br />Thus we met up, stashed our stuff in her car, and all went off for a breakfast wander around<br /><b>Fort William,</b> and then later a slow sightseeing drive to <b>Shiel Bridge.</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4Jp8XS2zz7hkOXip7pYYOfcMNKczSO4Oeib92rykEEvDQIUWBHq1Q4nsa6Miez115TZ3T5pxini2H4923XbBTGBXZ6QBL612FbEUSOk5dpDRW1OkOC4uQsbPd4UPHK9Ug_i4k5UDxSI0RorGPMw-Xur7lX6BAQx136bMoqsRjuVPS_rMe4oN6IGSQJw/s4000/20230511_105246.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4Jp8XS2zz7hkOXip7pYYOfcMNKczSO4Oeib92rykEEvDQIUWBHq1Q4nsa6Miez115TZ3T5pxini2H4923XbBTGBXZ6QBL612FbEUSOk5dpDRW1OkOC4uQsbPd4UPHK9Ug_i4k5UDxSI0RorGPMw-Xur7lX6BAQx136bMoqsRjuVPS_rMe4oN6IGSQJw/w225-h400/20230511_105246.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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MUCH.... <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2145600165749866/posts/3206713969638475" target="_blank">Pierre's Journey</a><br /><br />So, Pub it was.<br />Sadly all the pictures of this evening (well, most of them) are gone 😭😭<br /><br />Oh and Saskia did ask me if I was the <b>LEGEND Andrew Walker</b> <br />Obviously, she is now my favourite person on the TGOC bar none!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />I reckon more infamous than Legend, but I'll take that.<br /><br />It was a great evening.<br />An evening during which <b>Dave</b> the beaver was Knighted as <b>Sir Dave</b> by the reverend David Albon.<br /><br />Got a lift back to the YHA with Lindsay, whilst attempting to drop Pierre off at the campsite.<br />Not that he was 100% sure where it was by then, so our route involved a track, turning round and then going the right way.<br />Then back to hostel.<br />Lindsay was going to pick us up in the morning to go to the start point.<br /><br />It was destiny.<br /><br />And so we went to sleep land.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>OFFICIALLY DAY 1 - </u></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Shiel Bridge to Alltbiethe YHA via Beinn Fhada {Munro 1} (23.6km, 1335m)</u></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>OH... 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As luck would have it, it was shut. God forbid, her pack was big enough anyway.<br /><b>Dave </b>was perched on the outside. I think he was navigating.<br />Actually, was he even there? Had he gone with Pierre?<br />We parted company with Lindsay a bit past <b>Morvich </b>as she was heading up <b>Gleann Lichd</b> and we were bound for <b>Abhainn Chonaig, Gleann Choinnechain</b> and then the climb up to <b>Beinn Fhada.</b><br /><br />All I can say is, this was a lot further than I remembered.<br />OK, last time was on my 10th<b> </b> and we never made the top due to snow and ice.<br />It was going to GO this time.<br />We stopped a few times on route to rest feet and to get water.<br /><b>IT WAS A ****ING HOT</b> day already, and we would hit the top at the hottest part.. 🤦</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not many pics here sadly but I still have a few from the summit.<br />The pictures won't do it justice, as they were stunning.<br />Probably some of the best 360° views I have seen.<br /><br />Here they are in a random order, as some are mine that had been uploaded to FB and some are Martin's.<br />As I say, enjoy what there is, and next time I am not doing this route.<br /><br />I mention this having been to Bill's 79th Birthday and fallen and broken 2 ribs along the edge of <b>LochCallater </b>🙈🤦🤦<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">Despite the heat, it was quite windy on the summit, so we started to head along the ridge.<br />Weirdly at times because of the shape, you can catch glimpses of <b>Alltbeithe Hostel</b>, but for about 2½ hrs it never actually gets any bloody nearer.<br /><br />What I will say is that this is an absolute <b>beaut </b>of a route (<i>in good weather</i>).<br />Well worth putting on day 1 of your TGOC.<br /><br />Somewhere past <b>Sgurr a Dubh Doire </b>we bumped into <b>Jotaro </b>and <b>Chris</b>. ( <i>I hope his name is Chris as I walked all of day 3 with him... </i>)<br /><br />For much of this there is a reasonably visible track, although not always distinct.<br />The final descent down to the end of the <b>Gleann Lichd</b> track and to the footbridge is totally off piste.<br />It would be a lot less fun in clag.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmI8amcgfdv9d-ijS1K2BgDNyAsQcet-zfpSX_UsDypOGtTQq_IEHPJ4Ivn4WNFTjSiTzY0klpoRhyR0SW2gjJesXq4Pj_p5D5u1D2yYanGdIfU4xpoat1g_gyng9QQIPZsq7XYH54rYBMpsRXtiMUCO04vFnucCq2TkjHrd0NQJudTkO3Y_JST53QkU/s1492/map%201b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="1492" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmI8amcgfdv9d-ijS1K2BgDNyAsQcet-zfpSX_UsDypOGtTQq_IEHPJ4Ivn4WNFTjSiTzY0klpoRhyR0SW2gjJesXq4Pj_p5D5u1D2yYanGdIfU4xpoat1g_gyng9QQIPZsq7XYH54rYBMpsRXtiMUCO04vFnucCq2TkjHrd0NQJudTkO3Y_JST53QkU/w640-h208/map%201b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />As we got to the bridge before the hostel, we bumped into <b>Tony and Lee. </b>Lee was not having a good day.<br />After a chat and a check, we headed to the hostel.<br />I was booked in, but Martin was heading further up the Glen, as we had different plans for tomorrow.<div><br /></div><div>I cannot remember the name of the guy running the hostel, but he was a good chap, and at the time of running, rushed off his feet.<br />So I bought 2 bottles of coke to drink and then waited to book in.<br />Martin headed off, and eventually I booked in and moved my stuff into the bunkhouse at the rear.<br />It was going to be heaving tonight.<br />Luckily I had a meal to cook on my stove as there was no food for sale.</div><div><br /><b>OHHHHH for the wonderful Hannah and her scones and soup and tea and coffee.</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWx0NVQjzgNoLeufOrMX2ODHuAp1OtO78-a8onsf9meZOhrKhwykqQE1-FE7F4ozrxUdeuoisVibPBRwCK7xC4YEHFmzx03g1QWw4EMYUd51AH11CWsYd4KXdGyxNmPjxQOBlJUzlK7G9ZbVGdkUEE9JLA4qiDRR0aFtDg4MvGBQW3Hamqp-lv2Y4qUk/s4618/IMG_20230512_174100.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3464" data-original-width="4618" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWx0NVQjzgNoLeufOrMX2ODHuAp1OtO78-a8onsf9meZOhrKhwykqQE1-FE7F4ozrxUdeuoisVibPBRwCK7xC4YEHFmzx03g1QWw4EMYUd51AH11CWsYd4KXdGyxNmPjxQOBlJUzlK7G9ZbVGdkUEE9JLA4qiDRR0aFtDg4MvGBQW3Hamqp-lv2Y4qUk/w640-h480/IMG_20230512_174100.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I seem to remember it was quite a good night.<br />NOT that good but good.</div><div><br /></div><div>Gave a chap from the US some rehydration tabs as he was looking well peaky. IMHO, he had mild heat stroke. He seemed better by the next morning, and made it to Cougie OK.<br />When it's hot, get a hat on, and most importantly, sunscreen and <b>LOTS OF WATER.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>There was some concern about <b>Jackie Clark, </b>who finally turned up around 22.00 after a very slow day up Gleann Lichd.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not much snoring, unless I did.<br />So it was to be a reasonably early start tomorrow as I had a plan to go high.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>DAY 2 - Alltbiethe YHA to Cougie via NOT the intended route (25.3km, 580m)</u></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></b></div><div><span>And so with NO bloody pictures to talk of today, here I was heading down the track to <b>Athnamuloch</b>.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-6WnHEmQiuR0A5MvfQm3XSeBaui10kvXWaF5mmmZzSbP7X3bxDQhcsVJp5Fpc187RkrwYBe6dGC2uPwttID1Ss0Yz1qWyRjDP1efjYwrPnIOjiafp3dhU9Nd7iCsFuwlTYde7AkD9Wi633OfQ7_4bjoEnL1O1kL6UFE0w9-sngzSY9MNaeARUUcdkZA/s1282/Map%202a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="731" data-original-width="1282" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-6WnHEmQiuR0A5MvfQm3XSeBaui10kvXWaF5mmmZzSbP7X3bxDQhcsVJp5Fpc187RkrwYBe6dGC2uPwttID1Ss0Yz1qWyRjDP1efjYwrPnIOjiafp3dhU9Nd7iCsFuwlTYde7AkD9Wi633OfQ7_4bjoEnL1O1kL6UFE0w9-sngzSY9MNaeARUUcdkZA/w640-h364/Map%202a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bHPWhO0uK49qrI-aO6lD6Wo6TTiF2TPqixxKDDRhjELMwCYSst86oHUJ74-1GOHM7pVmB_2fvzX6eUquMiDXa9o0JpbSWtzkrMyMIIzMFNrF9Zlkn0-M35XNoRWcrmSjLzbgH14ScELFH0jaH45BByMVy8HO3nG0YZIDRBKvh-vjqEHfxvsgK8Copzc/s1469/Profile%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="1469" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bHPWhO0uK49qrI-aO6lD6Wo6TTiF2TPqixxKDDRhjELMwCYSst86oHUJ74-1GOHM7pVmB_2fvzX6eUquMiDXa9o0JpbSWtzkrMyMIIzMFNrF9Zlkn0-M35XNoRWcrmSjLzbgH14ScELFH0jaH45BByMVy8HO3nG0YZIDRBKvh-vjqEHfxvsgK8Copzc/w640-h214/Profile%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div>It's a bit of a fag of a walk but I walked much of it to the bridge with a fine chap from the USA.<br />I think it was <b>Tyler</b>... ???? 🤷<br /><br />I had written down a list of all the names as notes on my phone so I would remember them when the time came to do the blog.<br /><br /><i>Phone.... The one in a sodding mystery location near Dubh Loch... 🙈🤦</i></div><div><br /></div><div>He stopped at the bridge and I bumbled over, stopping for a chat with a young lad (<i>about 20min</i>) who was waiting to go up to Camban Bothy as part of the work party.<br /><br />Eventually off I toddled, looking for a path, but then giving up and just heading across the rufty tufty to find the track at the far side. It was my intended route to eventually go up to <b>Carn a Choire Ghairbh</b> and then follow the river down to the track and thus to <b>Cougie</b>.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2X0Jhh8gIoMJzk2Sx66qfuSTqAif0wlBrRJPcO8kay1qcTbOzL4w3JGo6a7wsl7VI_LsADEpG7DCxu1HrqXwwoXdTCk65iGy-oq9IogEpx3KVrjRMnmXYi_-orqJjwB8-fFeob0VlRUizaPOB2ktepbOhVG1WCI0zSN1aFuYZqOAaYmWAzefag6dUU10/s1629/Map%202b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="1629" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2X0Jhh8gIoMJzk2Sx66qfuSTqAif0wlBrRJPcO8kay1qcTbOzL4w3JGo6a7wsl7VI_LsADEpG7DCxu1HrqXwwoXdTCk65iGy-oq9IogEpx3KVrjRMnmXYi_-orqJjwB8-fFeob0VlRUizaPOB2ktepbOhVG1WCI0zSN1aFuYZqOAaYmWAzefag6dUU10/w640-h170/Map%202b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A nice track out, despite the heat, and the section of collapsed road that involved a bit of bog.<br />However, when I eventually got out to the cut off point there were 2 things blatantly obvious.<br /><br /><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>The route over to the start of the climb was tufty grass and a total bog all the way, so this was going to be bloody hard work and wet foot to get to.</li><li>More importantly though it was also obvious from looking, that what had appeared as a steep climb up, was in fact a really overgrown wet green coloured gorge.<br />The sort of thing that totally knackers you until the point that you slip and die.</li></ol>As you can see from the map, I did ponder it, and even ventured into the wet land of misery twice.<div>Eventually however I had stern words with myself.<br />It was going to be a pain in the arse, maybe worse, and I wanted to get to Cougie, as I had a bed and a meal waiting there.<br /><br />With common sense prevailing (a rare thing), I returned up the track to where I had come across.<br />That was going to be 6km and 1¾ hrs of my life that I would NEVER get back... 🤷<br /><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcIAa6JnSGIAoouCHAvDHtYWZdbSmpLRggy5qi4fsNMJ5KCIoWOKV28g1xpSSJXFLkxiBXLwp6rlNxjt4ct3WgJHuku8i35VabKDnhXkJu17KaMIJFAIohGDXZ6A35TC-eokvECDgz-n4hwywnupM_2qwH07__984JqwRod1w1utXzBmCgnQd9vRVLYE/s1640/Map%202c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="1640" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcIAa6JnSGIAoouCHAvDHtYWZdbSmpLRggy5qi4fsNMJ5KCIoWOKV28g1xpSSJXFLkxiBXLwp6rlNxjt4ct3WgJHuku8i35VabKDnhXkJu17KaMIJFAIohGDXZ6A35TC-eokvECDgz-n4hwywnupM_2qwH07__984JqwRod1w1utXzBmCgnQd9vRVLYE/w640-h182/Map%202c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><br /><div>And so I trudged in heat, stopping for water where possible, all the way back and along the track to the Cougie cut off.<br /><br />Also, somehow wandering up the track, I say track, it's a narrow somewhat overgrown track, I totally missed the small bridge across, and ended up going up what seemed like a never ending track.<br />It was going in roughly the right direction, and I could have cut off right, but I thought...<br />Bugger it, let's see where it goes. Hoping it wouldn't end up at some horrid barbed wire fence and a a wade through a river.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSQPDlGjSi4a9IBu44jvrDtrBsCdjQKXOzQ4sJ2Ek-Kqw_YhUEDzu3kPVF3GcLw5gBMHSack4rhGxQQGEwteu1Qrp6d-O82a6Ijv1ud4knTu07L5gPFDRvie2Vwt501QmeGVkogNIub0929cO6lNFD-y7yrS5PHN6DOOvOjHuwoKhXimtrNN1Lukykto/s814/map%202d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="814" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSQPDlGjSi4a9IBu44jvrDtrBsCdjQKXOzQ4sJ2Ek-Kqw_YhUEDzu3kPVF3GcLw5gBMHSack4rhGxQQGEwteu1Qrp6d-O82a6Ijv1ud4knTu07L5gPFDRvie2Vwt501QmeGVkogNIub0929cO6lNFD-y7yrS5PHN6DOOvOjHuwoKhXimtrNN1Lukykto/w640-h618/map%202d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Well, as luck would have it, all was well, and I arrived at the main track to Cougie.<br /><br />It was still ****ing hot, and when I eventually got to <b>Loch nan Gillean</b>, I stopped for water.<br />Not in the loch, but in the little feeder stream.</div><div>This must be the place where all the sodding midges were waiting, because by the time I had the water and was back to my rucksack, the annoying little bastards were out nibbling away.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgkoDyZDS7zqVc5cgNBg-A8QZHGvLL4Mi11GgLt8JXWHXQoQAg251xxYONCovsEVpDHbVsINgNx7KErq9Zir97qAKZlIIuD_xfrJFDOgK30j_hb2T2bAsmPV_1MJSo4tCOUYgqot2loRDBrcUoGNvJ-bC0AARWXhh9Z1mHBOlJET-vCg0MSXAnKlEmmk/s1705/FB_IMG_1685001118946.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1705" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgkoDyZDS7zqVc5cgNBg-A8QZHGvLL4Mi11GgLt8JXWHXQoQAg251xxYONCovsEVpDHbVsINgNx7KErq9Zir97qAKZlIIuD_xfrJFDOgK30j_hb2T2bAsmPV_1MJSo4tCOUYgqot2loRDBrcUoGNvJ-bC0AARWXhh9Z1mHBOlJET-vCg0MSXAnKlEmmk/w640-h360/FB_IMG_1685001118946.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br />I chucked the water down my neck, pack on and went up the track at pace to find some breeze.<br />About 50m did it than God, and they all ****ed off to annoy someone else.</div><div>Why someone can't make a midge bomb and send it to Russia I don't know.</div><div><br /></div><div>And then as if by magic, I was at the wonderful oasis of utter loveliness that is <b>Cougie</b>.</div><div>I hadn't been here since <b>2017 </b>when <b>Mel's </b>dad <b>Brian </b>was still alive.<br />They have had a tough few years over <b>covid</b>, but it was great to be back and see smiling faces.<br />And as ever, they did us proud.<br /><br />Sadly no pictures of the evening here which is a shame.<br />If anyone has any, please send them too me to add.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was a lovely evening, great company as ever, good food, and they had beer.<br />Plus my mini parcel.</div><div><br /></div><div>And that is all I am going to write.<br />Mainly because I have forgotten anything else, and I am still sad at the loss of all those pictures.</div><div><br /></div><div>But hehho...<br />Tomorrow is another day, and I was headed to Fort Augustus.<br /><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">YEP... You are correct.<br />By the end of day 3, I would still have NOT used a tent! 😀😀</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-55932641431467729612022-08-04T02:02:00.006+01:002022-08-04T11:24:14.253+01:00TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links Days 13 & 14 - Tarfside to the Coast via Edzell<div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Days 13 & 14 - Tarfside to the Coast via Edzell</u></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>And nay, the end was in sight.</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xDLQlzTf9Mw" width="320" youtube-src-id="xDLQlzTf9Mw"></iframe></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Day 13 - Tarfside to Northwater bridge via Edzell (<i>27.2km 245m</i>)</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggK2jhYBue-5U8f7k06u0pf8GE5d1XSzHDeKtrb7u__S_QPCLvVN00e4ZlJHOO0VsOkQLTh69yXz5tEuo-Am2lbwj7NNDAq1fqDUPJK2Fe8ay3BBRaZSdTG-m6i3KQmdBvUIhasW9vZrJK2FkwNBJUqQOTNvKfJtkgYo-sj3jX4ff1KbMcSqHjR4f/s1354/Map%2013a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1354" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggK2jhYBue-5U8f7k06u0pf8GE5d1XSzHDeKtrb7u__S_QPCLvVN00e4ZlJHOO0VsOkQLTh69yXz5tEuo-Am2lbwj7NNDAq1fqDUPJK2Fe8ay3BBRaZSdTG-m6i3KQmdBvUIhasW9vZrJK2FkwNBJUqQOTNvKfJtkgYo-sj3jX4ff1KbMcSqHjR4f/w640-h404/Map%2013a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULDGUzBkWDMUJOtF0PfxN0l2v_si6Ql1XS_qwkrHXXgAd-f4nWaeOn-w636yGWdBa6DLVRkqQN6D0-JzLg97FJXMyZCrM97mc5hRt_yO2umsjAxlq4Ejv02Ezo1w867bRgnCwPqSaV1DAaZRywxP3riMhkFxnyIWE1ZDRGD3AxwG5HLPCcPVep5Us/s976/Map%2013b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="976" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULDGUzBkWDMUJOtF0PfxN0l2v_si6Ql1XS_qwkrHXXgAd-f4nWaeOn-w636yGWdBa6DLVRkqQN6D0-JzLg97FJXMyZCrM97mc5hRt_yO2umsjAxlq4Ejv02Ezo1w867bRgnCwPqSaV1DAaZRywxP3riMhkFxnyIWE1ZDRGD3AxwG5HLPCcPVep5Us/w640-h598/Map%2013b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3WbLMlVKpHxY94QpQWMb3t6i1tHBemV-181mH4wBkw4ahP9hq_pMF0erzHNzHYERbC_ojXo5ZQIdMDTEPZKQiLl7QcNLdHxjEB5oO48gP-W_ja5J8JqLnhNhQSte_iGjz3xfR9LsfHqJqEdiuzYBhmpPdiL-7LT_LhAI5gS33lr9Joig4RJ9-lCZ/s1403/Profile%2013.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="1403" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia3WbLMlVKpHxY94QpQWMb3t6i1tHBemV-181mH4wBkw4ahP9hq_pMF0erzHNzHYERbC_ojXo5ZQIdMDTEPZKQiLl7QcNLdHxjEB5oO48gP-W_ja5J8JqLnhNhQSte_iGjz3xfR9LsfHqJqEdiuzYBhmpPdiL-7LT_LhAI5gS33lr9Joig4RJ9-lCZ/w640-h214/Profile%2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My original plan was to wade the river and then go via the <b>Hills of Wirren</b>.<br />OK, TBH, I have done this before, and it is s a lovely route to do solo.<br /><br /><b>But...</b><div><br /></div><div>The forecast was low(<i>ish</i>) cloud and some rain.<br />And <b>Martin </b>still had a sore calf.</div><div>And.....</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I decided that as he'd never done it, and we'd done hills last 2 days, I'd be tour operator and we'd just bimble down the road, over the bridge and have a scenic walk via <b>Esk</b> and then the <b>Rocks of Solitude</b> into <b>Edzell </b>, where we can buy pies and beer and have coffee and a rest before that bloody awful road trek down to the campsite.<br />TBH, it isn't that bad anyway.<br /><p style="text-align: left;">So, we had a reasonably leisurely breakfast, that may have involved Bacon Rolls and Tea, paid up our bills (<i>well, some of it, I had to pay the extra £10 when I got to <b>Montrose</b></i>) because for some reason, going to the Mason's last night had unexpectedly drained my cash resources.</p><p style="text-align: left;">And so after some breakfast banter <b>Martin</b> and I set off down the road, with a visit to the Church. I have walked past it a lot over the years, but hadn't been inside since <b>1995</b>, my first TGOC, when <b>Mrs Guthrie</b> used to run the hostel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuKlIbp1VloY9K5S-p68FO3pFrjB1fm7zjtvEtqxoSEVA237hn_bUtNDsVbj-N3Ze9dTceWNk7poKU7bC9HaLhbijROnM4PdKJd08Pf7wCCZws0TnJptf_yQO4xp4zDT1jpyATNxwRPyNVNp3TUow4q0_JA2-mIBAPBHXjlNygOuj-I5mz-DQVsu7/s4000/20220524_084404.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmuKlIbp1VloY9K5S-p68FO3pFrjB1fm7zjtvEtqxoSEVA237hn_bUtNDsVbj-N3Ze9dTceWNk7poKU7bC9HaLhbijROnM4PdKJd08Pf7wCCZws0TnJptf_yQO4xp4zDT1jpyATNxwRPyNVNp3TUow4q0_JA2-mIBAPBHXjlNygOuj-I5mz-DQVsu7/w360-h640/20220524_084404.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXDZkb4-mXM3WRwfyeveDqMhwx90ITVNsYU8dHy-2Dww5XaK10CKVrENNm7d3xPbErjJTsR-8HLwxsWIAU22NcHa6uACe11u7gK1hJNpnaqfPITqaneOdW5V83yndJ2qFHNhNoJSNvJKJ5AZM-My_BoUwa0pt_sVDLnvP5M_jN_ECJ7tBRHPSwjLx/s4000/20220524_084504.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Oh well, at least we wouldn't have to look at those really spooky pictures that hung on the walls.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaL-9T8seNKQgg-2qS0mBNkXH0bhIER8Th5DeFzO-v02yPFKZdOVNztKZpJlagSUgZOv2oErm6uUr3xrsM_nBySiPDZKBMTYcpUFMfDLp--jMfDfrjCVHyvhbh2pPRyHqAflaqG14sFkf1_y9Rn0cWUFpicqY9yhcjkQXWBM3hDIpuWKgWPu-7MNex/s4000/20220524_085628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaL-9T8seNKQgg-2qS0mBNkXH0bhIER8Th5DeFzO-v02yPFKZdOVNztKZpJlagSUgZOv2oErm6uUr3xrsM_nBySiPDZKBMTYcpUFMfDLp--jMfDfrjCVHyvhbh2pPRyHqAflaqG14sFkf1_y9Rn0cWUFpicqY9yhcjkQXWBM3hDIpuWKgWPu-7MNex/w640-h360/20220524_085628.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'm sure this had nothing to do with anything consumed. No sir. I'm a good boy I am.<br />Must have been tiredness 😬.......<br />Honest!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7E4UxjqSHen2PN8Y07b5Kk0hghAHhEdLD4YFeCmZ_x6myZ7j5NkcWjG2GgXkwkaQCq61GimQRCacgNnhMGrNF16jTnv8UGPoyfYgMam9YPfjSoea2HLJ3Ye7R_YIkU1E0atsMnNwN_gWam-cyktx11bcbKFhASKTxcu1zbjMWbNyeIj2NUqPw53D/s4032/296455565_736128031018035_150745657341287298_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7E4UxjqSHen2PN8Y07b5Kk0hghAHhEdLD4YFeCmZ_x6myZ7j5NkcWjG2GgXkwkaQCq61GimQRCacgNnhMGrNF16jTnv8UGPoyfYgMam9YPfjSoea2HLJ3Ye7R_YIkU1E0atsMnNwN_gWam-cyktx11bcbKFhASKTxcu1zbjMWbNyeIj2NUqPw53D/w640-h302/296455565_736128031018035_150745657341287298_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4CUayf8HyhOAaZMhQoLlU_a0Rdj8167tneyQIN2rKEAhkki9HWNpUGhyjUeHYaNbip3Uj9ZpMV2O-pMR_4UgAvqGfckvCTKWzHeamf9QY2-o1AB__8ATiLPwsTQ5Y4HKDYUaDR8E2XtJPWEyIEqoPK553uhgfX8HS0x5H-gDvcIqOBUjcC12Hbr2/s3648/296769565_426998092540125_2403067657620859833_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm4CUayf8HyhOAaZMhQoLlU_a0Rdj8167tneyQIN2rKEAhkki9HWNpUGhyjUeHYaNbip3Uj9ZpMV2O-pMR_4UgAvqGfckvCTKWzHeamf9QY2-o1AB__8ATiLPwsTQ5Y4HKDYUaDR8E2XtJPWEyIEqoPK553uhgfX8HS0x5H-gDvcIqOBUjcC12Hbr2/w640-h480/296769565_426998092540125_2403067657620859833_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A rare moment when I was vertical and OK.<br />It was the bloody standing up that was the catalyst </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Day 14 - Northwater bridge to Montrose via Kinnaber Links<br /> (17.9km, 122m)</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>NO, I'LL SAY THAT AGAIN! </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">£5 ........................ 😲</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>I shit you NOT! KERR-CHING!</b></div><div><br /></div><div>These were brand new.<br />Never worn.<br />They even had the unused waterproof phone case in the pocket.<br /><br />Yep.....<br />These are my TGOC 202? trousers.<br />They were much better than the pair of <b>Decathlon Cut-Offs </b>that I had crossed in.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietmpErEEXWQUZ4yBIA830PP3ci4CdQs_Mwet1I7g_BrY_J8TgEut0Bvy-Z2FIQqa0b8s5NqwrH-WMOV3joPuoCvhp0KUjEOjr0ajhtYVkT2v8mLeMXtLBrGg5Y7c3_7r6gJMq4RQb5Wj8DujIGtDgzGPW-3KG9i66JAvLWI7Ur-5FfO54ouxVXZZ7/s4000/20220803_172319.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietmpErEEXWQUZ4yBIA830PP3ci4CdQs_Mwet1I7g_BrY_J8TgEut0Bvy-Z2FIQqa0b8s5NqwrH-WMOV3joPuoCvhp0KUjEOjr0ajhtYVkT2v8mLeMXtLBrGg5Y7c3_7r6gJMq4RQb5Wj8DujIGtDgzGPW-3KG9i66JAvLWI7Ur-5FfO54ouxVXZZ7/w360-h640/20220803_172319.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBq-F8HmuFHPNAsA8WVYK34Na6OSTLu-zakQzksm9w9xv7pXSplcv6K_TgSB7pqA9Oam1tYojOutw1TJ94_C1_4IlGh5tQD5OawLBI2c3sz10eePVZl4f2qFhLRTo1VSw2r-th-c7v7nrSHJutBbG40b6UILiAX41Vxrj09yj1FrjDWWHc0Ea6N7A/s4000/20220803_172339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBq-F8HmuFHPNAsA8WVYK34Na6OSTLu-zakQzksm9w9xv7pXSplcv6K_TgSB7pqA9Oam1tYojOutw1TJ94_C1_4IlGh5tQD5OawLBI2c3sz10eePVZl4f2qFhLRTo1VSw2r-th-c7v7nrSHJutBbG40b6UILiAX41Vxrj09yj1FrjDWWHc0Ea6N7A/w360-h640/20220803_172339.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdcJsNtvoBpacTH5QF23UZ_jT7aWvxDEIy-3Iqx7dOxsCXUF4tOp91bGXP3oyzHlwME2G2qcS4Oox4G3Q1jFPbxTAFjsWEFRDy-o7gIeCRTwmG5ZhHY37TmI0S9qiv1UuXt07DMFZKYLhydyja9AA0a2c_5h4bO64-zoXpFCMHgwt2vNMU52-44cz/s4000/20220803_172325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdcJsNtvoBpacTH5QF23UZ_jT7aWvxDEIy-3Iqx7dOxsCXUF4tOp91bGXP3oyzHlwME2G2qcS4Oox4G3Q1jFPbxTAFjsWEFRDy-o7gIeCRTwmG5ZhHY37TmI0S9qiv1UuXt07DMFZKYLhydyja9AA0a2c_5h4bO64-zoXpFCMHgwt2vNMU52-44cz/w640-h360/20220803_172325.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>And thus it was time for a trip to the bar, and the meal.<br />AND... To Watch <b>Gordon</b> get his <b>10th</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>I did warn him they had moved from Whisky to Prosecco the year I did mine.<br />Progress is NOT ALWAYS GOOD is all I'm saying.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNimCT6Bn7uLx7oVfKoxcEGUtRDBixQyVleoY91e9clTrgnR6kqJsQppnCFlQ1WfumKlptf5s5HAUsA0_GPviU5_jxXL7i_ldT7LnDnlE6s7VbriAYH-aiaoLZ-66xVPVsjmm2vcNHKb1vgqJ497Yx5no_9uh9to_6jELcGPZkbwYCHQwVwGNDbmZB/s4000/20220525_191754.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNimCT6Bn7uLx7oVfKoxcEGUtRDBixQyVleoY91e9clTrgnR6kqJsQppnCFlQ1WfumKlptf5s5HAUsA0_GPviU5_jxXL7i_ldT7LnDnlE6s7VbriAYH-aiaoLZ-66xVPVsjmm2vcNHKb1vgqJ497Yx5no_9uh9to_6jELcGPZkbwYCHQwVwGNDbmZB/w360-h640/20220525_191754.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracy</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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You can actually get a drink inside of an hour</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. You can actually hear yourself think.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjzj4D4aoUbep_2XnqLs2KsrHkWKenpWEp51h8IuPk449CWtoqJ5zIWgw0mTTVrLnkNq_tqfN-vVrOfLJoUSXW_VTJX2y9nbn8gnjtNDGqPuFxPkSFOhCAFHnErEY0Jw_f7Zq0B7nKu2bH215kBMcYPMG8j9I3l29YKj4Px-W5T8R8QFzb1dYcH3t/s4000/20220525_233011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjzj4D4aoUbep_2XnqLs2KsrHkWKenpWEp51h8IuPk449CWtoqJ5zIWgw0mTTVrLnkNq_tqfN-vVrOfLJoUSXW_VTJX2y9nbn8gnjtNDGqPuFxPkSFOhCAFHnErEY0Jw_f7Zq0B7nKu2bH215kBMcYPMG8j9I3l29YKj4Px-W5T8R8QFzb1dYcH3t/w640-h360/20220525_233011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRCgYqmPtm0DPNsPjDTvBVvkk4wb_egv7TOpTlJ0aHutXTUIa5sPA_MomCoSfKfP_u7gpqGDC1eqICEJf_h9I36N0lh0WJQK9lKEO8GK0MntICtgvIruosw1G6iqcCrZil1H1gTvJ00wp6DtYECuVQLxSL61m2cNdCO5HFX5twMLL9qjxcjVi_2Gi/s4000/20220525_233017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRCgYqmPtm0DPNsPjDTvBVvkk4wb_egv7TOpTlJ0aHutXTUIa5sPA_MomCoSfKfP_u7gpqGDC1eqICEJf_h9I36N0lh0WJQK9lKEO8GK0MntICtgvIruosw1G6iqcCrZil1H1gTvJ00wp6DtYECuVQLxSL61m2cNdCO5HFX5twMLL9qjxcjVi_2Gi/w360-h640/20220525_233017.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5ElgVEHKCgeU1ovE_QXuHjb_adtaA-0lbSfsJlF45ETIpE4C7bj2lmKjLgX8w-BeVxRkVOtezlqlBF-wRuvEi53s3iCJR6Xe-m4pT-O9Ph0PnGtZTdsZmRF9QiCpLkm4OY5yUEjzITMxnlnPTYsr7X1OU1Q6LDwT3uzGHjDzaoC0OihuYGIDjozU/s4000/20220525_233022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5ElgVEHKCgeU1ovE_QXuHjb_adtaA-0lbSfsJlF45ETIpE4C7bj2lmKjLgX8w-BeVxRkVOtezlqlBF-wRuvEi53s3iCJR6Xe-m4pT-O9Ph0PnGtZTdsZmRF9QiCpLkm4OY5yUEjzITMxnlnPTYsr7X1OU1Q6LDwT3uzGHjDzaoC0OihuYGIDjozU/w640-h360/20220525_233022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #274e13;">A big thanks to <b>Martin </b>and <b>Carl </b>for some of the above pictures as my picture taking was a bit woeful. OK at <b>NWB </b>I have no fecking idea what happened anyway.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">And suddenly after all that it was all over!</span></b></div></b><div><br /></div><div>Then the next morning, breakfast, and on the way home.<br />The journey was OK, but nobody to chat to was a bit boring.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEF2WXYLP70GCy8QMAqofA982lfL2BRG1x8DJykCF4Quks3cfPNZbv2CNO04sd_1nKXQZ5jBFmoOMGbaGCkdbwZc93jNBn8GVUlRxSA_OQlTmgeolbxXESnBJd4xnRmgD51fKGijiXU2G6IimNZcHqVbv2hMeFF5tzhE2J2_yLT8W7KymyyhCh_qK7/s4000/20220526_082728.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEF2WXYLP70GCy8QMAqofA982lfL2BRG1x8DJykCF4Quks3cfPNZbv2CNO04sd_1nKXQZ5jBFmoOMGbaGCkdbwZc93jNBn8GVUlRxSA_OQlTmgeolbxXESnBJd4xnRmgD51fKGijiXU2G6IimNZcHqVbv2hMeFF5tzhE2J2_yLT8W7KymyyhCh_qK7/w640-h360/20220526_082728.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ILuh1c9t9Uo" width="320" youtube-src-id="ILuh1c9t9Uo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikQdoyCCDhyax3wCzd1q67pb1o8ewigpTK59vFVi40JRb1G_naFhISR0QCUO8vCnTduH3ZKxAmZ1WwmoTpqlZ_UhPXoB9TwRB9lJBeYaNv-Yrxv_1oMjWTZiTE3Q54_ArhHSh_q7wPhb_ho8SYDeMNwL8HY_3U3vx53visKhYgEG_sb66Dq_Hpmfc/s841/TGOC%20Song.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikQdoyCCDhyax3wCzd1q67pb1o8ewigpTK59vFVi40JRb1G_naFhISR0QCUO8vCnTduH3ZKxAmZ1WwmoTpqlZ_UhPXoB9TwRB9lJBeYaNv-Yrxv_1oMjWTZiTE3Q54_ArhHSh_q7wPhb_ho8SYDeMNwL8HY_3U3vx53visKhYgEG_sb66Dq_Hpmfc/s16000/TGOC%20Song.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;">See you all soon I hope </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;">** Up for Sale shortly... Watch the board..</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">Dan Durston X-Mid 2P (<i>2020 model</i>) mesh inner</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">Tarptent sil Notch (<i>2018 model with velcro door flaps</i>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">Tramplite 40L Pack (<i>19.5" C7 to Iliac crest, med belt - Rare as hens teeth</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-49334855913826125002022-07-12T20:03:00.001+01:002022-07-12T20:03:54.072+01:00<p style="text-align: center;"> <u style="text-align: center;"><b>TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links</b></u></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Day 12 - Glen Clova Hotel to Tarfside (<i>NOT the normal route</i>)</b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>27.5km (1131m)</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="512" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sd2EzQsZteA" width="640" youtube-src-id="Sd2EzQsZteA"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">This was a solo day again.</p><div>A new (<i>for me</i>) route to <b>Tarfside</b><br />AND.... As it turns out, one of my favourite days of this years challenge.<br /><br />Some days , it's just great to have a little bit of a cathartic adventure in just your own company.</div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTOZYa0geJ57Bb2ULOW9Pvcajrc0jzxbxfAUg4BqKwD_YwMO75G9BcAH9Mdyd28djE-yU8Vrf40v-pAlVTAWa059QnyTjDhw8ZQqemgPefB-e2DCHzoLoVW8hxOsR37cerRJORlXcmuDQWdQGhJ70NYuQeUZbbjq3PoQH8IXM-03xjPt8sAJVbmga/s1679/Map%2012a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1679" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTOZYa0geJ57Bb2ULOW9Pvcajrc0jzxbxfAUg4BqKwD_YwMO75G9BcAH9Mdyd28djE-yU8Vrf40v-pAlVTAWa059QnyTjDhw8ZQqemgPefB-e2DCHzoLoVW8hxOsR37cerRJORlXcmuDQWdQGhJ70NYuQeUZbbjq3PoQH8IXM-03xjPt8sAJVbmga/w640-h334/Map%2012a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMjoBkudIAMkmGwiZYBBTGW1UUr0oE5k9XUlny2JJYJ2BwgiVTz4kn45XRU2lAhuzGmfRpjScu4GwcY6Z5bS9RW93n0vxkjGZABMDx6Vn0_onUqFXOFwD1HVObet1UU4G-GfDeGA_6KuY52n018eVhobOYhDntGAczuirWjF6GeD86Q9WmVJk14ej/s1262/Map%2012b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1262" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMjoBkudIAMkmGwiZYBBTGW1UUr0oE5k9XUlny2JJYJ2BwgiVTz4kn45XRU2lAhuzGmfRpjScu4GwcY6Z5bS9RW93n0vxkjGZABMDx6Vn0_onUqFXOFwD1HVObet1UU4G-GfDeGA_6KuY52n018eVhobOYhDntGAczuirWjF6GeD86Q9WmVJk14ej/w640-h444/Map%2012b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWRKWyjH6yi9kAm9jZ9YiUkj-4RyNSO7WwcczUMmYK-RN5C98qfolkoXy4H_e7FPSZ9Fp8FrYlqC3pQaLE-023zAoIG_mTQgkiYcZTaId_WvGZfVlfdmusmPm4mtHnQPeHgHzyRjMJUYwVUEKE4BKqf1tKDTON1d2fI6KYj4XhPDNpkR8_eurJ7_z/s1395/Profile%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="1395" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWRKWyjH6yi9kAm9jZ9YiUkj-4RyNSO7WwcczUMmYK-RN5C98qfolkoXy4H_e7FPSZ9Fp8FrYlqC3pQaLE-023zAoIG_mTQgkiYcZTaId_WvGZfVlfdmusmPm4mtHnQPeHgHzyRjMJUYwVUEKE4BKqf1tKDTON1d2fI6KYj4XhPDNpkR8_eurJ7_z/w640-h225/Profile%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b>Did I have breakfast???</b><br />I think that was a <b>NO</b>.<br />A memory says I went down and <b>Craig </b>was having breakfast and I tried a bit of Pancake (<i>NOPE... Not for me again</i>) and the girl did me some coffee.<br />They didn't start breakfast until <b>09.00 </b>or some late hour 🙄🤷♂️<br />Or was that somewhere else????? <br /><br />Anyway, whatever the case, I left I think around <b>08.00</b> to <b>08.15 </b><br /><div><b>Craig</b> was on the trade route up to Brandy and over.<br /><br />I had a different agenda planned.<br /><br />Down the road a bit to take a track up to <b>Loch Wharral, Ben Tirran, The Goet, Black Shank, Shelin of Slaughs</b> and then over <b>Cruys </b>and some other bits to <b>Glen Effock</b> and then <b>Tarfside</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh.... Just look at the map for goodness sake.<br />If you click on it, it should get bigger.</div><div><br /></div><div>On the map, bits of it looked potentially very boggy and off-piste.<br />We will see.<br />At least my shoes and socks were dry at the start.<br /><br />AND........<br /><br />Would it rain?<br /><br />So, down the road it was...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIS68e81P33Zt_To79vMnktLgNsvOhp2lYOBzh4pAeMQ-CkKjH1cGJbeaVvmaHZRP8AYk1937TUPywLYQUouTjDUz0VY9o8VW9d6u3w_NfZxI0Y64w4PFOsmsPFQrWAoU_8IxPwfr-zOr4YBG0c6YT5F5DwzkZr80tpc8vgekQXWx62DKE8Fx0KcB/s4000/20220523_081308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIS68e81P33Zt_To79vMnktLgNsvOhp2lYOBzh4pAeMQ-CkKjH1cGJbeaVvmaHZRP8AYk1937TUPywLYQUouTjDUz0VY9o8VW9d6u3w_NfZxI0Y64w4PFOsmsPFQrWAoU_8IxPwfr-zOr4YBG0c6YT5F5DwzkZr80tpc8vgekQXWx62DKE8Fx0KcB/w640-h360/20220523_081308.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gGiDr41BSLELzVYF4XjEHj4XrsLdOWXUQ6BztC8lCGWbSJrdXYS6QzPo07Y95BSNaB9TCXMZw4y1FHYbzVawWSZWEx4V1wwYi-NavwMRY2PNvOqgFciefge8zzh7lMm4I8mvcPZwDWkGtyeN9s1mBUZMSdkfE0AmeyNv5E2644a0xOZXQNc7ibfK/s4000/20220523_081951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gGiDr41BSLELzVYF4XjEHj4XrsLdOWXUQ6BztC8lCGWbSJrdXYS6QzPo07Y95BSNaB9TCXMZw4y1FHYbzVawWSZWEx4V1wwYi-NavwMRY2PNvOqgFciefge8zzh7lMm4I8mvcPZwDWkGtyeN9s1mBUZMSdkfE0AmeyNv5E2644a0xOZXQNc7ibfK/w640-h360/20220523_081951.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can stay on the road here, but what's not to like grabbing 750m of slightly damp fly ridden path</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGLQQGw4IEuPj5njNBi7XzOo_IRjAPkfBr3wvczxXQTBvKTfI1rlFWOf1VeVimENZMTZ2J5D8cPg7wKGNjfWhyuL84gHEAFF2fZf7lk35QvbQirYMnmP0kUdx_b4u2l-Efv5cfAqP7ts7P7vOxLCmBGzq8rQbU2bv0QL3NYfE5nfDMXRE8XimyKVt/s4000/20220523_081958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGLQQGw4IEuPj5njNBi7XzOo_IRjAPkfBr3wvczxXQTBvKTfI1rlFWOf1VeVimENZMTZ2J5D8cPg7wKGNjfWhyuL84gHEAFF2fZf7lk35QvbQirYMnmP0kUdx_b4u2l-Efv5cfAqP7ts7P7vOxLCmBGzq8rQbU2bv0QL3NYfE5nfDMXRE8XimyKVt/w640-h360/20220523_081958.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>And, back out on the road to walk down to the cut off track.<br />There is a bigger track about another 1km further on, but this looked nicer.<br />Well, except for the wet long grass, and following sheep for a few kilometres.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-6wOACL_MiA6LqQQfw2R7AfdU6lJTwvs6wldLK33L_K_aCvw7kkullfaDghuyIO91DjCv8SqOGChZoqjHAQps9NVLnx61s-7j_1uDGKoeRmQ9dB7ogUAgKDxTfhyt21-WuJcqM9AhoMCapMAdUTdDthp1Q2AjjiePjtHYOzDTL8d1NEL0plHpubA/s1443/Map%2012b.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHq2ceaoAmFg-umttOaR0YXvq0qk5nJ7GkwyDZTbCbCsZi2IYDy1BN0Xd1zzRGqErhri4Mg1squiPO_tIflJABr9Aw9tLaDyJsNxHloOWkZbhZ2QaJCUdcCZ08ys_c5OwvkmAfUVdHsWRcn1SQaewN4cDXx3OsEIpNwiJjoKpbD-svo295qyjEBiA1/w640-h360/20220523_095121.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I say track, but at times it wasn't.<br />It was a tiny something that maybe had sheep on it.<br />Anyway, after a bit I got to the bigger track.<br />I could see it to my right, over the heather.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, and somehow I missed the footbridge (<i>that is there</i>), and had to stone hop over the stream.</div><div><br /></div><div>At which point I hit the big wide track.</div><div><br />Very similar to the track up to <b>Brandy </b>this one.<br />It just seems to get steeper and steeper.<br /><br />OK..... <b>Seems??????</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Nope <b>IT JUST GETS STEEPER AND STEEPER!</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Almost like it was designed for off road vehicles 🤔🤔</div><div><br /></div><div>Eventually, nice views of the Loch.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I suspect, that this may eventually extend back further over Black Shank, where the deep peaty ruts were.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuZUZ5hqItWfg9Gl04DxpYB2CUcMyL1iStNV5pyXb5F_r9-zORBFjq6KQqlVej9zwDTMDpnpyerMc9uo78mK-vNeBsoWQUGtArfA-Z31VTKUh8gb7kmKxqrAvzK2xacMgBKp5OrkE6Glxfs9-haYlvgDc7vMt5FLpoQguXvr4_LTZ90qbJXT-k_T5/s4000/20220523_101838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuZUZ5hqItWfg9Gl04DxpYB2CUcMyL1iStNV5pyXb5F_r9-zORBFjq6KQqlVej9zwDTMDpnpyerMc9uo78mK-vNeBsoWQUGtArfA-Z31VTKUh8gb7kmKxqrAvzK2xacMgBKp5OrkE6Glxfs9-haYlvgDc7vMt5FLpoQguXvr4_LTZ90qbJXT-k_T5/w640-h360/20220523_101838.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXoreR6qwET_G5mccxTL3G60qy7bXYoEgcvZKVzPY1D3O06adiWQg9RrHwUYX6vQWQpJq-JSXmJuLRigN_CSWXXWsx7vxdsXv_dy3BlHDoT6hSVLMldR9i_VYQPHs3abYmYQHZO9mOtZlDbH3jy75S2g9YKlXuDWo_W1d6omTGEzfmdEDbZ8IG4Cb/s4000/20220523_101845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1l1UTDK7wtp-vEJVEGERjh6PZpdnPP0nYDf3lQ5G_d5LtI6RkdI3xw3uIQFAAtIFyaiLPmbzUvg-VyvOUepvvNZwlysiKx1eVz3h18jtlTgnQDp8XuJch6zB74ptjEXTn99GG2JOELMmPLqsXi27HcDDjyhTua8jy6_AmZfOsydQUIdsjqXtxMpo/s4000/20220523_104247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV1l1UTDK7wtp-vEJVEGERjh6PZpdnPP0nYDf3lQ5G_d5LtI6RkdI3xw3uIQFAAtIFyaiLPmbzUvg-VyvOUepvvNZwlysiKx1eVz3h18jtlTgnQDp8XuJch6zB74ptjEXTn99GG2JOELMmPLqsXi27HcDDjyhTua8jy6_AmZfOsydQUIdsjqXtxMpo/w360-h640/20220523_104247.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The rutted track on Black Shank</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsR9haYeCw2PVu_yy18u4aPL5t87V1SJsn-e2EuR4V2WwjoF5adf6Qedp9yd3qywmRvDOJoH5-G2XEjswxjDNqyjQBh_HcXyUG1mZAwJB5Plff1cFQoZcdOzhjaTcjzRNdSCqwEYYD2YoBNdbcl6Yne2WxmXMUJM8yFjg_-WN4TmKdOJZDtLM55AV/s4000/20220523_104529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTsR9haYeCw2PVu_yy18u4aPL5t87V1SJsn-e2EuR4V2WwjoF5adf6Qedp9yd3qywmRvDOJoH5-G2XEjswxjDNqyjQBh_HcXyUG1mZAwJB5Plff1cFQoZcdOzhjaTcjzRNdSCqwEYYD2YoBNdbcl6Yne2WxmXMUJM8yFjg_-WN4TmKdOJZDtLM55AV/w640-h360/20220523_104529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hitting the new track down to the Shielin.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BF4kXC67lqvce80NfwuhJaQHM9eNRF0NJ-agBdmOC23DxDfUoF6zC_OGK72KXg8-sqfT3Q7KuoBINL63MoVt18gufE1T3LDdfZbHb7pg_sAe9hBK5qCZsG_34fj9V677DujggV74YCh7ItkGSWgSbX5ipJDtTQFgHrXBCGOIAKqXhiFB8GrrRYNj/s4000/20220523_104701.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BF4kXC67lqvce80NfwuhJaQHM9eNRF0NJ-agBdmOC23DxDfUoF6zC_OGK72KXg8-sqfT3Q7KuoBINL63MoVt18gufE1T3LDdfZbHb7pg_sAe9hBK5qCZsG_34fj9V677DujggV74YCh7ItkGSWgSbX5ipJDtTQFgHrXBCGOIAKqXhiFB8GrrRYNj/w360-h640/20220523_104701.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div>Well from here, it was a rather fine and unexpected track all the way down to cross the river.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuSauVlD88jeErnjYw4EU8CUEA8V9Hozf1L3yKLqM5pB3av2qeOcoKYs-wTDKml6j_eYne3gtOVHo8GXN_tfSeB5A7emW6_ZJeR1i8Sf44ePUAAMExpcqcrNScFI_VSa4LT9sWYdKuXlEuzHeNfSejrULHadQyDsa8AUMOnoPshqXOnQ9wh-jC6CE/s4000/20220523_105408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGuSauVlD88jeErnjYw4EU8CUEA8V9Hozf1L3yKLqM5pB3av2qeOcoKYs-wTDKml6j_eYne3gtOVHo8GXN_tfSeB5A7emW6_ZJeR1i8Sf44ePUAAMExpcqcrNScFI_VSa4LT9sWYdKuXlEuzHeNfSejrULHadQyDsa8AUMOnoPshqXOnQ9wh-jC6CE/w360-h640/20220523_105408.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Obviously there was some 4x4 driving here.<br />No actual track, and some need for deviating away from the waist deep bog water by the fence, but mainly easy walking, just following the fence line to your left all the way down and then back over to the next hill top.<br />A wee deviation to the right, and then back round here to be able to then follow the fence on and over to <b>Black Hill.</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4DoJmLF7cuwYoBc5lZ9WsF4u-2ps2ZNCEUuhNNVUX46sSpjquPnjCfSt2hLpmO6ub3JkAvwZOaJFz6YKZzLtnSdIsgMLE3p7okTEbIHWi-Dnxe1M5yBNl2KbfKpaVihv2bOCzRBDEDe0A6wbbiAVyQVUNL-9cT5vJmNKHgudjg41SaDI51rF4MKv/s1854/Map%2012c.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="1854" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4DoJmLF7cuwYoBc5lZ9WsF4u-2ps2ZNCEUuhNNVUX46sSpjquPnjCfSt2hLpmO6ub3JkAvwZOaJFz6YKZzLtnSdIsgMLE3p7okTEbIHWi-Dnxe1M5yBNl2KbfKpaVihv2bOCzRBDEDe0A6wbbiAVyQVUNL-9cT5vJmNKHgudjg41SaDI51rF4MKv/w640-h182/Map%2012c.1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next few pictures show the route from the track up to Cruys over to Black Hill</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYTi_Lqyrrq-k8xnQtMNQB26JRO54c6SWBxiV3C5-O80XxPCVYtsjj2tn5X6moez7H_Ri4p5wtIamugsxtVugMci1VVCHqI1J2vg1FQDtDrVPC0FFk--sa_O99YM6QmBXSdgvKhZUjhz89A6z-3zWNYgAHmjXcAEote-Hv-l-KoFCv9-BpxKqHZOq/s4000/20220523_110035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYTi_Lqyrrq-k8xnQtMNQB26JRO54c6SWBxiV3C5-O80XxPCVYtsjj2tn5X6moez7H_Ri4p5wtIamugsxtVugMci1VVCHqI1J2vg1FQDtDrVPC0FFk--sa_O99YM6QmBXSdgvKhZUjhz89A6z-3zWNYgAHmjXcAEote-Hv-l-KoFCv9-BpxKqHZOq/w360-h640/20220523_110035.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8C_YWVVJsTb101muUzvaZKtiBpPES7qbDBXdzQBppB1QB_a1iGmcZ0wTYYn8e7f35yXKv0fdH9hbjEgzskoDDcxha7U3RYx_RDbYAnUJ7PBEZUVp81tcxJ1NHux02JjwnocDn5g5lMQk5yfwtd1FVIi2qafSMr6qoCk8Oupd96-9gFoKAoQe_M1i_/s4000/20220523_112113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8C_YWVVJsTb101muUzvaZKtiBpPES7qbDBXdzQBppB1QB_a1iGmcZ0wTYYn8e7f35yXKv0fdH9hbjEgzskoDDcxha7U3RYx_RDbYAnUJ7PBEZUVp81tcxJ1NHux02JjwnocDn5g5lMQk5yfwtd1FVIi2qafSMr6qoCk8Oupd96-9gFoKAoQe_M1i_/w360-h640/20220523_112113.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_Eo3BtELooU_Jd5PtTSHUrR1PDM6Wsi-FN31zeOdscl61cPABiJRF8LmgJmARA0sRGBv0t0x-WvLDtgiXf_xKEOTP_oKiluxkIupPKWx0XAZftVD0tIv6-5KywRy-_u9TUSSK01Qrq-qEy_13e3g4hMDwv5Am3NP4lBwXw71tYBINbRqRz5J59P7/s4000/20220523_115427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_Eo3BtELooU_Jd5PtTSHUrR1PDM6Wsi-FN31zeOdscl61cPABiJRF8LmgJmARA0sRGBv0t0x-WvLDtgiXf_xKEOTP_oKiluxkIupPKWx0XAZftVD0tIv6-5KywRy-_u9TUSSK01Qrq-qEy_13e3g4hMDwv5Am3NP4lBwXw71tYBINbRqRz5J59P7/w360-h640/20220523_115427.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The track from Cruys</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFvUpYANsj_ZU4xc4MRNr_jUzrppUTIC8_7Ecijyd5aoe7Qp6Y_pob5eBr9scV2yz5Jk3LzMJ7zOofxW9H0P9EOcLZ0Xr9c0PRMfefpepzfUJRSW6nH-zLZCe4yj8w4oMm_5eh4J8_Gb1LBcR8b0f9GhUn1L-U1zTPOvQUs8ytAMoBymJ2KNSNgWQ/s4000/20220523_121305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFvUpYANsj_ZU4xc4MRNr_jUzrppUTIC8_7Ecijyd5aoe7Qp6Y_pob5eBr9scV2yz5Jk3LzMJ7zOofxW9H0P9EOcLZ0Xr9c0PRMfefpepzfUJRSW6nH-zLZCe4yj8w4oMm_5eh4J8_Gb1LBcR8b0f9GhUn1L-U1zTPOvQUs8ytAMoBymJ2KNSNgWQ/w360-h640/20220523_121305.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking up to Cairn of Meadows</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdDWV5L3TXQG3W3iURFNCeJfUnQUDjLXekMp-L52_zmpXJyE8T29zRuPxjipIzRoabxc-2h510NytQXAd390gWZNINauK5rvJDRTFuh-T8-TRZYk0KagAk9Yht-MFSpWnzV5zErp_bGNTf5h-2wSJMjEZA-1eyjIf6cPYCmmiJGbE99DyRjiG8ZVZ/s4000/20220523_121933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXdDWV5L3TXQG3W3iURFNCeJfUnQUDjLXekMp-L52_zmpXJyE8T29zRuPxjipIzRoabxc-2h510NytQXAd390gWZNINauK5rvJDRTFuh-T8-TRZYk0KagAk9Yht-MFSpWnzV5zErp_bGNTf5h-2wSJMjEZA-1eyjIf6cPYCmmiJGbE99DyRjiG8ZVZ/w360-h640/20220523_121933.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The track to Black Hill</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Z2gAw4rFEBPz5Ms6HdU5RNKu-DzPtnNz-qD2hCE4nB1rjtM49YTS1I_pRMXB_eW6Eds5IrEgg5X3s9AU1K0sKvBlQdT4Ebw9VMifx_Hzo4n_N9QO_ta7acQJN-KI1743T83WQ9VXaDB64u1dx7Cm5hR0Ar3FqhJF0inxzoB2ji6NH74IPO-rvV2S/s4000/20220523_121936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipM1U8T3j1uJvgzFN1cgzPXYehzzC-vOeH_xb_u-n5zI_4zLx1RyzIg3-5rvSASG71g4vNXhXROxyEiIdf2-3O5M7p7VE4c3-3ovuZ-HgniCneyrq5cM5XNJcPhPDnRX_5JWJJxxGN1XeLfUD1JyzFyRXy0WRzo8OqjYKyvosjKq5nPBYhcWPeMZnO/w360-h640/20220523_124422.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black hill in the distance</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Now when you get to Black hill, it's a left turn down the big track.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQ8QYW_0RgX9YHlIyCJloojBsWWwLtHP4A6mTlEKhVilgPApMLgmmoSR2ICmFL_r5RgvPFwEToKT-S80up51mX85iQ0G7KTTA8fxs5oQXXTvqI1vWSgTVU3BaDpEhaSRN6GR-yoTQ0q_xZFiiSlGirX-cyLLxH43nCIwtk_pIenJFKbkgviAWQpg0/s909/Map%2012c.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="897" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQ8QYW_0RgX9YHlIyCJloojBsWWwLtHP4A6mTlEKhVilgPApMLgmmoSR2ICmFL_r5RgvPFwEToKT-S80up51mX85iQ0G7KTTA8fxs5oQXXTvqI1vWSgTVU3BaDpEhaSRN6GR-yoTQ0q_xZFiiSlGirX-cyLLxH43nCIwtk_pIenJFKbkgviAWQpg0/w632-h640/Map%2012c.2.jpg" width="632" /></a></div><br /><div>Let me tell you about the <b>BIG TRACK</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>It's NOT FUCKING THERE!!!!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>In fact, there is just a bloody electric fence that I had to climb over.<br />I say fence.<br />The bottom rung collapsed as I climbed over it, so it's even harder to get over now... 😬🤷♂️🤷♂️</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kfSMPCom7e1BPws5DG1FrUISobUVLVgQO7vzf2PD25coEcoRe-w2ejKVKIqRDrXXyAFC96G--Eg3HN-Y84oL0hyDWDZbd_dEZJwwYwde5LxSBmYPO5EaDnEEOtRO22rEchSyENeLZCbtuRwxsYsqaMcyoSU6Cmgm47nUqFgCREx5IXx5z1epDwHb/s4000/20220523_130910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-kfSMPCom7e1BPws5DG1FrUISobUVLVgQO7vzf2PD25coEcoRe-w2ejKVKIqRDrXXyAFC96G--Eg3HN-Y84oL0hyDWDZbd_dEZJwwYwde5LxSBmYPO5EaDnEEOtRO22rEchSyENeLZCbtuRwxsYsqaMcyoSU6Cmgm47nUqFgCREx5IXx5z1epDwHb/w360-h640/20220523_130910.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The big track to <b>Round Hill</b> ???</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxNW9Myr6OKlw2BpQpBI7lieBtsXk56cJ0-8pk0pb0PWRtEskpFa4G9fZjooDvJrpVZjkcSDsy-pWyNsZjfquNT_IutQgXwKpinjWEds5JJ2870eI9UTPIhPMxFZUvHARfaYb-nP3RwJqjNDs3feNs7NXMNrxFxN-1beHpX453oUIcLJEI6h2fkpR/s4000/20220523_131525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxNW9Myr6OKlw2BpQpBI7lieBtsXk56cJ0-8pk0pb0PWRtEskpFa4G9fZjooDvJrpVZjkcSDsy-pWyNsZjfquNT_IutQgXwKpinjWEds5JJ2870eI9UTPIhPMxFZUvHARfaYb-nP3RwJqjNDs3feNs7NXMNrxFxN-1beHpX453oUIcLJEI6h2fkpR/w640-h360/20220523_131525.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Past round hill, it was basically just take a bearing and look at the terrain to get down and then up over to <b>Hare Cairn</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZa2ThGozWUWCEsWH8pVDfa9wDu05SmiD6o-FLUUyCzrB_9WqG86sh3J8tqDeZmCVRqtk4kEF_B5oN-SVfJYdN4oq_sU214WAVu9PlLNBnoMEY6MpbcF2tVP59TTc87KAC8Rj6JoMjHwMRRg2xfHTGJF6hqmLdHM5gs3xWKI2pKH0OCjJcmmL1qlF/s722/Map%2012e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="722" height="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZa2ThGozWUWCEsWH8pVDfa9wDu05SmiD6o-FLUUyCzrB_9WqG86sh3J8tqDeZmCVRqtk4kEF_B5oN-SVfJYdN4oq_sU214WAVu9PlLNBnoMEY6MpbcF2tVP59TTc87KAC8Rj6JoMjHwMRRg2xfHTGJF6hqmLdHM5gs3xWKI2pKH0OCjJcmmL1qlF/w640-h604/Map%2012e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>You will notice I didn't take the track down to the bridge.<br />Nope, I went straight down the hill to the river and did more stone hoping to get over.<br />A tufty long grass hillside descent in the pissing rain.<br /><br />Why didn't I take the track to the bridge though?</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, I saw a bit of track down as I neared the bottom, but I have no fucking idea where it started up the hill, nor if it was another bit of OS fiction until much nearer the bottom.<br /><br />Over the river, I trudged hot and soaked along the North bank.<br />This is a biggish track, that for some reason someone has decided would be much better if it was triangular in shape, and as such a bleeding nightmare to walk on.<br /><br />Eventually I got to the gate that leads down to the farm, and where the zig zag track from <b>Cairn Caidloch </b>(<i>been there, have the Tee shirt</i>) joins it.<br /><br />Here, I changed out of waterproofs (<i>it had stopped about 5 min ago</i>), squeezed water out of my socks (<i>as I was wearing trail shoes</i>).</div><div><br /><b>Trail shoes???? 😱😱😱 OMG!</b> I have no idea how I have survived without huge leather boots.</div><div><br /></div><div>And then (<i>back to the story</i>), I headed on down past the farm and to the bridge to take the road back up towards <b>Haugh</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Just to prove I did!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5hPuixM6oTkRj5uATyRFnQxAmuyXErnVk90DnhpFlVvbgP_0X67ADMczJKXmKcodXw6licoedF0GJnQwvimd1eSBqWreI4CP_RuIKHeCICw5TKhH3vMbf42gYzDITRTpznEl1nzf_ujgQMxikRalko8TWcB4RClOKSZ-Atzzq4Y242OvVEEgFDiI/s4000/DSCF1934.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2248" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit5hPuixM6oTkRj5uATyRFnQxAmuyXErnVk90DnhpFlVvbgP_0X67ADMczJKXmKcodXw6licoedF0GJnQwvimd1eSBqWreI4CP_RuIKHeCICw5TKhH3vMbf42gYzDITRTpznEl1nzf_ujgQMxikRalko8TWcB4RClOKSZ-Atzzq4Y242OvVEEgFDiI/w360-h640/DSCF1934.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9x1sMg4c6VYei2vDNwyAhjI9zsk3g1_JQojRkel6wGNMNeb8d6YcOnWN2_67h4zL8GY6ouVHD1h4UR4fifOusLq_kRx2lbyZ97KNZj0Aeb9_xBBNxIzA1SEH6SO8dEgIL_YTzaJ5ElQqYyfqsJ7chpQJ4yNIBSwb-DK_4YLDZ8KCKVLv9zSEL35Mm/s4000/DSCF1935.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIM6tepVlAEk2L15ySQo5suFPRWlZfGtJvjs1ZYX4X9lMG7mhv1YRrjw1b0uM2Vp2g-fVtnWFjfuVi9w6BB2pOzaM-PrABb_fkyO0BEFyuyLQm9oZuWgeYTjBah4i8pExiaW7Ek9ipKEiYqj57QU0S46RKAR3T-9Oj6dDSaHUZfzk1PTb31JCPmmdv/w640-h360/20220523_181216.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Now, I had planned to camp.<br />BUT, it being Monday, NOT Tuesday, Craig and I had agreed, that the first in would try and blag rooms at St Drostan's </div><div><br /></div><div>When I got to the door and dropped kit Alvar was there.<br />He was in on it!</div><div><br /></div><div>"Unfortunately", he said "Craig got the last room" (or something like that)</div><div><br /></div><div>Bugger.<br /><br />I moaned some sort of disappointed set of expletives.</div><div><br /></div><div>"He only had one ****ing job" 🙄🤷♂️</div><div><br /></div><div>But it was a lie.<br />I did have a room.<br />It was all a little joke</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh how we ****ing laughed! 🙄</div><div><br /></div><div>Just joking.<br /><br />It was fine.<br />I went in and had bacon rolls and tea, and tea and cake and .....</div><div><br /></div><div>This debt was stacking up already, and then there was the £25 for the room.<br /><br />Thank God they had no beer, or tonight could have become expensive.<br /><br />And..... As I was about to go and dump stuff in my room<br /><br />I chose <b>St Andrew's</b>" .... but where else????</div><div><br /></div><div>It was revealed that....................</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">The <b>MASONS</b> was going to open.</span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;">And they had a <b>BBQ</b><br />And <b>loads of beer!</b></span><br /><br />Oh well, that's the remainder of my cash done!</div><div><br /></div><div>And I now had a spare meal, that I would be carrying to the coast 🙄🙆♂️<br /> </div><div>So, a shower was had, sort kit out.<br /><br /><b>I'm in St Andrew's room and the Masons is open 🤔🤔</b><br /><br /><b>Maybe there IS A GOD???</b></div><div><br /></div><div>And another <b>Tarfside</b> evening happened.<br />Just like that!<br /><br />Oh, and Martin arrived, and also blagged a room.<br />Martin who nearly always camps.<br />Martin had become a lightweight.<br /><br />And we all had a bloody good evening.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #800180;">The Mason's didn't run out of beer.<br />The BBQ was ace.<br />And we had all gone back to beds and tents by 11.00 pm</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Still <b>that other mob</b> were coming here tomorrow, so normality and alcohol poisoning and drunkenness would soon resume. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxxp6dr1uTXB0tBvWVlezt7J0DENDFzvEKY0lXMCHXhEb8Uh5pVNVGCse4Uh14hpQWtxHOGrAiwC_Lk2hUcVk7dgRrz_-GaSbUTweuemkqVVqCaFjk6v_S_V2qAlACx1Hr8myb-5vzIXd-lzZzZvtC3PEXYDYR6nZ8EBdouUQzs-Osy5MX_4a8nCG/s4000/20220523_181614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxxp6dr1uTXB0tBvWVlezt7J0DENDFzvEKY0lXMCHXhEb8Uh5pVNVGCse4Uh14hpQWtxHOGrAiwC_Lk2hUcVk7dgRrz_-GaSbUTweuemkqVVqCaFjk6v_S_V2qAlACx1Hr8myb-5vzIXd-lzZzZvtC3PEXYDYR6nZ8EBdouUQzs-Osy5MX_4a8nCG/w640-h360/20220523_181614.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqw0MHSECxfJ6-cjpBWaWKiSHCft79Cf-WsE_2a38BOJoaIrDNjq8vAHTHLuyWzNjrWtmxvL8nrSakzPZHDCciV00QnWTMBMO9V0i9mV5kh90YZMCKMp9-Ws1L69rDTIM2hawj6-kmW4W5-j7Sr2PRLUc59QOo1IW2FevkrBE5BLP051PSOLrx0LW/s4000/20220523_181626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqw0MHSECxfJ6-cjpBWaWKiSHCft79Cf-WsE_2a38BOJoaIrDNjq8vAHTHLuyWzNjrWtmxvL8nrSakzPZHDCciV00QnWTMBMO9V0i9mV5kh90YZMCKMp9-Ws1L69rDTIM2hawj6-kmW4W5-j7Sr2PRLUc59QOo1IW2FevkrBE5BLP051PSOLrx0LW/w640-h360/20220523_181626.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow, the route would be to <b>NWB </b>via <b>Edzell</b>.<br />The forecast was not so good.<br />The <b>Wirren Hills</b> can be another year (<i>I've done them anyway</i>).</div><div><br /></div><div>And neither <b>Martin </b>or <b>Phil </b>(<i>Phil Holden</i>) had done the <b>Blue Door Walk</b> so....</div><div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="512" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lDzZGXolJJI" width="640" youtube-src-id="lDzZGXolJJI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's it. Job done really.<br />So NOW I HAVE!<br /><b>** **** ***** ** ****</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See you on day <b>13 </b>then!<br />A sightseeing tour via the <b>Esk </b>to <b>Northwater Bridge</b></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-6959435855065808202022-07-09T13:58:00.006+01:002022-07-11T17:02:27.353+01:00TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links Day 11 - Lochallater Lodge to Glen Clova Hotel<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links</b></u></div><u><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Day 11 - Lochallater Lodge to Glen Clova Hotel</b></u></div></u><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>24km (705m)</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">What???? Just a single day blog post??? </span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdrynbpYKX0bmu0UCyBM2Jic655VeCYjHJlhM9O1pb6Ch9dC5FVIN7VHkNX6ok8CQ8WSAp0WUePDiDIYgAwEabIwwQjdPyrNE92rhjyB-4Russe4L6YmyTghVyej_CJ_ozoCvqC7m0BCXSJqmYMxC86dwOQe55E2JfndbHM7q5VVN6PqcDwPsriJs/s1561/Map%2011a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1561" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfdrynbpYKX0bmu0UCyBM2Jic655VeCYjHJlhM9O1pb6Ch9dC5FVIN7VHkNX6ok8CQ8WSAp0WUePDiDIYgAwEabIwwQjdPyrNE92rhjyB-4Russe4L6YmyTghVyej_CJ_ozoCvqC7m0BCXSJqmYMxC86dwOQe55E2JfndbHM7q5VVN6PqcDwPsriJs/w640-h372/Map%2011a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GaYSwOL8twwgxdXb5XPXjMgQnB6C4PKQawUZyDfWVITlxsVTchoGZt65UsSD6btZAVJwfdxWGzBxR2flTlpMZ3moXbOLVuVcsCoU2ZBCtWpuHepNUVo05lDV11jddYJCgcy1AiHmf1DVACxe-AYMd_HPV6A-7A5CMVp6jDTz2NftVLorojHq8b7E/s949/Map%2011b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="949" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GaYSwOL8twwgxdXb5XPXjMgQnB6C4PKQawUZyDfWVITlxsVTchoGZt65UsSD6btZAVJwfdxWGzBxR2flTlpMZ3moXbOLVuVcsCoU2ZBCtWpuHepNUVo05lDV11jddYJCgcy1AiHmf1DVACxe-AYMd_HPV6A-7A5CMVp6jDTz2NftVLorojHq8b7E/w640-h518/Map%2011b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiR1XVCfRaBKt1CWLJrtXYRNNcmcYLTsJT-TVFXuYb1pUssLmmYo6-qvg4C1e7khaSpnxoQQ8i5DfRoXeCymbPuqDqqdEk3Fc2jI7GB5_1tGu5RpDSMuunqV08Wlsz8N15ec1XTfoEa7irMaoJpdd2Pptf1E_WZkFQTvq0j4npqN_rGmvhvR1NlAX_/s1404/Profile%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="1404" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiR1XVCfRaBKt1CWLJrtXYRNNcmcYLTsJT-TVFXuYb1pUssLmmYo6-qvg4C1e7khaSpnxoQQ8i5DfRoXeCymbPuqDqqdEk3Fc2jI7GB5_1tGu5RpDSMuunqV08Wlsz8N15ec1XTfoEa7irMaoJpdd2Pptf1E_WZkFQTvq0j4npqN_rGmvhvR1NlAX_/w640-h222/Profile%2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Well, this is normally a Monday, although this year for me a Sunday because of the staggered start.<br />However, over the years, this day has always been influenced by the night at the lodge.<br />The only music today is the <b>Lochcallaterlujah</b> song.<div>I wrote this based on a bet from <b>Michael</b>, who wasn't there this year.<br />It sums up the day for many a Sunday Night Punter (<i>and from what I can tell, the motley crew who arrived this Sunday evening</i>)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NBroN-DnnCs" width="320" youtube-src-id="NBroN-DnnCs"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;">Press <b>Play</b> for the song.<br />Apologies IF it has a bloody advert.<br />Apparently it uses the tune from a known song.<br />Lucky I wasn't cancelled!</span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMI0wgLZdqDfm-0YapzGCQrIVY-O-qRgip_7D8aTtZXLKPIrfYSl-86NkjdAO869J9_cvqs6pcMsQoe7OozSuvDMgEYBdErk1LIe28W9yc5DKfA9n1-X6aDLzY2iKaa0gCyaiEy2pp401ea_c41R5KWZM3EF_Ll9U0ZYsTK5q9ent0KHRMZZ07tH36/s819/Day%2011%20Song%20Lyrics%201%20column.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="819" data-original-width="451" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMI0wgLZdqDfm-0YapzGCQrIVY-O-qRgip_7D8aTtZXLKPIrfYSl-86NkjdAO869J9_cvqs6pcMsQoe7OozSuvDMgEYBdErk1LIe28W9yc5DKfA9n1-X6aDLzY2iKaa0gCyaiEy2pp401ea_c41R5KWZM3EF_Ll9U0ZYsTK5q9ent0KHRMZZ07tH36/s16000/Day%2011%20Song%20Lyrics%201%20column.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>The Lyrics</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>And so with a trip to the toilet (<i>essential</i>), and a bacon butty and several coffee's and teas, it was finally time to go.<br />I had been waiting for <b>Martin Rye</b>, who was walking up from <b>Braemar </b>(n<i>ot his planned route, but he had a painful calf muscle so was doing slightly less hills (not that this was going to be a walk in the park</i>)<div><br /></div><div>There are not many early images today.<br />It was rather breezy.<br />It was raining.<br />And the cloud ceiling was down, so not a whole lot of visibility early on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now I had originally planned to do the hills to the SE up to <b><i>Carn an Tuirc, Cairn of Claise, Tolmont, Tom Buidhe, Mayar and Driesh</i></b> but the forecast was pretty crap, and I just didn't fancy doing it in zero visibility. Better to remember the fine route from <b>2016</b>, apart from the rain on <b>Driesh</b>. In fact I had bumped into <b>James Impey</b> that year on the way to <b>Cairn of Claise</b>.<br /><br />So, this year I was now re-routing up via<b> Cairn Bannoch</b> and <b>Broad Cairn</b>, and then down to <b>Clova </b>(<i><b>HOTEL</b>!!!! Remember the song lyrics</i>) via the pony hut, <b>River South Esk</b> and <b>Mouzie</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first 3 pictures, are what I MIGHT have seen if, and did see in 2015.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkXeGZkFdPWQm4fq74V8VOmDjNQYOGtGnsJ0yUd9M_WWwQzrpa2MQJ2j5hV9_za2O-uHUTIDK3mFusYmzpnl2GOxRgypVmMxCxx8pXp15bvLZxuYr6Qf6I4YUVCDcp2UHkIv6f1DwUhRwjlneE_ZO7GtGg2JrNmvutPhxujpg4BpL5gnDgSw8iCvU/s4000/DSCF1875.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkXeGZkFdPWQm4fq74V8VOmDjNQYOGtGnsJ0yUd9M_WWwQzrpa2MQJ2j5hV9_za2O-uHUTIDK3mFusYmzpnl2GOxRgypVmMxCxx8pXp15bvLZxuYr6Qf6I4YUVCDcp2UHkIv6f1DwUhRwjlneE_ZO7GtGg2JrNmvutPhxujpg4BpL5gnDgSw8iCvU/w640-h360/DSCF1875.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCjHkYISmBPoVt9fbbzKynq9iCD1Pd9df-YCkRKWifCFlnWzu0DvWp4_iKMJEYU7wpgYI7ET_czuE7A6FGdV5B46sFTa0TZFJDW0GQo69E78z3wOSAVF5MCnadQV4IE2iHFol2_5L6UaX1TmJY9kOhMoqePoRWP_erdWMaCcLdbtbieKGzk3kj3A4/s3840/DSCF1879.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCjHkYISmBPoVt9fbbzKynq9iCD1Pd9df-YCkRKWifCFlnWzu0DvWp4_iKMJEYU7wpgYI7ET_czuE7A6FGdV5B46sFTa0TZFJDW0GQo69E78z3wOSAVF5MCnadQV4IE2iHFol2_5L6UaX1TmJY9kOhMoqePoRWP_erdWMaCcLdbtbieKGzk3kj3A4/w640-h180/DSCF1879.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-FCr6ev4l6r1SOLazSLcN-2cuUxfFH1SFzoXBGsRTSnYYHmmwzP0p9RL9hKWGaRLNxOac8DN0vN9ux-oestPrXXag0amGBGHKKyyaI9yqsac5HLz-UPY1q0sKLJnlyse1A0RwHwkZcCY_lV76a0ri2RCQXkq01-gS67nGiY0mFjetHG9ABSB2-Q_/s4000/DSCF1883.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-FCr6ev4l6r1SOLazSLcN-2cuUxfFH1SFzoXBGsRTSnYYHmmwzP0p9RL9hKWGaRLNxOac8DN0vN9ux-oestPrXXag0amGBGHKKyyaI9yqsac5HLz-UPY1q0sKLJnlyse1A0RwHwkZcCY_lV76a0ri2RCQXkq01-gS67nGiY0mFjetHG9ABSB2-Q_/w640-h360/DSCF1883.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>It's always a tough start to the day, being <b>UP</b>.<br />There was a brief bit with no wind or rain, and always the glimmer of a shape moving ahead in the distance. Eventually, it evens out as you swing round to the cut off point across to <b>Cairn Bannoch</b>. Here we caught up with I think <b>Rita, Brian, (</b><i>That's <b>Brian Gruber </b>hereinafter to be called <b>Frank</b></i><b>) and Mark</b>. <br />They had dropped packs and were about to head up to the summit of <b>Carn an t-Sagairt Mor, </b>searching for spare Canberra Parts.<br /><br /><a href="https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=21102">Accident English Electric Canberra B.2 WJ615, 22 Nov 1956 (aviation-safety.net)</a><br /><br /></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5j66rh60wUkkLFy0NWGqhWq7wqNaOlFS8y3qU8vbV4AKQkZDHvJShiLTgiznkfF5-f2AkVPprEyR1MXrmX5TY4c7wha54QhkfI6sHKhTKIOhZioPLUCtTfSL88USP8owZnaZdLK50sKES930wBVtuybGZYH0i32-ljOJwQvX8ZlkkZZL7V_nZWHYP/s947/Map%2011b.0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="601" data-original-width="947" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5j66rh60wUkkLFy0NWGqhWq7wqNaOlFS8y3qU8vbV4AKQkZDHvJShiLTgiznkfF5-f2AkVPprEyR1MXrmX5TY4c7wha54QhkfI6sHKhTKIOhZioPLUCtTfSL88USP8owZnaZdLK50sKES930wBVtuybGZYH0i32-ljOJwQvX8ZlkkZZL7V_nZWHYP/w640-h406/Map%2011b.0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div>No visibility worth talking about now, so for us not worth the repeat visit.<br />A brief chat and off we went in opposite directions.</div><div>It's a nice easy walk over to <b>Cairn Bannoch</b>, be even nicer if we could actually bloody see anything. A brief clamber of to the top to look at the wonderful 10m views, plus a wait for Martin to clamber down to get his phone case that had decided to blow away at the most inopportune moment, luckily getting snagged in the rocks, and then down to the next walk over to <b>Broad Cairn.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPwn8jAZKF39Hpjcm1YqIKzF0tc1-LzroTpSBvGJlkW-kwiBvwD-lQ6wKV-nVzUOO7SffNvmJdiOLA56rR07nOyOrgcCAn9GQuu-vqYpPReuwDMdzHSOK0IZCCfYGV-mtiKLLwxjsFfd6LjKffy9XNY4zaYzn7--dvcNt3RWE8_K2S54Dropzcq36/s1049/Map%2011b.1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1049" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDPwn8jAZKF39Hpjcm1YqIKzF0tc1-LzroTpSBvGJlkW-kwiBvwD-lQ6wKV-nVzUOO7SffNvmJdiOLA56rR07nOyOrgcCAn9GQuu-vqYpPReuwDMdzHSOK0IZCCfYGV-mtiKLLwxjsFfd6LjKffy9XNY4zaYzn7--dvcNt3RWE8_K2S54Dropzcq36/w640-h320/Map%2011b.1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>The last clamber to the top is a bit of a bouldery scramble. Here it was over wet rock. TBH, bothering to go to the top was pointless, but it would be rude not to do it. At the top, the distant shadow figure was found to be yet again <b>James Impey</b>.</div><div>We descended together trying to pick a route through the slippery and what seemed like huge boulders. So much easier when you have a line of site. At first we were several degrees off, but corrected, and then after what seemed like much much longer than normal, we came out from the boulders and hit the path.</div><div>That was pretty much it for the days climbing. As we dropped down towards the point hut, we finally arrived below the cloud ceiling and could see where we were heading. <b>Martin </b>was off to the left to skirt <b>Loch Muick</b>. I was heading to that hotel room in <b>Clova</b>. <b>James </b>was heading the same day, so it appeared we were destined to head to Clova together again, be it a different route.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VOCbTg_KFArzi1YrXM0cxCb-eKE-cqGu__ixNltNZFGC_AUc9kDJsFZphwGdcGE0wIrIn56q2nOW2EAPMEGK_LA_NJ20ErwBt0GLLQflhOjWrEjVQv1ZG9D5Wlr278NSFl9yxMQ56s1oEtg9E2x-PwQTJT7emUDCwXrurMTnG_40ZQ4wZHwZtwos/s4000/20220522_114730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VOCbTg_KFArzi1YrXM0cxCb-eKE-cqGu__ixNltNZFGC_AUc9kDJsFZphwGdcGE0wIrIn56q2nOW2EAPMEGK_LA_NJ20ErwBt0GLLQflhOjWrEjVQv1ZG9D5Wlr278NSFl9yxMQ56s1oEtg9E2x-PwQTJT7emUDCwXrurMTnG_40ZQ4wZHwZtwos/w640-h360/20220522_114730.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglB_vBLrWqGHerjbF8xM-wBvkxCUogk1TZ81e3E3te8tjf32SWGU_mdohZ5kcINZk-uV9DXdhZw8S1SF7VlPdy78nt2Jga0k2nAAGO6NKmvbBg1tMiGFPb2YKu1_SuuWHarSznhnJdeguwMdfuWayeQUerKF7K4tIEYC7Way8oOHf29ztR7Bhv1zmy/s4000/20220522_114735.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglB_vBLrWqGHerjbF8xM-wBvkxCUogk1TZ81e3E3te8tjf32SWGU_mdohZ5kcINZk-uV9DXdhZw8S1SF7VlPdy78nt2Jga0k2nAAGO6NKmvbBg1tMiGFPb2YKu1_SuuWHarSznhnJdeguwMdfuWayeQUerKF7K4tIEYC7Way8oOHf29ztR7Bhv1zmy/w640-h360/20220522_114735.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fl9ucWrlwsvtxm14WS7o9ntE4pyk_Z733xfBZ9CP3zDjyh5Z5pV5bvLZn5p-LzkbOhDu5ax73NkjzpJx7I_1uByw00mG7yRgObgPiV5ScdfJHEIOpfBqmdDBffDaIW3jVWHPi8726izmfn1EtZRLFYaIbJyoexN6Jl5t2JlqRSKFRtbl-XIL_jzH/s4000/20220522_114737.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Fl9ucWrlwsvtxm14WS7o9ntE4pyk_Z733xfBZ9CP3zDjyh5Z5pV5bvLZn5p-LzkbOhDu5ax73NkjzpJx7I_1uByw00mG7yRgObgPiV5ScdfJHEIOpfBqmdDBffDaIW3jVWHPi8726izmfn1EtZRLFYaIbJyoexN6Jl5t2JlqRSKFRtbl-XIL_jzH/w640-h360/20220522_114737.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>At the pony hut we bade farewell to Martin, who I had arranged to meet at Tarfside on the Monday, and took the right hand track to head down to the small bridge that crosses over to the far side of the <b>South Esk.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>This is a gentle walk and then quite a steep final descent to the bridge.</div><div>Well, all I will say is that some of those big slabs on the way down were very very slippery. After my second long slide and potential injury, I skirted them on the rougher ground.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Q7P-JmR8E1AcwQbMnFgVlywBl1INf1QTTMPtuWp2XyYj53RUzT0xItWhbkEwd_54G4xqHkl8yqgezKkxnk-GsHgeRnaLmf7Qu8ioYxEAL5Pz53nzkCwUb6Ug4AFnSFB4f_Qki-igdPl6j9G07FlEk0lDHtS6c38hCBgPOIhtgJ6UQHNg9DvjgnG2/s4000/20220522_122541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Q7P-JmR8E1AcwQbMnFgVlywBl1INf1QTTMPtuWp2XyYj53RUzT0xItWhbkEwd_54G4xqHkl8yqgezKkxnk-GsHgeRnaLmf7Qu8ioYxEAL5Pz53nzkCwUb6Ug4AFnSFB4f_Qki-igdPl6j9G07FlEk0lDHtS6c38hCBgPOIhtgJ6UQHNg9DvjgnG2/w640-h360/20220522_122541.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6Q02HznmliNtN9arTylaJBqL1TVH9cHnP1LyzgscGggzSHlcNzVukFvb8mSEn9fDTDeM-3OpmrSu91jb_cLnnIyu85hVI5II-usC_gQiI-FUdf3_46XFXwCqkTxg1Nt7xN1tO9yK0o6IoQqYSI-xjo-XpGfb3QIsolSyCed28eqWkB2v1v-iSE1c/s4000/20220522_122553.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">Back in <i>"I can't remember when"</i>, I had come this way with <b>Ian Cotterill</b> and taken a splendid nose dive further down the glen, luckily landing on my then <b>Gorilla </b>pack, but unluckily also tearing the mesh and the pocket.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As the sun came out, there were no more incidents this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We wandered along chatting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a good and also sometimes not a good thing, as you don't always look at your maps, which is why we wandered straight past the small bridge across the river that takes you over to the tiny winding and boardwalk track that goes to <b>Mouzie</b>, and ended up standing the wrong side of the ford that required removing of shoes and socks to get across.<br />Oh well, it was nice and refreshing on the feet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The pictures cannot really show the vastness of this. It must have been extreme. There were not huge trees, but young pliant ones, just snapped off. Huge swathes of newish plant flattened.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAtsHrq9ksqofjFG2fDP2F21ItFHNQGqMeIzdM125QOizzWmqJvxSisbgHf-EBn6pxY1rL0mfjlbRKLNL1eWPl7usJX0y0sceyiLg3l5k_iZGzKvwLU7VMgXFwZqXzXoP4yqVCJobbM7N9ICEROk6aoE4ZrLIT4Gams-jsfOUMcEWi_IcGpio-GiW/s779/Map%2011d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="616" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjAtsHrq9ksqofjFG2fDP2F21ItFHNQGqMeIzdM125QOizzWmqJvxSisbgHf-EBn6pxY1rL0mfjlbRKLNL1eWPl7usJX0y0sceyiLg3l5k_iZGzKvwLU7VMgXFwZqXzXoP4yqVCJobbM7N9ICEROk6aoE4ZrLIT4Gams-jsfOUMcEWi_IcGpio-GiW/w506-h640/Map%2011d.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizJBSGNNAqRqvsGBNo1Vp-zoWMJVrZaKZOmzG0n5SxuidzyJ8UPsgn1bKlSQNWVCCBJb3w8nw22E574Qv_QAin9z9Gbknlq_-XUek1rq8HbhOstwXRPMNJbACXSDsKbCQwJY-MGCLwKEOD9XToJSut42ktPliix6KkRhEmyqe795Qz_LLeUsQkfC9/s4000/20220522_141618.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizJBSGNNAqRqvsGBNo1Vp-zoWMJVrZaKZOmzG0n5SxuidzyJ8UPsgn1bKlSQNWVCCBJb3w8nw22E574Qv_QAin9z9Gbknlq_-XUek1rq8HbhOstwXRPMNJbACXSDsKbCQwJY-MGCLwKEOD9XToJSut42ktPliix6KkRhEmyqe795Qz_LLeUsQkfC9/w640-h360/20220522_141618.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq_5L65HYie5Xvk-TuckZVUVG5GsEnNPrUqxebpY4z5M1sx47ClxgWgQY2SbOAYt15aXWcd7iHx7O7TChhiQj76Hv8SXT-pSBkm7pSKYxLMJuSKx7zbLimfZrSrRmcfOeJraOHhJha6LbpE1BbYYRPq29kbJ0WmQmPeKoyyK5VWaZD-h2KZAdbmxd/s4000/20220522_141610.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq_5L65HYie5Xvk-TuckZVUVG5GsEnNPrUqxebpY4z5M1sx47ClxgWgQY2SbOAYt15aXWcd7iHx7O7TChhiQj76Hv8SXT-pSBkm7pSKYxLMJuSKx7zbLimfZrSrRmcfOeJraOHhJha6LbpE1BbYYRPq29kbJ0WmQmPeKoyyK5VWaZD-h2KZAdbmxd/w640-h360/20220522_141610.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9-I1WkqWKejz0OmAIRuniorTlCVv5wVJBYmUV98oauxkt73B9BJk6IZEobygviGOPIDfcMEtd2HE5_HwWU0cT0jci7XrTiT7dQV81sCq9VcGmWRtqJD7xDyNHOTw1AU4T6GEwx0O79giCF5s7k0OQo1ZL1tQUVhgeXkAnaHmSPXpPMEyHI_ltGFt/s4000/20220522_141017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9-I1WkqWKejz0OmAIRuniorTlCVv5wVJBYmUV98oauxkt73B9BJk6IZEobygviGOPIDfcMEtd2HE5_HwWU0cT0jci7XrTiT7dQV81sCq9VcGmWRtqJD7xDyNHOTw1AU4T6GEwx0O79giCF5s7k0OQo1ZL1tQUVhgeXkAnaHmSPXpPMEyHI_ltGFt/w640-h360/20220522_141017.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu1UUU5uafIGLHRfRRrQEB4ZD397698r9mDUcTkbEH524SMWbJwz_jMv8Yq5C31jBcQtFQP456LAZw0-4-ZzDbTa93HtwH30m4NF-H-KHQIY392toE1YJRp7mm_ONnLCeSw0q9tvqOoT0WKMAmI66rdJC51NLq0T1NvFLnrZb63lUH0oNhBquB4n4/s4000/20220522_140623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu1UUU5uafIGLHRfRRrQEB4ZD397698r9mDUcTkbEH524SMWbJwz_jMv8Yq5C31jBcQtFQP456LAZw0-4-ZzDbTa93HtwH30m4NF-H-KHQIY392toE1YJRp7mm_ONnLCeSw0q9tvqOoT0WKMAmI66rdJC51NLq0T1NvFLnrZb63lUH0oNhBquB4n4/w640-h360/20220522_140623.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The rest of the walk down the long road is rather tedious. That's why my original plan was the other ridge with 6 Munros, a silly long day, and finally drop down via the <b>pilgrims path </b>(I<i>'ll park that one for the next time and hope for some nicer weather</i>), so no more pictures from today's walk.</div><div><br /></div><div>I say that, but there was "the man in the white car" with the "<b>maniacal horror movie" </b> facial expressions 😳😨. I'm sure he was just fine, but the mind plays weird tricks after a long day.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I got to the <b>Clova Hotel</b>, <b>Craig </b>was already there, as he'd left earlier, and had similar fun over <b>Broad Cairn</b>. He hadn't walked past the small bridge down the glen though.<br />He also had the only key, so having failed to get into the room, I found him in the bar. Well, that meant a beer then didn't it.<br />Then up to the room for a kit sort out ( <i>I had an exciting supply parcel waiting </i>) and a shower, before a rest and then down to the bar (<i>it was beer o'clock already</i>) for an evening meal and a few more pints. <b>Craig </b>already had a table booked and <b>James </b>joined us, having managed to get a room (<i>he wasn't pre booked</i>).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVAc_zCkaXgSRYWPY19Z9TL8vrV48Fy9AKTZQbyvyLvHAB9KEbZRE1NbKprWYQRdp1e6hc9h6gEdBVz6x1DEWkQA2v62z8H-P0VTaHzQzZRnY1Y45MfxfhZ2X0WZ_epWqdXh2exMnfYYtC7KrUUWT3iWdMeu7BXt2GxCJzc-DS-xbloPHBoFGmBau/s4000/20220522_183736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVAc_zCkaXgSRYWPY19Z9TL8vrV48Fy9AKTZQbyvyLvHAB9KEbZRE1NbKprWYQRdp1e6hc9h6gEdBVz6x1DEWkQA2v62z8H-P0VTaHzQzZRnY1Y45MfxfhZ2X0WZ_epWqdXh2exMnfYYtC7KrUUWT3iWdMeu7BXt2GxCJzc-DS-xbloPHBoFGmBau/w640-h360/20220522_183736.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMon27F0t-yCYICfeDTH4J0atAhZTiHE6V6LuDXTklPVOEC1YvNR_krtg2tGVTnqsF3Y19JLnvPK2JYPp3qAjUv0pDBJAqrn5Cq1MEpBcRl7nVr7kinpvncRr6ix0vQoryXK_lVeo-u-Eo3SNgBj48FAsuLUGr6Ia9QZo_BAbI6lgL0kLQxG92TmfX/s3840/DSC_0780.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMon27F0t-yCYICfeDTH4J0atAhZTiHE6V6LuDXTklPVOEC1YvNR_krtg2tGVTnqsF3Y19JLnvPK2JYPp3qAjUv0pDBJAqrn5Cq1MEpBcRl7nVr7kinpvncRr6ix0vQoryXK_lVeo-u-Eo3SNgBj48FAsuLUGr6Ia9QZo_BAbI6lgL0kLQxG92TmfX/w360-h640/DSC_0780.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div>I'm pretty sure this was the same room I had in <b>2019</b>.<br /><br />Only hairy bit was nearly "doing a <b>Woolston</b>" and going absolutely flying in the shower on a somewhat slippery floor. Luckily I escaped that, and 2 days of back pain.</div><div><br /></div><div>So there you have it just one day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow I had plans for a rather different route to <b>Tarfside</b>.<br />Also, the forecast was much better, so.............</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">🤞🤞</span></div><div><br /></div></div>Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-40549250714100160762022-07-06T20:09:00.005+01:002022-07-11T17:12:57.940+01:00TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links (Days 9 & 10) - Bob Scotts Bothy to Lochallater Lodge via Braemar<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links (Days 9 & 10) </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Bob Scotts Bothy to Lochallater Lodge via Braemar</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">(Not as much swearing today...)</p><p><b><u>Day 09 Fri 20th May - Bob Scott's to Braemar </u></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>14.6 km (291m Ascent)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMFyx42JzG2vUbTXSQzatjWsoRHOf82gEpp9ZeFkPoPH8HHKko8InV-4JFGKhVAmzXgBmqCPTE4BjJnzECoeOkGP9GVTIFQ0sbqFcAJccUtya3xiUJI4YDnRigdi5ru4TOCMAiYAs7BBPn6S43fzjBkV2sZSC50Yx4cVavg0qd-W9N1nt-GQThyif/s1736/Map%2009%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1736" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMFyx42JzG2vUbTXSQzatjWsoRHOf82gEpp9ZeFkPoPH8HHKko8InV-4JFGKhVAmzXgBmqCPTE4BjJnzECoeOkGP9GVTIFQ0sbqFcAJccUtya3xiUJI4YDnRigdi5ru4TOCMAiYAs7BBPn6S43fzjBkV2sZSC50Yx4cVavg0qd-W9N1nt-GQThyif/w640-h268/Map%2009%20a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1rSemAVKeP6qU7iixvQIoo9kZNTYxGicbZ4Z_uBT6yZqru-nahGtYEZP3qvkSdr9u7LJE3VwViAIlrw4jPOL0-cgNacIW9CPtBnscHkZCdV8RJBXYFWMpYmJ2eQN0J0FIuc78P56A9WD3GFMyXh1xaYemuAopPlCnmodEzRpyPt2R8ZtI5ZO4Uns/s1408/Day%2009%20Profile.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="1408" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1rSemAVKeP6qU7iixvQIoo9kZNTYxGicbZ4Z_uBT6yZqru-nahGtYEZP3qvkSdr9u7LJE3VwViAIlrw4jPOL0-cgNacIW9CPtBnscHkZCdV8RJBXYFWMpYmJ2eQN0J0FIuc78P56A9WD3GFMyXh1xaYemuAopPlCnmodEzRpyPt2R8ZtI5ZO4Uns/w640-h226/Day%2009%20Profile.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Although some movement from the girls, who yesterday had said they would be away early, I was the first awake and up.<br />I needed to pop out for a comfort break.<br />I was still alive, so either I didn't snore, or the threats from yesterday were untrue.<br /><br />Most were now sorting out gear when I got back (<i>TBF, it's not too far to the toilet</i>), and I proceeded to pack away my gear. I bade them safe journey, as the forecast for later that day was less than good, and they were heading high, and started towards <b>Braemar</b>.<br />No 2 nature had not called yet, and so I was hopeful for a sit down ablution at <b>Mar Lodge</b>.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVK3ecqeDxacZqBl0pbShN0PJxtlV8vc-BXW21l2A9QbYYwYBYb8z9bSz1LKl_o2dzTHPmIdlXAEJItAvIlupHTjuIsALCvLM5-WUc7nVhzPZhwWqk89wp-7wU1d53liZ00fdy3rz63-5jiygWiUJFA8jn7ZI-zMpDzPgTFUQrNj9eU_zHN0VNRjL/s4000/20220520_084041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVK3ecqeDxacZqBl0pbShN0PJxtlV8vc-BXW21l2A9QbYYwYBYb8z9bSz1LKl_o2dzTHPmIdlXAEJItAvIlupHTjuIsALCvLM5-WUc7nVhzPZhwWqk89wp-7wU1d53liZ00fdy3rz63-5jiygWiUJFA8jn7ZI-zMpDzPgTFUQrNj9eU_zHN0VNRjL/w640-h360/20220520_084041.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>It was a cool morning at this point, and a rather same-ish track much of the way yo Mar Lodge.<br />Easy walking as not too much up and down, and no nasty rivers to cross.<br />Plus the promise of a cup of tea and a biscuit at <b>Mar Lodge.</b><br />I had skipped on breakfast, but only 7km to the Lodge, so not an issue.<div><br /></div><div>I plodded on at a gentle pace.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, time in the hills, and toilet tales (<i>and I have many over the years, just read old blogs 💩</i>) are never far from each other.<br />It was going well until I was about 1km from <b>Luibeg bridge,</b> but then the little voice in my head started saying. <span style="color: #2b00fe;">"Told you to go back at the bothy!"</span><br />It was ok, it, it was only about 4.5km to Mar Lodge now, and anyway, there were for some reason, what seemed like hundreds of people walking towards me up the slope in small groups, and looking at the sides, there was nowhere to hide away.<br />I decided to ignore that annoying voice and carry on......<br />The annoying voice was <b>NOT</b> to be ignored.<br />And it had already sent messages south to stir up trouble.<br />As I neared Luibeg bridge , the little voice came back.</div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"This is your <b>1 minute warning</b>, and remember, the elastic is gone on that underwear, so if I was you, I'd get this shit sorted out"</span>, that was a literal request.<br />Nowhere near the track seemed viable, too much visibility, and going further on was a stream, so I had to go away from that.<br />Nothing for it then, as that little voice was beginning to rant instructions to other bits of my anatomy.<br />I turned a sharp left and headed upwards through the undergrowth, through a bog (<i>pretty annoyed, as my shoes had finally dried out</i>), and upwards until I finally found a big fallen tree in the middle of a marsh, about 150m off the track, and thankfully hidden. Finding a dry-ish place for the pack, I removed required toiletries, trowel, and dug a suitable size latrine. Thank God for walking poles to balance on, as this was both precarious/dangerous and prime tick undergrowth.</div><div>Five minutes later, and all was right with the world.<br />I was heading back towards the track.<br />Hopefully without any form of <b>insect/archnid</b> like invasion, and the little voice had ****ed off somewhere else.<br /><br />Now of course, you didn't need to know any of that, but TBF, it's more interesting than describing a light brown track and weeds.</div><div><br /></div><div>I decided at the small junction where the paths cross, not to go straight down to <b>Claybokie</b>, but for some reason, I would take the left fork up (yes, up) and then swing right down the track that comes out right opposite the entrance to Mar Lodge. I had done that bit of road too many times, regardless of how short it was from this direction. Actually some nice views from up there, although the double track down shown on the OS maps is a long way removed from the narrow, overgrown, rutted track that is the reality.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6tsqskAvCxKsAmLcyBB6wmFRyWL5N5EkWeffLrhnAOgPJwbCd3w6GdyUUa6ieHAjlj1PKQztrl_9Eua_625oFkcN-Ttq97NaLyJ_L_6N8igZduuPFlQ443sGGUH-YLBltoMl4uHpbzVHnD5GP1o-IOK3So9EW4Vrp_58W71j1-gttTJa_n_8d8xj/s4000/20220520_100348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6tsqskAvCxKsAmLcyBB6wmFRyWL5N5EkWeffLrhnAOgPJwbCd3w6GdyUUa6ieHAjlj1PKQztrl_9Eua_625oFkcN-Ttq97NaLyJ_L_6N8igZduuPFlQ443sGGUH-YLBltoMl4uHpbzVHnD5GP1o-IOK3So9EW4Vrp_58W71j1-gttTJa_n_8d8xj/w640-h360/20220520_100348.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I did give advice to the problem though, and as they never got back to me, I assume that fixed it</i>).<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXCkp76jTR8hbCv83KUUwGdtd7GVTJNF1GpSqrr0C-cdyOrUI1qdI-6mEim0bcAMY7HJfPwpXA4BRR4nKrhoff7knJf4lbTPqHdR4080nRKy7DdZA4WSIEV8K6-NAAir07ZtrbDiMbz6teZuMoqvHtFUUC_Ytgv3Ab4AzlSJUf9BlXrOvz7TR-WX7/s4000/20220520_114433.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXCkp76jTR8hbCv83KUUwGdtd7GVTJNF1GpSqrr0C-cdyOrUI1qdI-6mEim0bcAMY7HJfPwpXA4BRR4nKrhoff7knJf4lbTPqHdR4080nRKy7DdZA4WSIEV8K6-NAAir07ZtrbDiMbz6teZuMoqvHtFUUC_Ytgv3Ab4AzlSJUf9BlXrOvz7TR-WX7/w360-h640/20220520_114433.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67_HVDrxdnHCeU8Nfe3epQ3aSEJ0BHLytBLeeSkhrSshUNTipJasJrHUrWAfWKDFlFg-5_HSel8ITJHORI0Aetaw9ccobNaesOxHR6A9iGcSwgaVVNPw2zvqg0OWHSH-gWPX6rSS2LG6M3mDjvDAR4GPYfSnm_4Hqi-LLkDhfOOtUX1ioXLi-pCjD/s4000/20220520_114951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67_HVDrxdnHCeU8Nfe3epQ3aSEJ0BHLytBLeeSkhrSshUNTipJasJrHUrWAfWKDFlFg-5_HSel8ITJHORI0Aetaw9ccobNaesOxHR6A9iGcSwgaVVNPw2zvqg0OWHSH-gWPX6rSS2LG6M3mDjvDAR4GPYfSnm_4Hqi-LLkDhfOOtUX1ioXLi-pCjD/w360-h640/20220520_114951.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>If you've not gone via the woods, then do it.<br />So much nicer.<br />Take the road from the bridge until you cross the stream.<br />Then carry on past the houses until just after the house on the right, where a track goes off to the left up to a large gate. Through here and then take the central track up the hill where a steeper track goes off to the right.<br />Carry on until you get to the pond, then go right round the far end of the pond, up to the track where you go left, and then right again up (<i>don't be tempted down the big track)</i>.<br />Carry on through the woods, and 2 gates until you get to the <strike>trig point</strike> <br />(<i>I am told that in my ignorance this is <b>NOT </b>a <b>trig point</b> but a <b>toposcope </b>by <b>Louise </b>and <b>Alan</b>. I am humbled & now better educated. Who knew eh... 🙆</i>) that is hidden just off to the left. If you start to head down to a golf course, you missed it by a country mile (<i>I have that T shirt from many years ago</i>).</div><div><br /></div><div>For the uneducated 😉 ... <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toposcope">Toposcope - Wikipedia</a></div><div><br /></div><div>From the <strike>trig point</strike> toposcope, follow the track down and round to the right to end up on the road into <b>Braemar</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFNuVYiobO2Rk1WY73uxqk_UwR5B0NKgsiCdmSMBlogMEN-hTj4Lu2zKUQjZBEQVMnMsqA0A3vwGQ9Y1__BaGpq2f13CH-P94A0MbWLAyupmjG0RdOJrYpED6EII45z9Hsp2ZuXNrqgvZxdZ8_6xQwrd4Ca6QircXqJepiwdW3csJtRHOYaEycl36/s1304/Map%209b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1304" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFNuVYiobO2Rk1WY73uxqk_UwR5B0NKgsiCdmSMBlogMEN-hTj4Lu2zKUQjZBEQVMnMsqA0A3vwGQ9Y1__BaGpq2f13CH-P94A0MbWLAyupmjG0RdOJrYpED6EII45z9Hsp2ZuXNrqgvZxdZ8_6xQwrd4Ca6QircXqJepiwdW3csJtRHOYaEycl36/w640-h368/Map%209b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Mind you ,if the TGOC was in Nov, I have a wardrobe lady who could provide just the right outfit.... 😳<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYneo7uQkT0Va-YRMHJ-yzULAChL8mSAmPNh6c07LFkipJQRSirgA1f4awZQDMEGIs4UvZckSHS9Lolu6ICbPVxl_p4fnp9tGh9fnBwOB1pjPMqQsSkBHc6wlMAopgYK0So3Iz4DIc_Rui2bq6G7fsDVOLJJil9TRI1M_EzwqeiN9ESYmaifNb8C3I/s722/Madge2s.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="324" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYneo7uQkT0Va-YRMHJ-yzULAChL8mSAmPNh6c07LFkipJQRSirgA1f4awZQDMEGIs4UvZckSHS9Lolu6ICbPVxl_p4fnp9tGh9fnBwOB1pjPMqQsSkBHc6wlMAopgYK0So3Iz4DIc_Rui2bq6G7fsDVOLJJil9TRI1M_EzwqeiN9ESYmaifNb8C3I/w288-h640/Madge2s.JPG" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So I wandered around town, until I spotted <b>Julie </b>and <b>Dave </b>by the <b>Coop</b>.<br />Had a discussion about disintegrated underwear, where a fine tip was given (<i>see later trip to the Braemar Mountain Shop</i>), and then we went to the <b>Fife </b>for a beer, where we were allowed in as long as we vacated the table within 25 minutes as it was reserved for some posh clean people. 🙄<br /><br />Beer was had, and then it was time to go to the coop to buy whisky and supplies, and then more importantly to the gear shop to find new underwear.<br /><br />The advice given by Julie, as Dave had some, was that the Saxx Boxer shorts where the dogs. Not cheap, but excellent.<br /><br />Well, they were worth a look IMHO, as the grey Rab ones I had as a free replacement to the Red Rab ones that had disintegrated a couple of years ago, where.... Hanging in there (<i>literally</i>).<br /><br />Now, for the squeamish, I have NOT taken a picture of the old ones.<br />Too much hanging in there!<br /><br />But below are the red ones from a couple of years ago.<br />Plus... I picture if the new ones.<br /><br />Yes... The <b>Saxx Boxers</b> with the <b>Ball Park Pouch</b> really do work. 😀😲</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxpLpQJP8SMBDutIiy0DUWkAoQG_VGOo3Wz0mbQXJo0YO1ijqUdz-wLXHMx5mHnXNaU9eli5SAlt5YIVx7kDxA0lfWirPjMeg8DXZeYrP0zVeNSqpeJzIdw2wB15UH3Ix_uEy1ER2Mumz5fWbu6hlGA1pQHeCKpM24c0K5ASczbDROZ8daRHJCuNU/s3840/DSC_1019.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuxpLpQJP8SMBDutIiy0DUWkAoQG_VGOo3Wz0mbQXJo0YO1ijqUdz-wLXHMx5mHnXNaU9eli5SAlt5YIVx7kDxA0lfWirPjMeg8DXZeYrP0zVeNSqpeJzIdw2wB15UH3Ix_uEy1ER2Mumz5fWbu6hlGA1pQHeCKpM24c0K5ASczbDROZ8daRHJCuNU/w640-h360/DSC_1019.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original Rab destroyed shreddies <br />(don't ask or even think)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />And here they are.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSM4EnQYGVntJ_tKPU4l8FURMNXZrLaCmQ-xc6PJgDFWXbv2wcz6q8F9dDLQp3oP02R8F_Xcc-b6h9vJfJn5NeB8bGDcFCz_haKZHPK418saZrHQARoEo4xTOHS13DKdQZasRyjmNCknOM6UrZMr9VpG83q90f7Dp_8Y22Pui3OvQrQp_69oZLEmx/s3433/20220706_174733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2241" data-original-width="3433" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSM4EnQYGVntJ_tKPU4l8FURMNXZrLaCmQ-xc6PJgDFWXbv2wcz6q8F9dDLQp3oP02R8F_Xcc-b6h9vJfJn5NeB8bGDcFCz_haKZHPK418saZrHQARoEo4xTOHS13DKdQZasRyjmNCknOM6UrZMr9VpG83q90f7Dp_8Y22Pui3OvQrQp_69oZLEmx/w640-h418/20220706_174733.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMywhxa_Cv0D_pEGXyKmTMvoW_XPSLNc0lw-9fZ-O0DD4xE5hAxmis1aFpFKyGB0ErV_wPG0z5jtYV3z7wBMrIHIxiwtcRy0lgIS6IfEDljc__Xo2C-s-Ue1WwdErv1OE9dFHRaRG92iz5zLskVQ6w295wSYWLmc82NWG5bz8FxNpJBKfaBDZeyW_V/s1140/20220706_174748.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="1136" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMywhxa_Cv0D_pEGXyKmTMvoW_XPSLNc0lw-9fZ-O0DD4xE5hAxmis1aFpFKyGB0ErV_wPG0z5jtYV3z7wBMrIHIxiwtcRy0lgIS6IfEDljc__Xo2C-s-Ue1WwdErv1OE9dFHRaRG92iz5zLskVQ6w295wSYWLmc82NWG5bz8FxNpJBKfaBDZeyW_V/w399-h400/20220706_174748.jpg" width="399" /></a></div><br /><div>Now, at this point, and for those that are <b>INTRIGUED </b>about <b>Ball Park Pouch</b>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HSq0TGl1S-VckC0YEOzN4nJjNf5m7PusWBJuZna9K0nIsenQLS31xPtgNtpVz8_aHScxbG6kLWRshaoqs7WCm9cr7Iz6UBud5FrpZVyVDgiBfefiK2RNk2icqSVPLi6IEfGAMqsyEw9IBT1jmYchD0exdlJzEMf2_aw6-lPfql5U_rohcvjydP4L/s4000/20220706_174820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HSq0TGl1S-VckC0YEOzN4nJjNf5m7PusWBJuZna9K0nIsenQLS31xPtgNtpVz8_aHScxbG6kLWRshaoqs7WCm9cr7Iz6UBud5FrpZVyVDgiBfefiK2RNk2icqSVPLi6IEfGAMqsyEw9IBT1jmYchD0exdlJzEMf2_aw6-lPfql5U_rohcvjydP4L/w360-h640/20220706_174820.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="color: #990000;">To Clarify</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">1. The Mesh is that Colour</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">2. They have been washed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">3. Yes they do work</span><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In fact they are so good, that after I went back to the YHA, cleaned up and showered, I wore them as a tester into town.<br />They were so good, that the next morning I went and bought a second pair.<br />I was willing to carry a 3rd pair of shreddies to the coast!<br />The 2nd pair were a different colour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cdRWMXADs2CbyqjrVc88sB_OpKMckaZZIv5Dq5WBFi7fF8xyq3ijwIHdi2BLvwHZThmOc0ZJHWG8ftWriDMLPq2Rt1BZrIqKIO9N7WYKJJz0zk9TlbipHr4iad7DoECegkqFiYtyBdVMUi-bvrDuAiEphsHfwZy0vCBq2mJMSEpd56Ue4xlV2H5P/s4000/20220520_164824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cdRWMXADs2CbyqjrVc88sB_OpKMckaZZIv5Dq5WBFi7fF8xyq3ijwIHdi2BLvwHZThmOc0ZJHWG8ftWriDMLPq2Rt1BZrIqKIO9N7WYKJJz0zk9TlbipHr4iad7DoECegkqFiYtyBdVMUi-bvrDuAiEphsHfwZy0vCBq2mJMSEpd56Ue4xlV2H5P/w360-h640/20220520_164824.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, as stated, I went to the YHA and booked into my room.<br />It was a twin I had booked when <b>Keith </b>was going to be on the Challenge.<br />Then, I was going to share with <b>Craig</b>, but his route had changed and so as luck would have it, it worked out well, as <b>Carl</b> shared it, while <b>Gabriella</b> shared with <b>Sally </b>& <b>Laura</b>.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAh_4wcDIXXfbEADDUSRGi4OlE6K7zd8m9gakhxmnHbWWTQLrknh-PB8fbZiU0_MoWGsxSUYvBYw3Qvp0Xa9llDraAp1jN5tMROz1PUIgzjTCtV1qIx0ray21z_E2iLrt7jQ-DjdPdhNv8bn0wvJiUsa07y35-Fkc4FsvgHgNX5uuUZ3M1G1oc7FM/s4000/20220521_075844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZAh_4wcDIXXfbEADDUSRGi4OlE6K7zd8m9gakhxmnHbWWTQLrknh-PB8fbZiU0_MoWGsxSUYvBYw3Qvp0Xa9llDraAp1jN5tMROz1PUIgzjTCtV1qIx0ray21z_E2iLrt7jQ-DjdPdhNv8bn0wvJiUsa07y35-Fkc4FsvgHgNX5uuUZ3M1G1oc7FM/w640-h360/20220521_075844.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cleansed, I went back into town and met up with <b>Carl </b>and <b>Gabriella</b>, & later in the bar (<b>Sally </b>& <b>Laura</b>) and after looking around, off to the <b>Fife</b> for a 2nd attempt, where there were a few more in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpixGduMhdnMiJOO4t3EIbBYS549yUVX6tINznCUjs3Qn5LMQi5M5XM4_h5miY5zuC3m2jtu9w_cN1Sal9-Pi591ps2vspprVguzJynrMlSet-CnfzUi6wwPQLSnkETcmwb79RivAoYTnxX7glmFF5ylxhSbUr8B3BUj0XYD-0AAtbD0zChUeIRaG/s4032/281441864_1046658612947736_2658594380891923860_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1911" data-original-width="4032" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFpixGduMhdnMiJOO4t3EIbBYS549yUVX6tINznCUjs3Qn5LMQi5M5XM4_h5miY5zuC3m2jtu9w_cN1Sal9-Pi591ps2vspprVguzJynrMlSet-CnfzUi6wwPQLSnkETcmwb79RivAoYTnxX7glmFF5ylxhSbUr8B3BUj0XYD-0AAtbD0zChUeIRaG/w640-h304/281441864_1046658612947736_2658594380891923860_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wasn't being anti-social.<br />I was listening to the live stream of a funeral<br />in which my daughter was making a speech.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykR8gQXcwWd7opUdKNCk5RTYmafT07-A_yR5J9vhxqw3mtzP-ATsSfLX9Rn2pnGChsfNH3hZD0cvlyYChAxpKtqnXaO2vwuoLnn5wjqeZ8XXpckEwVqhPKJQV8pvpkJiyotS-nuIvy-m4J6Jx3Z5g_7sGm9CPbngYI2DX0JZxpX7DfnJ6PmsnGf3-/s3968/281298549_329104085854399_718379931852159204_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1880" data-original-width="3968" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykR8gQXcwWd7opUdKNCk5RTYmafT07-A_yR5J9vhxqw3mtzP-ATsSfLX9Rn2pnGChsfNH3hZD0cvlyYChAxpKtqnXaO2vwuoLnn5wjqeZ8XXpckEwVqhPKJQV8pvpkJiyotS-nuIvy-m4J6Jx3Z5g_7sGm9CPbngYI2DX0JZxpX7DfnJ6PmsnGf3-/w640-h304/281298549_329104085854399_718379931852159204_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQPAkufih6tI8hyAHiwZymAVfVWX_tl7csdZoYHFDmz-vGA4G7hUVcZqhuhO00ATEycBHBx1cBoV7lKJDXZ6ibyFiSMSgO1IMcE5vM5KcNtOzjpKgvbvOjyOUyqGn0CAAX4JYBlyMCimxufzNJl0Z43CvJdxCHotvD6b45SeoGlLvK-9grsTnQ87P/s1600/292084798_521658093072949_1174251606949868913_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQPAkufih6tI8hyAHiwZymAVfVWX_tl7csdZoYHFDmz-vGA4G7hUVcZqhuhO00ATEycBHBx1cBoV7lKJDXZ6ibyFiSMSgO1IMcE5vM5KcNtOzjpKgvbvOjyOUyqGn0CAAX4JYBlyMCimxufzNJl0Z43CvJdxCHotvD6b45SeoGlLvK-9grsTnQ87P/w640-h480/292084798_521658093072949_1174251606949868913_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sally, Gabriella, Carl & Laura<br />TGOC Family 😊</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Later it was decided that the best place for a meal, was the F<b>arquharson's Bar & Kitchen </b>. We had to wait a while as it was crowded, probably because (my opinion) the Fife is so unwelcoming and ridiculously expensive. Now some may love the Fife, but for me, it is a never to go to hotel again.<br /><br />The next 3 pictures I pinched off their website and FB pages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-mQp0xFqtdi-YlA3zZm_63M9LJfOZpqoLXafZUOfHdS0ivc03SSOF632MQkx7CKoyunsdb9CN14PuOV28nZ2L8UnwERK3tZVSWmyOgyK052fCquBh9Bs1i5Foev2rHBXHvGj6Qd0Drk6fRAjoF0rQdpoxuazjTimgFfOWQP9LUhoZHpT2SmrMirb/s2048/Bar%20Before.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-mQp0xFqtdi-YlA3zZm_63M9LJfOZpqoLXafZUOfHdS0ivc03SSOF632MQkx7CKoyunsdb9CN14PuOV28nZ2L8UnwERK3tZVSWmyOgyK052fCquBh9Bs1i5Foev2rHBXHvGj6Qd0Drk6fRAjoF0rQdpoxuazjTimgFfOWQP9LUhoZHpT2SmrMirb/w640-h426/Bar%20Before.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As it was before the refurbishment</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SouCS6Wl_SRS-C67JvJEEmtfgGaWpkMChafKsrVdVlisHp5juGMjOqWA3y0MACSWVlfuDFyk3_8YIdtkmHpHTRR3-OzVWNm9d9m8BozSitbHuERixYVQp32EbQ3WMvD4UXY8MOu6sI7rjNyPzZvPTCdyCZTW-W38IXYvBwme4XiP7YlMdc9mTFhG/s1440/Bar%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9SouCS6Wl_SRS-C67JvJEEmtfgGaWpkMChafKsrVdVlisHp5juGMjOqWA3y0MACSWVlfuDFyk3_8YIdtkmHpHTRR3-OzVWNm9d9m8BozSitbHuERixYVQp32EbQ3WMvD4UXY8MOu6sI7rjNyPzZvPTCdyCZTW-W38IXYvBwme4XiP7YlMdc9mTFhG/w640-h640/Bar%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obviously Taken in Winter</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlLBL7DucqkyLrw7YxisjlClcx5e5vfmipEcAP2KtG-xKXQbD3wEuUd7jE1itY5j839B00o1Yzk1A3JNZj3wm8h923sGF9UnyRY3R1fkrR-NwfBvhp5buu3xKC_37SZFgQaKgcuQfRggjWWGrbqzesTvv5atdb0j8PxFYMxSwh_aIvRMJp6Cmk0EkC/s1440/Bar%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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Carl Snores, and we'll NOT mention the farting 😬😬</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>Day 10 Sat 21st May - Braemar to Lochcallater Lodge via a Corbett</u></b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><b>13km (578m Ascent)</b></div><div><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYc-TXFqrDgVQK0XPyAWVID1T4Plb174iI63k1guS16QcUMzAQ4S2wI1UsXZiQRyNMKmCT8gZAewhbJLiBKQFBmDBGPjBYxR_WQX365Nmgjq0x0-pyhKmpXEThpmDgEs36QsbPZs9_S6BLGlT3_owLx-zhmbvurD4ytmqDOpAwgsoldrMecIdhSo0g/s918/Map%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="485" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYc-TXFqrDgVQK0XPyAWVID1T4Plb174iI63k1guS16QcUMzAQ4S2wI1UsXZiQRyNMKmCT8gZAewhbJLiBKQFBmDBGPjBYxR_WQX365Nmgjq0x0-pyhKmpXEThpmDgEs36QsbPZs9_S6BLGlT3_owLx-zhmbvurD4ytmqDOpAwgsoldrMecIdhSo0g/w338-h640/Map%2010.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_50WsTxRe1EYQNuTodVYwmE1WWEfhjOK9Aq7lR1FJpD0-YCADamLygHKt86rJBWgnyiPtXvhJpIQBC-xrU3IFA9BDTU6CpmKoQWQGixrEeqcE3u_CQvh3f6q1E5KQo04HpsUldjYDESup-l9Rat6XhsweR4CUunkR3oaCkMPQLKu_3aXHLGVotF-m/s1422/Profile%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="1422" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_50WsTxRe1EYQNuTodVYwmE1WWEfhjOK9Aq7lR1FJpD0-YCADamLygHKt86rJBWgnyiPtXvhJpIQBC-xrU3IFA9BDTU6CpmKoQWQGixrEeqcE3u_CQvh3f6q1E5KQo04HpsUldjYDESup-l9Rat6XhsweR4CUunkR3oaCkMPQLKu_3aXHLGVotF-m/w640-h220/Profile%2010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><b><br /></b></div>So we finally emerged from the SYHA at about 10.30, as they were chucking us out.<br />Went down to the <b>Bothy Cafe</b> for breakfast, which took ages and ages, as they also allowed ****ing tourists in. The delay worked out OK though, as it was now that I bought the extra <b>Ball Park Shreddies</b>.<br /><br />Then we generally bimbled around, and I went off but failed to bump into anyone again.<br />It had rained while in the Bothy, and as we had a glimpse of shadow and sun I decided to head off to <b>Lochcallater Lodge</b>, me destination for the day.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZKx3VUGLr2d5LSaYx2xLu8J-5FZ1EEUYsaiDzFkakSP5bq2PN2CPXuePo2If122N70tvpp4cjaJwo8raDl2vvQAf7X-ayw0j_2Q00mTUlHurAvqnZvC1LMKK7zmb3MiJwODY4Wrd7YX8vALrHHicMQWpNsc_0UFDZR-2M2zCRNjhOFYEliqzmTYS/s4000/20220521_130441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZKx3VUGLr2d5LSaYx2xLu8J-5FZ1EEUYsaiDzFkakSP5bq2PN2CPXuePo2If122N70tvpp4cjaJwo8raDl2vvQAf7X-ayw0j_2Q00mTUlHurAvqnZvC1LMKK7zmb3MiJwODY4Wrd7YX8vALrHHicMQWpNsc_0UFDZR-2M2zCRNjhOFYEliqzmTYS/w640-h360/20220521_130441.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwhy76Z4VpzG7y2Hy0o1MOaKuigql_Gv6Ttg1qksv868LfkH7OvVCPCK-jjDMtdI7Xp85_Ad4r2oPPuQ8i8AA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>As I got near to the cut off point I pondered on whether to go via the Corbett again.</div><div>Last few times, I had walked this with Gerry. It had become an annual thing.<br />There were rumours that Gerry was about, but our paths had not crossed.<br /><b>Thinks .................. 🤔🤔</b><br /><br />Yeah, why not, it's there and not raining, even if it was a tad windy.<br /><br />So off I went heading <b>UP</b> again.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OHBxdT7GDrceUsSd-3bDEg-G9GlENpBV8-HVmoDikchBWk3uTQFRO60UBs2S7bbt_dY4KXZQCJoni444PRkoAL-w_5Z1sayeHUurIkpqkH0sS8PsOhUlBsSA-jIwt_MmEf0DgWLady44gz9AVKb7Ej6y4tarDZsa34oUyrAFzW3Z7OzjPJJsZErF/s4000/20220521_133102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OHBxdT7GDrceUsSd-3bDEg-G9GlENpBV8-HVmoDikchBWk3uTQFRO60UBs2S7bbt_dY4KXZQCJoni444PRkoAL-w_5Z1sayeHUurIkpqkH0sS8PsOhUlBsSA-jIwt_MmEf0DgWLady44gz9AVKb7Ej6y4tarDZsa34oUyrAFzW3Z7OzjPJJsZErF/w360-h640/20220521_133102.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLh7AsRB1OL7hELj-sutZ8KFRsIJaiXqNsDpB8JRkoMQTUM2gYRKfOw7G3Rg_P8FtzowFaTW-JE9ff1CNzJm3JZA6PCAmf10z7e7g2W5vPZpow6Kyo86_u36Y_Ay4YwGJ5pF0gwE4j6FFZjFOOc7Z8eMzAvvIjNg-7qRYAUNuQ7Rz7qY9WSk8pU3Q/s4000/20220521_204447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLh7AsRB1OL7hELj-sutZ8KFRsIJaiXqNsDpB8JRkoMQTUM2gYRKfOw7G3Rg_P8FtzowFaTW-JE9ff1CNzJm3JZA6PCAmf10z7e7g2W5vPZpow6Kyo86_u36Y_Ay4YwGJ5pF0gwE4j6FFZjFOOc7Z8eMzAvvIjNg-7qRYAUNuQ7Rz7qY9WSk8pU3Q/w360-h640/20220521_204447.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div><br />I cannot express how much I love being here.<br />It was funny this year to be here on the Sat, rather than the Sun, but, as it happens, it was to be a brilliant evening.</div><div>A small number of people, and a more intimate (<i>in the good sense</i>) evening of friendship and songs.</div><div><br /><span style="color: #a64d79;">In the last few years (<i>and this is my opinion</i>), there have been some great folk there, that I really like, but a degree of getting utterly pissed by some to the point of being almost a burden.<br />I could even say that a slight disrespect to Bill and those that are there.<br />That is NOT I add, the intention, but just probably the lovliness of the place that some maybe relax too much to a point of oblivion.<br />And this is not really a criticism, as everyone that goes there is a top person.<br />Just that some lack that extra bit of self control on matters alcohol.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, this evening was a BELTER.<br />Mick and Tracey were there, even though <b>Mick</b> (he's done 20 OK!) had withdrawn.<br /><br />If anyone has any video's or images of that night I can add, then please message me and I'll give you an email address.<br /><br />That said, below is the TGOC song I did (<i>using Andy Howell's lyrics</i>)<br />Sadly like far too many in the last 2 years, Andy is no longer with us (IT WAS A SHOCK to me).<br />I recorded this after the even, as it's difficult to play it, and record it at the same time.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RFrJ5VW3W-c" width="320" youtube-src-id="RFrJ5VW3W-c"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Press Play for the TGOC Song<br /><br />Not that anyone would want to, but you can download the <br />MP3 from here.<br /><br /><a href="https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjYCUHcWOB9SgtRCalv4US1V3uExSg?e=dYhYyb">Download PP3's</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>TOP evening as I said.<br />Many many thanks to Bill, and all those that provided this wonderful place.<br />Shame Michael couldn't make it this year, but we'll catch up sir.<br /><br />At some point it was time for bed.<br /><br />Those in tents went outside, those who had blagged a room wandered up the stairs to sleep.<br /><br />Tomorrow was another day.<br />It would be in great company, and fuck all visibility.<div><br /></div><div>Heh....</div><div>Its called the Challenge!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Final song as done at the lodge, and recorded later.<br /><b>Gravedigger </b>(<i>my interpretation</i>)<br />Originally I think by <b>Willie Nelson</b><br />And an awesome version you should seriously listen to<br />By <b>Dave Matthews</b><br /><br /><span style="color: #800180;">That said.<br /><b>Press ****ing PLAY</b><br />on this one!<br />It's a Challenge Family THING!</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1VdHnYOdqn0" width="320" youtube-src-id="1VdHnYOdqn0"></iframe></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">See ya on day 11.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Another day.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Another song (God help you!)</span></b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-76132044728090530432022-06-13T22:21:00.001+01:002022-06-13T22:21:05.348+01:00TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links (Days 7 & 8) - Kingussie to Bob Scotts Bothy<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>TWO BIG DAYS.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: medium;"><b>TWO LONG DAYS</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Bound to be ****ing swearing then!<br /><br />May also contain spelling and grammar errors.<br />I haven't checked.<br />Move on, it's not that important!</b></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k4e3H9NOuhM" width="320" youtube-src-id="k4e3H9NOuhM"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Thorbjorn Risager - Long Gone</span><br /><b>The music is all part of the blog post (PRESS PLAY)</b></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Day 07 - Wed 18th May - Kingussie to SYHA Glenmore Lodge</u></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWOF3e5Crmo5V2vCiOn2sECoiHwiQCnk89xpd9O0-0f2FaHobSvXZZJBGoShn7v3Z-R-VxIArD3Ej7t22XCdK9ecdmcd5P_QURYeTsBLIBvnEOmn2PJ20ewKVKgkVgWK3bZI1_OlA5W8OcUZFZooQShgZ2TssCHQ_KoBNgqZoNOowpd1fuYsqKC7R/s1145/Day%2007%20Map%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="1412" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj__vZjoerBoiOL-977v1SdXiCi5lu_VFIDv6rRja9MCph1DXk3b3wW3zZl8-NTG-lp9E7C_gOL6sr6pcRFlEM-oV8a5_IqG5v66JpeD5stGsG5wEMUzCJeD0lQW3bBiBHEsnefQy1Lfo2GvnDJlxYWf7i351IaD65K--FR2iYNPtxW1nXzEEOdJNnv/w640-h222/Day%2007%20Profile.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I could have started with my breakfast at the hotel, but I needed to head off, as they didn't start breakfast until <b>09.00</b> , so I dropped the key off, said goodbye the small dog, that had forgotten who I was, and heeded out down the road towards the barracks.</p><p><br />It had absolutely PISSED IT down in the night, with huge puddles on the road, and looking at the large dark clouds, it looked like it might well do it again soon, but I braved the NO waterproofs on yet thing, and headed off, trying to keep off the road as much as possible, and picking up as many signs as I could for the <b>Speyside Way,</b> they would get me off road, all the way from the <b>Ruthven barracks </b>to the track to <b>Tromie Bridge</b>. This was deep joy, as that road walk used to be an utter ball ache.<br />You do have to swap sides from right to left part way along and head through some pretty little paths. The <b>TARMAC LUVVIES</b> would just go down the road bashing their feet in the same way every step, and thus save about <b>½km</b> and at least <b>4 minutes</b> 🙄🤷♂️.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBMGYTNv2K0KmmLgY6dy2GtCj0NvCto0i-3v7kvgDqasiGq_IoE9dl4esd4QGLlxcLSQLUXZNKdjQoQiEsBH0y0gsIj1lQXwYR7GAZtwhYUpB_6WDxqDSaIPkOYYWYt937ounmnG4yFca9ssmpxe2BsmKmNTiUKqSDJFG4xNKRUWEAA3gI_QE_X1g/s3648/IMG_20220518_082126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="1744" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBMGYTNv2K0KmmLgY6dy2GtCj0NvCto0i-3v7kvgDqasiGq_IoE9dl4esd4QGLlxcLSQLUXZNKdjQoQiEsBH0y0gsIj1lQXwYR7GAZtwhYUpB_6WDxqDSaIPkOYYWYt937ounmnG4yFca9ssmpxe2BsmKmNTiUKqSDJFG4xNKRUWEAA3gI_QE_X1g/w306-h640/IMG_20220518_082126.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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When it gets to a wet bit, they really love to make that bit as messed up and as wide and muddy as possible, to make it an utter shitfest for anyone else.<br />I am officially allowed to bitch about this, because I do a lot of cycling, and in particular a lot of off road MTB cycling, but it still <b>F***ing Pisses Me Off!</b></p><p>You will see in next pics, the lovely lochs, and the <b>MTB MESS!</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCBU_1WUP1MQ5Y5B6i9jLJcws0bXEhK3FXymyq_wL7sbd8a6KBmxuSuihDnm0veLmykhIb500HSzAqwgpEXoszaBYMzmObNsA9V7OZnXKBlYvvNIXSsKq3N3xdVhPLsSYoYMDhsegDFaP4iHzMIvOQuOo16QmHkRfE3mHjyXemRtYxu0TfFqtpbYT/s3648/IMG_20220518_125233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWCBU_1WUP1MQ5Y5B6i9jLJcws0bXEhK3FXymyq_wL7sbd8a6KBmxuSuihDnm0veLmykhIb500HSzAqwgpEXoszaBYMzmObNsA9V7OZnXKBlYvvNIXSsKq3N3xdVhPLsSYoYMDhsegDFaP4iHzMIvOQuOo16QmHkRfE3mHjyXemRtYxu0TfFqtpbYT/w640-h306/IMG_20220518_125233.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUj50BHqe7FlCM4fdUQGVsn8mOXwDg-I0y0JardaqqyAJlRrhPBmnov0Kc9mBG9xjSunlaCUFFzJIDtpNvQN-c_iZc06EMnCK_T_OkbaORFUOCrCjin5Mp7T2bkZ0LYMvns4KbAt3T0eQdfgRflIychDuzKugtCLxHAdtX_WHfwiP37XmMKLR38d4/s3648/IMG_20220518_141416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUj50BHqe7FlCM4fdUQGVsn8mOXwDg-I0y0JardaqqyAJlRrhPBmnov0Kc9mBG9xjSunlaCUFFzJIDtpNvQN-c_iZc06EMnCK_T_OkbaORFUOCrCjin5Mp7T2bkZ0LYMvns4KbAt3T0eQdfgRflIychDuzKugtCLxHAdtX_WHfwiP37XmMKLR38d4/w640-h306/IMG_20220518_141416.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>From here, it was just following signposts to Loch Morlich, and avoiding bikes TBH.<br />As I approached <b>Loch Morlich</b>, feeling bloody knackered (<i>29 km into a warm day</i>), I pondered on whether to just go up to the road, and then take the track in above the road. It would have been 2km shorter.<br />Then when I got to the decision point I thought.<br /><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"No, **** it, do the Loch south side".</span></b><br />So, really,(<i>see map</i>), I should have taken the lower nicer track over to the river to join the south path.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOC7iNYicXHCH4jgugJYsVWyuj9s0oMhwQ6FuhKGapEnKQ2qEN8deKoe16JCysm2SomeNeENoxLr32cqZjh05YIDMU_UuQTPq3IYZ_0Xv6Bp8ronwwsoJft5w7G3UUsYSfsdCLRTgQG3jcshInEXMYxmSqYZD-tkQ86YoFn_nAqNqsiH3V-63mEOp-/s884/Map%2007%20e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="884" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOC7iNYicXHCH4jgugJYsVWyuj9s0oMhwQ6FuhKGapEnKQ2qEN8deKoe16JCysm2SomeNeENoxLr32cqZjh05YIDMU_UuQTPq3IYZ_0Xv6Bp8ronwwsoJft5w7G3UUsYSfsdCLRTgQG3jcshInEXMYxmSqYZD-tkQ86YoFn_nAqNqsiH3V-63mEOp-/w640-h454/Map%2007%20e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Still, hindsight!</p><p>The south path, is TBF, nicer than the road side walk in, but 2km longer, and rather disappointing in so far, that you rarely see the loch at all, until you get to the trails on the Eastern shoreline.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-size: medium;">Macdui was a GO!</span></b></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">It was time to head out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PR-PDXkD--A" width="320" youtube-src-id="PR-PDXkD--A"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Music to rock to the top!<br />HIT GO!!"!!!</b></div><br />Plan A was to take the road and track up to the ski centre, and then up the main track all the way to the summit of <b>Ben Macdui.</b> Then via <b>Sron Riach</b> down to <b>Luibeg Burn</b>, and <b>Glen Luibeg</b> to <b>Derry Lodge</b>, and either stop in, or camp near <b>Bob Scotts Bothy.</b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7da9_ScZB74ath0NGIp5DONPS3raYfQPzxRwOxu6lTC-sgxTtp62dRg3k-X6oo8wDtFT6kODa0nqKxfnNqpsI7Fy9I7IrVRYISm7Hin1IOhLVxGlbOcTvAKFgh1XXRliLDYf8wQ7YQa1Q6K3-EAGb4ccBYE37Tk2W0XCpVfBPZLG0yQ8ftECjw3XH/s926/Map%2008%20a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGJaRCwGIxoSUzSCetSuLNJAeLGAhjRYQOWgEj9EByJLhvsANNpmhOEayCa3be8YjxUmlSVvMOEjCh0Yun3V5DBTlZ6_wKJeQQYZ35OXYU_5gu4HCL-ft-FRsMkrS0TZ9SVQfYuVcUWfBCFIPaFuiJREUTtgSVsr1ofqwQSMJ08YjTptoNvA51dO8/s1420/Day%208%20Profile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="1420" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGJaRCwGIxoSUzSCetSuLNJAeLGAhjRYQOWgEj9EByJLhvsANNpmhOEayCa3be8YjxUmlSVvMOEjCh0Yun3V5DBTlZ6_wKJeQQYZ35OXYU_5gu4HCL-ft-FRsMkrS0TZ9SVQfYuVcUWfBCFIPaFuiJREUTtgSVsr1ofqwQSMJ08YjTptoNvA51dO8/w640-h218/Day%208%20Profile.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I made a slight cock up near the Parking half way up the road, and ended up walking the road all the way to the ski centre rather than take the track that cut off the corner. I don't think TBH that it made much difference.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdNvh68E1v2YJIiIfrSa4GtrfphVhknKAVS6XmZhmOYZoiHL4g7Ovm11sV9Lin8PVe8Mjckbg4fUAnCc4LS2lGAlyAol9mxHoH3UmXkBlCuYBILgvKDZ2wiDVWPffId_WL7TIXiGXzl9Ui5dJnDa_CHiuaISvtomq9aEjZbydW1ZobQ5v9DZL7hzl/s681/Map%2008%20c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="615" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdNvh68E1v2YJIiIfrSa4GtrfphVhknKAVS6XmZhmOYZoiHL4g7Ovm11sV9Lin8PVe8Mjckbg4fUAnCc4LS2lGAlyAol9mxHoH3UmXkBlCuYBILgvKDZ2wiDVWPffId_WL7TIXiGXzl9Ui5dJnDa_CHiuaISvtomq9aEjZbydW1ZobQ5v9DZL7hzl/w578-h640/Map%2008%20c.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqb6MololzUuuUacDBIyZpHkXn3yYI2cwXeLSzCs9KB4xRKi7-AORvtWynHQI8jCoj56FCMPaYLOscWHRNxZwsxJEMUdnchCkkY22n_90vwgRpH_qfn0240w8JYa17EZOoZMtZp2VrnEIroyuvGDtzrrM07XfvxOWV5JYmMdMqua9YzJxTJou7YtEK/s4000/20220519_091651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqb6MololzUuuUacDBIyZpHkXn3yYI2cwXeLSzCs9KB4xRKi7-AORvtWynHQI8jCoj56FCMPaYLOscWHRNxZwsxJEMUdnchCkkY22n_90vwgRpH_qfn0240w8JYa17EZOoZMtZp2VrnEIroyuvGDtzrrM07XfvxOWV5JYmMdMqua9YzJxTJou7YtEK/w640-h360/20220519_091651.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh944KGP3XR19kVeVcFmljPMHfhgl806VjGcbkufXQ76_Iw3jK_-FmBSJTxAXqSgYXPOLDbsbsuqwLaptlTOjcICAHrwiu_9A8t9l60F_oJeZuVPkXPktIU24vIxGkqnnfOtytZNtKwm_rmyn6id9IWlS6AHkscmWjiqcCpn2lcfChgLb7SWJy1slYt/s4000/20220519_091657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh944KGP3XR19kVeVcFmljPMHfhgl806VjGcbkufXQ76_Iw3jK_-FmBSJTxAXqSgYXPOLDbsbsuqwLaptlTOjcICAHrwiu_9A8t9l60F_oJeZuVPkXPktIU24vIxGkqnnfOtytZNtKwm_rmyn6id9IWlS6AHkscmWjiqcCpn2lcfChgLb7SWJy1slYt/w640-h360/20220519_091657.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>However, <b>DEEP BLOODY JOY</b> as when I got to the ski centre at about 09.30, the cafe was OPEN.<br /><br />Well, it would have been bloody rude not to stop, and anyway, I had skipped breakfast, so a Latte and a rather fine Ginger & Carrot Cake with Icing was purchased.<br />I took half that cake to the summit!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsyIfd5T9VGh83QWehNzHZf6NcYviAV_BCooB8UjmB1_63b43x2o8xKgc5z2NIv21PO1lmB9-A7gFE79Qpa3uefr14hQ6w5rdy7CH8_IZs0L8MWZ9o9P2RdAPUgtHi5Q6KbBWKz-5Y-khdvZXFJNddM472CJcwlTU5X-Hp3cgl7KzhuYskcO2UPgi/s4000/20220519_093206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsyIfd5T9VGh83QWehNzHZf6NcYviAV_BCooB8UjmB1_63b43x2o8xKgc5z2NIv21PO1lmB9-A7gFE79Qpa3uefr14hQ6w5rdy7CH8_IZs0L8MWZ9o9P2RdAPUgtHi5Q6KbBWKz-5Y-khdvZXFJNddM472CJcwlTU5X-Hp3cgl7KzhuYskcO2UPgi/w640-h360/20220519_093206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFOjBuI61iU6ImPd4Pvo9E0_gwx0-K0reFKYzlQAOKIRIPCxWbqxmZfMVzC0EuXrui1fA-4TL67EsbZMgzuoLKKs4vqD1LLojq1wFaxH9UkJGiRI1ERcSiPdPIObuGfQdVhp8vhc7Uk0Y1bjzI7ue-mv3BabPlAad0bEhplO5iIpZ9D_HgHQSyVPH/s4000/20220519_093213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFOjBuI61iU6ImPd4Pvo9E0_gwx0-K0reFKYzlQAOKIRIPCxWbqxmZfMVzC0EuXrui1fA-4TL67EsbZMgzuoLKKs4vqD1LLojq1wFaxH9UkJGiRI1ERcSiPdPIObuGfQdVhp8vhc7Uk0Y1bjzI7ue-mv3BabPlAad0bEhplO5iIpZ9D_HgHQSyVPH/w640-h360/20220519_093213.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>As tempting as a second coffee was, I needed to head up that hill.<br />It is a goodly climb, and a tad breezy.<br /><br />By the time I got to the first flatish bit near Miadan Creag an Leth-choin, I had overtaken all the day walkers. I'm not sure any of them were summit bound.<br />I was firing on all cylinders.<br />It was a lovely day, apart from that bloody wind.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKVtdghu3bc-jYwjZnOrVrry-jeKF9oZa7Vp6XrpF7GqaEyqnvq-9oa3HVgAemiSoX9s7fgUUqjtzhgYweWSSOYmmcl17cDIFtSHFZPhwYdX3XmXhZ6uBvrt1MwZy1Ic6oocdbnapejau_2DgSvwzu5wjCLZ3_LG_qba31F8zz4QDimBhvjq6ir1B/s4000/20220519_102805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKVtdghu3bc-jYwjZnOrVrry-jeKF9oZa7Vp6XrpF7GqaEyqnvq-9oa3HVgAemiSoX9s7fgUUqjtzhgYweWSSOYmmcl17cDIFtSHFZPhwYdX3XmXhZ6uBvrt1MwZy1Ic6oocdbnapejau_2DgSvwzu5wjCLZ3_LG_qba31F8zz4QDimBhvjq6ir1B/w640-h360/20220519_102805.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYzrw1lyr9dnsbiMsbAEGqypeBlqVkFgZ8WWx2l6BFcvZU8f-WRvZdabUl-P3jAGK6yIEIaT_X2NYd_HMfeGzmOSlonJIcIOS72UZBlEZIymVsWvbg0vcMYqHmUX25hggVgPn1ulXFENAWF05mf9ub8cPJIStec0Uoa5j9EDsE2-qQ-SKr36eBa5r8/s4000/20220519_102759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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That seemed like a sodding long day to me!</p><p>So, off I set on the final short walk round the next corner, and down to the bothy.</p><p>It was about <b>15.15</b> when I got there.<br />Although only just on <b>24 km</b>, that was a long old walk.<br /><br />I was the only one in the bothy, so I got my mat and bag out and set it up on the top sleeping area.<br /><br />I may not end up as the only one here tonight, but I was claiming my spot.</p><p>A bit later on, (after 16.00) Simon Sawyers arrived.<br />He was going to camp outside.<br />I had already collected my water and had a noodle about the area.<br /><br />Bloody great bothy this!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MkybOdH9zgd7beLFXMaH8iO0rWZmM_gI6WczbLu3vTxY1SnqZCXwb_CEcG1s09uWozpvsVxGYXgCePtukoxR5YTSfNPmmwI6Zs72BtzWonObaKopCHkhODFhDjDc1qYJuP2ScQZZ-utJsbSzgvI1ULF-TXkCQrbUXW2UPYMKSPLrAFXvBaipEh65/s4000/20220519_152327.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-78530640782497393322022-06-10T21:15:00.003+01:002022-06-11T14:30:46.281+01:00TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links (Days 4 to 6) - Cannich to Kingussie<div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Where was I?</span></b></div><div class="separator"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><i>Disclaimer.... </i></span></b></div><div class="separator"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><i>Mainly true, may contain offensive language.</i></span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><i>May even contain opinions .... whatever!</i></span></b></div></b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Ah yes, <b>Cannich</b>.</span></p><p>Well after a night in the <b>Pod</b>, woke, went to the toilet block.<br />Returned and packed most of my stuff away, and then headed over to the café area for some breakfast before moving off.<br />Coffee and Bacon roll was in order.<br />It opened at <b>08.00</b> so should be away by <b>08.45</b> eh...<br /><br />Except, open at <b>8.00</b> doesn't mean ready to serve by 8.00 so there was going to be a delay. Nay problem, it doesn't take long to get to <b>Drumnadrochit </b>does it??? <br /><br /><b>OR does it??? 😬😬</b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA_72w9Um7n9bxwKDApokQRETrWpq3I5NmI1E8eH-EFoCS2E8-G8_2sVb42fiMXBzvbDRNUYhIT0I8L-ZLeJEJD0RYS6doESWKn1LmWUxOPn_GUdLjhgV5boaUFk5hKCaZgfn0nOBgwR7TmSWtY2E6TblvHNUtw3-bhSQbHDPDckx0oQJg2SLUkmn/s2365/IMG_1046.JPEG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="2365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA_72w9Um7n9bxwKDApokQRETrWpq3I5NmI1E8eH-EFoCS2E8-G8_2sVb42fiMXBzvbDRNUYhIT0I8L-ZLeJEJD0RYS6doESWKn1LmWUxOPn_GUdLjhgV5boaUFk5hKCaZgfn0nOBgwR7TmSWtY2E6TblvHNUtw3-bhSQbHDPDckx0oQJg2SLUkmn/w640-h360/IMG_1046.JPEG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast Cafe</td></tr></tbody></table><p>So after a few chats with other Challengers and an eventual coffee and butty, it was time to head off.<br /><b>Craig </b>had gone on, having managed to get an earlier breakfast.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Day 04 Sun 15th May - Cannich to Ault-na-Goire</u></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfc0dyiYgPR8hgNd8H_ZV8T9p5x8jmIXdu-flD57DLqwAKWkOhc3YJHtdIjXgBPXaGOt2vTKTwO0FGGkxCzPBzqLLwsGFSvYXm1V1CmYiXkyRtn86NICflLmPxmFv6_9mrfznpyJsw-sR3D__A2KfOYsh9Vd91Q04MgEMI9-QRJeoo7DMu_h8Lfh0/s1917/Day%2004%20Map.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="1917" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwfc0dyiYgPR8hgNd8H_ZV8T9p5x8jmIXdu-flD57DLqwAKWkOhc3YJHtdIjXgBPXaGOt2vTKTwO0FGGkxCzPBzqLLwsGFSvYXm1V1CmYiXkyRtn86NICflLmPxmFv6_9mrfznpyJsw-sR3D__A2KfOYsh9Vd91Q04MgEMI9-QRJeoo7DMu_h8Lfh0/w640-h154/Day%2004%20Map.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map to the Ferry</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KGJrk7vnyeSX6XCpvx8BR7P1s16NAOvRsL19UBL-9F7-CXVog6CbHhrWR04TSOplzS0INI9lCz6f693nPYb4GviUM4I0cfSeyvSDh_9wgCjcDUbiM4bPt_ipaaA8kGctPeIN2oxj4fzwcailKcUXkDoXmhhb4jarpJw-qlfpKFvbpzPrspatpiAl/s1425/Day%2004%20Profile.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="1425" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KGJrk7vnyeSX6XCpvx8BR7P1s16NAOvRsL19UBL-9F7-CXVog6CbHhrWR04TSOplzS0INI9lCz6f693nPYb4GviUM4I0cfSeyvSDh_9wgCjcDUbiM4bPt_ipaaA8kGctPeIN2oxj4fzwcailKcUXkDoXmhhb4jarpJw-qlfpKFvbpzPrspatpiAl/w640-h214/Day%2004%20Profile.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">BITE THE BULLET (Today's MUSIC) - Bullet - Suzanne Santos</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7nab806Ci1U" width="320" youtube-src-id="7nab806Ci1U"></iframe></div><p>I started down the road from the campsite and either caught up with <br /><b>Jim Davidson</b>, or he caught up with me, or we started walking together. I have no ****ing idea. Maybe that last pint yesterday was too much, or the whisky or.... 🤷♂️</p><p>At <b>Comar bridge </b>we headed RIGHT (<i>my original route plan from the track off the road is shown in </i><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>blue</i>) 🤔</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvFvLxf7QUejUrV_Wn6-_uf9t7WyMSkWaLuyjbMopp9RX2-9zasYQZ0AHbnuzZeDN9_5_gV7tcG6Cy2xL3wLfBfLELtKIQWdtM9HN3msaf041-ZznOOBOHxJLp-UV1U6Sh3_4chiHxp-WnY-Cfd-YxpG7-V8jnoNMpWVDy7IOnsTJw8Gocm2mCIQ6/s1065/04%20Map%204c.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1065" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvFvLxf7QUejUrV_Wn6-_uf9t7WyMSkWaLuyjbMopp9RX2-9zasYQZ0AHbnuzZeDN9_5_gV7tcG6Cy2xL3wLfBfLELtKIQWdtM9HN3msaf041-ZznOOBOHxJLp-UV1U6Sh3_4chiHxp-WnY-Cfd-YxpG7-V8jnoNMpWVDy7IOnsTJw8Gocm2mCIQ6/w640-h550/04%20Map%204c.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Possibly something like the route, or maybe not 🤷♂️</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>However, <b>Jim </b>said that he'd gone straight up and over before and it was fine, so as we were chatting away, that's what we did.<p></p><p>The start, just before the shite began.<br />I so should have taken images of the route through to the forest.<br />It still bloody annoys me that I didn't!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXtYYF2O2rD29efrPSAXsByLKwIrXRcq2LLko9mJ9n_zjqTrHgj2rhSgXwUK6y5wjqGq272eUH32TECEs52yBjk00rOYBTANW8jMNO2jMGfy5YCKT6Pc8-ZCsBMI2v9cAWpZf-AWcGcYBlRXPqjvCrMvopCHbuh-EneTrWnEw2qejAozScYQOgEqD/s4000/20220515_094149.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXtYYF2O2rD29efrPSAXsByLKwIrXRcq2LLko9mJ9n_zjqTrHgj2rhSgXwUK6y5wjqGq272eUH32TECEs52yBjk00rOYBTANW8jMNO2jMGfy5YCKT6Pc8-ZCsBMI2v9cAWpZf-AWcGcYBlRXPqjvCrMvopCHbuh-EneTrWnEw2qejAozScYQOgEqD/w640-h360/20220515_094149.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7G6qy-Lj6HnyU9mfywrYQdri5OwWfc-FLagQ8QotQvnwLK2XBNG4Hb7SrIj668Ifrk0R6mUTnBRrRrF4iTgdORtG8wM8tx9YOpQxz-PyeqTDrlawRc-Ky8D33FttoTptGclu1s8bcdgDzlG8233FTnSYM_XmRduxCyrauxRdN9ns5xHMh2Cjmorr/s4000/20220515_094141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7G6qy-Lj6HnyU9mfywrYQdri5OwWfc-FLagQ8QotQvnwLK2XBNG4Hb7SrIj668Ifrk0R6mUTnBRrRrF4iTgdORtG8wM8tx9YOpQxz-PyeqTDrlawRc-Ky8D33FttoTptGclu1s8bcdgDzlG8233FTnSYM_XmRduxCyrauxRdN9ns5xHMh2Cjmorr/w640-h360/20220515_094141.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br />I cannot describe the bog, fences, ditches, heather and knee to waist high nasty little Scottish bushes we fought our way through, and that was just the kilometre.</p><p>The shown route is <span style="color: red;">red</span>, is TBH, just a wild guess.<br />I will say, that despite being older, having had a heart attack (<i>NOT today</i>), having a stent in, and not using poles, Jim is amazingly sprightly heading down hills, over ground that my knees just look in horror at, as I drive them forwards.<br /><br />By around the <b>268 </b>point on the map, or wherever the fuck we were, <b>Jim </b>admitted that </p><p><b>he didn't remember the route like this!</b> <br /><b><span style="color: #800180;">No shit Sherlock! </span></b><br /><br />We carried on.<br />Using the best line of sight, and mainly a compass bearing that seemed about right,<br />As we finally got down to the river at <b>Strath Marsley</b> (<i>somewhere</i>), it became even boggier.<br />After discussion, and as to the left it got wetter and boggier and wider, we went to the right and then over yet another fucking fence, up a hill, collected some water, and arrived at another bloody electrified abomination. It appears, that in some parts of Scotland "<b>Right to Roam</b>" means <br />"<b><span style="color: red;">The Right to roam into miles and miles of electrified shite with NO crossing points</span></b>"</p><p>Anyway, the only way over this <b>bugger </b>was under, or as I foolishly decided <b>OVER </b>at the corner post. I put my poles across and then climbed up.<br />The staples came out, and the bottom wire collapsed. I fell down onto the post landing just below the rib cage. A potential nasty moment and injury, that luckily turned out to be no worse than a bad bruise and a nasty graze.<br />Yes, I did climb a fence, yes it did break the staple (<i>not the wire, or the fence</i>), and <b>NO </b>I wouldn't have, if the <b>UTTER TWAT</b> who erected it, had put anywhere to cross it.<br />This would NOT be the only electrified piece of fuckwittery with no means to cross, that I would encounter, nor nay have an incident with.</p><p>So, now nursing a hurty rib, and feeling pissed off we attempted to navigate the last <b>1.x kilometres</b> of open heathery ground to pick up some semblance of <b>NEVER present on the ground in reality </b>track to the woods.<br />I guess IF you can count the small rutted water filled double trench found towards the end as a track, there was several metres of track.<br />Anyway, at last the woods.<br />At last a track.<br />Maybe we could now make up some time, as so far we had covered next to bugger all of the distance to <b>Drumnadrochit</b>, and the ferry was due to leave at either <b>05.30 or 6.00</b> or something like that to get to <b>Ault-na-Goire</b> tonight.<br /><br />We pressed on!</p><p>It was not a bad track.</p><p>Some pictures of the route near <b>Corrimony</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zYki8rymAZz6gDF1xfrZ0AwZTchWiuVjr-rZe8Efcc82qGFjguKZ_vHFQCppPws6uZr5xFzpyc9FQev0_VqHsoV5eDsBEh2_ucXDQ83VFyAmTms89dE9KtIBNdqx0r1XaFaMkyNzaKQapHqWGXZSTQG56_h5AoUbbR8JD7onX4swna3U0m9MYUf7/w640-h360/20220515_124334.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>We cracked on along the <b>Affric Kintail Way</b> path past <b>Loch Meiklie</b> to stop for a break past <b>Lochletter Farm</b> (<i>you can get to the road here</i>).<br />Rather wonderfully as we were to find out, the new extension to <b>Affric Kintail Way</b> now goes all the way into <b>Drumnadrochit </b>on a fine and easy walking track, despite what was on my older <b>1:50000 OS map.</b><br />In fact, towards the end, there are 2 tracks now on the <b>1:25000</b>, that head into <b>Drumnadrochit</b>, our final route is shown below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-Htx19mJRxJLiQRiIMOssk0J2-Uy_dFbZo-tIgghCiJNmP1r-WZz97U3LnJwKZZ8T52lP3BO_5FZdtXAWidebkqK0wdWocQtvmwdI2BtCIBiaGUYxfLFTb6IoIF9ctM3TLURBeta-HEUUwqPAwhOzQRnoVelXw8HxyxHmdjAtGSw5_VJtm9c-gX4/w640-h360/20220515_154458.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's another Affric Kintail marked track just down there too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTV3Ya8r3D1vzXNkC3AGR4JGvg6R6Gi5-z4Eww-dzMZDWpczeY6MVorVeB6f_cfJT2Mx61WGYxyzZox0Ci8oqytqLzfchgTLJLh9cq8-aW7AQ664HzGHb5CDJUEDu-IrF9BYXl07DRffi-3Wl8a7eV6FfN4DXIvL-0ogv-6MGhodpufSEdUhGNo_m/s4000/20220515_162646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTV3Ya8r3D1vzXNkC3AGR4JGvg6R6Gi5-z4Eww-dzMZDWpczeY6MVorVeB6f_cfJT2Mx61WGYxyzZox0Ci8oqytqLzfchgTLJLh9cq8-aW7AQ664HzGHb5CDJUEDu-IrF9BYXl07DRffi-3Wl8a7eV6FfN4DXIvL-0ogv-6MGhodpufSEdUhGNo_m/w360-h640/20220515_162646.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">What a great evening.<br /><br />Sadly for some insane reason, maybe being knackered, and the eventual 5 pints of excellent home brewed beer, I took <b>NO photos</b>, although, come to think of it, my phone was on charge for a large chunk of the evening, but anyway<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">if anyone has any photos of that night, that they can send me to add to the blog</span></b>, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I would be really really grateful, as it was fabulous, and one of the reasons I do the Challenge far too many times.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #087208; font-size: medium;">Edit and Images of Ault-na-Goire courtesey Marty Smits 😀👍</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Easy to see where you are going, bloody hard walking to get there. Sometimes solo walking is easier as it doesn't involve group decisions.</p><p>As we neared <b>Dunmaglass </b>and their concept of footpath, the weather was beginning to dull over. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVA1Cdu2ugtjcsCPVWSqxWMtHO81GanKli14TxvrsQrp972rrfH7Cp8SjGt8H6AKmk-aH2HW4nFsaAZevTy9gPv880RnmWyV8dfyme6Qz7aEi-NnzyNU-90OHnOJeqFQJXB_Dhc9P8zcm_6go92ytdfUplugjym8cLO1qDsv67w1_VRIlR7feBbzOT/s4000/20220516_103241.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVA1Cdu2ugtjcsCPVWSqxWMtHO81GanKli14TxvrsQrp972rrfH7Cp8SjGt8H6AKmk-aH2HW4nFsaAZevTy9gPv880RnmWyV8dfyme6Qz7aEi-NnzyNU-90OHnOJeqFQJXB_Dhc9P8zcm_6go92ytdfUplugjym8cLO1qDsv67w1_VRIlR7feBbzOT/w640-h360/20220516_103241.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q4-3o36jY3_lSxCMvsdQ58s0nbec_U1-LdWhMb9jCw2sETsAGQ7f-eewDjoU8Oz1MPJwpPp-44DyKY4Ku4W5NmyQBeBupesTwGPOxhNvXkaTb7YAX1JLfk9u3BgIO4DFpDX7IqHoOFEvweNBT2Nru2MotsQi02yDB5S5Kgxt_oj9KQ-kEatbZRZo/s4000/20220516_103251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9q4-3o36jY3_lSxCMvsdQ58s0nbec_U1-LdWhMb9jCw2sETsAGQ7f-eewDjoU8Oz1MPJwpPp-44DyKY4Ku4W5NmyQBeBupesTwGPOxhNvXkaTb7YAX1JLfk9u3BgIO4DFpDX7IqHoOFEvweNBT2Nru2MotsQi02yDB5S5Kgxt_oj9KQ-kEatbZRZo/w640-h360/20220516_103251.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>We caught up with a couple of other Challengers at this point, and just before we descended the short track to the bridge to head up the <b>NOW HUGE BLOODY <br />1 in 14 track</b> towards the windfarm, the heavens decided yet again to open.<br /><br />Oh well, 2 days without getting heavily pissed on, it was back.<br />And so was the seemingly never ending wind.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJSy7MqZz_mmvldiWtrrtYFTagaE-bqErEds4K26Yg3tjg0fCMu18xqTB-ovJzFW4O79fi1QQja6ucjuV3L7yVmGddF-roMKjsyxIu17V3GxNz0KA_aqXpgXmMGd_8Hx1Th3BpFqZpIp_Kn_Dt04Ny9dD0MBSvUSSEe8o4JRHiiw2FuiJc6o5SAV3/s4000/20220516_104730.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNJSy7MqZz_mmvldiWtrrtYFTagaE-bqErEds4K26Yg3tjg0fCMu18xqTB-ovJzFW4O79fi1QQja6ucjuV3L7yVmGddF-roMKjsyxIu17V3GxNz0KA_aqXpgXmMGd_8Hx1Th3BpFqZpIp_Kn_Dt04Ny9dD0MBSvUSSEe8o4JRHiiw2FuiJc6o5SAV3/w640-h360/20220516_104730.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>No pictures of the next bit of trudging, as we had heads down, and it was an ugly scar. No problem walking up it though. Except for the steep up designed for 4x4 vehicles rather than people.</p><p>About 1 km it was time for me to head South, as the others went East and UP.<br /><b>Paul </b>decided he would come down to <b>Dalbeg </b>with me, if it was open, we would camp there, so we spent a pleasant but windy, and intermittently wet day walking mainly <b>S/SE</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tqXl4ojrvMFQSWNrQPBJeO9bTnu2iOWkQ1hNeVNzi9QgCPJSmkZaZz2S7DXiQ5B_q6exrBvNQHyrvTSNzSYxBbyThl-jdQxvjLS2gkWYWsiq_lyPyYhVK74d1K3nOdKJ7SC5B66VmwPJvtd5u8Mgqf1nSJKqJzjAP1Y9gNIu08LpnopYn9PSm2bS/s985/05%20Day%205%20Mapa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="867" data-original-width="985" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tqXl4ojrvMFQSWNrQPBJeO9bTnu2iOWkQ1hNeVNzi9QgCPJSmkZaZz2S7DXiQ5B_q6exrBvNQHyrvTSNzSYxBbyThl-jdQxvjLS2gkWYWsiq_lyPyYhVK74d1K3nOdKJ7SC5B66VmwPJvtd5u8Mgqf1nSJKqJzjAP1Y9gNIu08LpnopYn9PSm2bS/w640-h564/05%20Day%205%20Mapa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Just as we were heading up, we stopped and had a chat with some chaps in a 4x4.<br />They had some large guns in the cab, so obviously out shooting something. They were aware of the Challenge, after a while we bade them farewell, and continued on.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5K6OexMhM6tQpgWyXRhNNRWRwI9ZlLDd78mryf0wDxdfAEvodRys04KwPOIDqFrb_dzSVOz3hT21xWHxvZaLOFwg8vk_N8abUsVfumIEOz9pUabq4veCzSa3HT7zyn1JC6-mY4aXpbnVQ6wUOMBWwBs4HZ_A-bT-M1j_ieglfAPES0m05ckh8CBQ/s4000/20220516_115951.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5K6OexMhM6tQpgWyXRhNNRWRwI9ZlLDd78mryf0wDxdfAEvodRys04KwPOIDqFrb_dzSVOz3hT21xWHxvZaLOFwg8vk_N8abUsVfumIEOz9pUabq4veCzSa3HT7zyn1JC6-mY4aXpbnVQ6wUOMBWwBs4HZ_A-bT-M1j_ieglfAPES0m05ckh8CBQ/w360-h640/20220516_115951.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not convinced it was resting???</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The <b>Monadhliath</b> have some beautiful little valleys in them, and some stunning views, amidst the miles of open heathery nothingness, and bog, and hags and sadly sodding great big access tracks for hydro and windfarms.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The breakfast was wearing off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZmdWFBVeSY6StZTpm9Tq4meG5w4Qz87PT-PcEekV0pWV-n9SoRCnp_MwT7qflvILK5t7SJ0i_PP9rrIjRT4F3v0orGAcpw8hYjYkQTJx7cEcd87WNDoiiaVuDABgEK-CpBd57IqPljfMAtLRRo2FHuCr2hRKX8vWY_sxpQdbItwA981e6rCenqgA/s1020/05%20Map%205b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1020" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZmdWFBVeSY6StZTpm9Tq4meG5w4Qz87PT-PcEekV0pWV-n9SoRCnp_MwT7qflvILK5t7SJ0i_PP9rrIjRT4F3v0orGAcpw8hYjYkQTJx7cEcd87WNDoiiaVuDABgEK-CpBd57IqPljfMAtLRRo2FHuCr2hRKX8vWY_sxpQdbItwA981e6rCenqgA/w640-h464/05%20Map%205b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Can't stay all day.</b></p><p>The next section was trackless, whilst following the stream up and then picking up the stream down to finally find the track along the <b>Allt Odhar</b> that would eventually take us <b>East </b>to the waterfalls, and a bigger track along the <b>Allt Creagach</b> to the <b>Findhorn</b> and <b>Dalbeg Bothy.</b><br />This was my intended finish point today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoIjIJCvMZWo9B67ibX0js8l-c7GRcw0OZgTT8ki2_DuZbHCD_Tl5tjyJkmNHjVB_Fpm2U1YEOrJ22exwIOUY4bmfuLk8sjzZF2OGyPv_A_hntiSDRpeWlLM3AAWAqmPNWw9Sa3JCnE3PccaMrOxQvZPMebC8p5b1C6zXxP-a6BJzBhrpRJnudMaU/w640-h360/20220516_163319.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><b>Dalbeg</b> was locked up tighter than a ______ ______ (<i>add your own</i>).<br />It was too early.<br />We thought about stopping, but Paul was now off route.<br />However, the huge <b>Findhorn</b> track, would get him to his original destination at the ruins near <b>Coignascallen</b> via <b>Coignafern Lodge</b>, and I had already decided to crack on for a couple of hours up to and along the <b>Elrick Burn</b>, to make tomorrow much shorter into <b>Kingussie</b>.</p><p>So we parted ways at the right turn up towards the burn.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I set a time of maybe 18.00 to 18.30 to stop.<br /><br />And thus I continued up to the small bridge.</div><div style="text-align: left;">NOW, the map shows the track going over the bridge and a Ford further on, with no path on the west side.<br />Good old pizza party <b>OS</b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The reality is that the main track goes on the west side, whilst the bridge leads to a next to non existent bog trot and animal size track.<br />However, the river was flowing, and as I didn't know how easy the ford was going to be, I decided to cross anyway and tough out the next km and a bit until the ford, and the bigger track returned.<br />As it happened, wise move, because the ford would have been shoes and socks off, and at that time of night, I couldn't be arsed.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUSi3m1uYpsr2CLC6YQ476n8n5Rd_Dsq8SvD4WWjnbQxo3SlR9pnDDvG7_ds_EcIY91T_RAtRMpE9fFWlHlgHhyMXH9agP5-WpHNT96qRy1-NDnc3c37cwBOAfkZYO0-J5r3ZZHBq7iDwEm48KxYDQYIRzrqzcZaz7XCEQNL2hIszwrVyh81VezC9/s990/05%20Map%205d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="990" height="580" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUSi3m1uYpsr2CLC6YQ476n8n5Rd_Dsq8SvD4WWjnbQxo3SlR9pnDDvG7_ds_EcIY91T_RAtRMpE9fFWlHlgHhyMXH9agP5-WpHNT96qRy1-NDnc3c37cwBOAfkZYO0-J5r3ZZHBq7iDwEm48KxYDQYIRzrqzcZaz7XCEQNL2hIszwrVyh81VezC9/w640-h580/05%20Map%205d.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>There are 3 circles on the map.<br />The first <span style="color: red;">red </span>one is the small bridge to whatever counts for a track in the mind of the OS people.<br />The <span style="color: red;">second </span>is the ford and also where I stopped for a rest, and to take on board a load of water, plus refill my water bottle.<div>We'll come to the <b><span style="color: #e69138;">orange </span></b>one shortly.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYaSk1Ja4BaZlZDFOh7tnQ2Bsn_WQjI9nRGLpHsPXkcCpLuy6WpptzMC1r1Y-J-9IOWRxPzb-JXZqeACOorMZ6eRJCz_hlL9eDyKiRyyo8jpGrMcJBRsTkljgpygONQQErpe9yyEsxJsq0-dFvIQyVhkjgOl60bt-Cktss0jX-mgUsSFtDIGE_sGeK/s4000/20220516_174824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We chatted for a bit.<br />He'd been on his way to <b>Newtonmore </b>today, where he had a room in the pub near the hostel, but wasn't going to make it.<br />There was also bugger all signal here.<br />He was going to come over the same route as me to <b>Kingussie </b>tomorrow after resting up.<br />At that point he seemed ok (<i>which I'm sure he was</i>), and anyway there was nothing I could do or even camp.<br />I promised to call it in, if at any point I got a signal (<i>which unfortunately I didn't, until the following morning</i>).<br />So as <b>Brian </b>returned into his tent, I cracked on.<br />I was looking maybe to camp near the end of the track, just before the open moorland trudge up and over the watershed, especially as it was getting late.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtwV1caBLF4o2ibflkLkY4KHa5ic7QoZDxldpZEx_wPMpVQIuwEAw0-4UkA9iGuzGayNNfhAcBPRlThlKsc3Lj7AtCSG2qkzj3sKBDPHInQNauNWlbv85wD7If_uRC9AC8aXWMflrfF5L3bhA9gOmmiN2zbYTRW-oqu5Az0NQGhWzDWq2R4zu0SOh/s480/05%20Map%205e.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="480" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtwV1caBLF4o2ibflkLkY4KHa5ic7QoZDxldpZEx_wPMpVQIuwEAw0-4UkA9iGuzGayNNfhAcBPRlThlKsc3Lj7AtCSG2qkzj3sKBDPHInQNauNWlbv85wD7If_uRC9AC8aXWMflrfF5L3bhA9gOmmiN2zbYTRW-oqu5Az0NQGhWzDWq2R4zu0SOh/w640-h310/05%20Map%205e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>I walked up further to the cut off point, where the river goes South, and the track and stream cut left (<i>East</i>).</div><div>I didn't want the track, and at this point I had looked at my maps.<br />It was getting towards <b>18.30</b> at this point.<br />I decided (f<i>oolishly, but ok</i>), that I would crack on over the watershed following the <b>Caochan Mor Bun Fhraoich</b> (<i>nope I have no f***ing idea how that is pronounced either</i>).<br />I'd look for some suitable spot along the route (although it was somewhat exposed), and then either today or tomorrow, I would drop down the <b>Caochan Clais an Daimh</b> ( a<i>nother Klingon expression I think</i>).<br />In fact, in an ideal world, I would do the next 5 km and drop down to the <b>Dulnain No 1 bothy</b>, and that fine octagonal hut.<br />Although, by the time I'd fannyed (<i>sp?</i>) about looking at maps and with kit, it was getting nearer to <b>18.45</b>, and that was a <b>bloody tough 5km pending</b>, over totally trackless moorland.<br />Also, the river at the start was a deep gorge, and that would therefore entail going up a bit before going down.<br />I was tired now, and <b>approx 29km</b> into the day, with the hardest terrain and navigation to come. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was that potential accident time of the day 🤞🤞</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #073763;">What could possibly go wrong with my track record?????</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: #073763;">But heh.... Fuck It, some days you just have to do stuff eh!</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>So, off I set, some bits were very pleasant, some bits bloody hard going.<br />I used my eyes, and my knowledge, and at time when I hit the watershed, a compass bearing and a guess to get to the stream heading down.<br /><br />Oh, and there was nowhere to stop. <br />Anything flat was a windswept piece of wet boggy ground. <br />It was going to be that 5km slog come what may. 🙄</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi306uEZVpuQvrmfcFZ8uVt6sntm-45p_Xj5VgUvRaGh1Ntsgd5AAPv9L4k2JUngE_j9AS8QUji2LUZJy6KgUPSFZYFwTHGWyNxrU7uyd2dEaM53-ewrdJTX--ANZQOylfTdoJjsit-j-uWd8OK4IAPwiLL9zlSKq6WJIfohhxty5WAgfeZCjIiR86/s1121/05%20Map%205f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1121" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi306uEZVpuQvrmfcFZ8uVt6sntm-45p_Xj5VgUvRaGh1Ntsgd5AAPv9L4k2JUngE_j9AS8QUji2LUZJy6KgUPSFZYFwTHGWyNxrU7uyd2dEaM53-ewrdJTX--ANZQOylfTdoJjsit-j-uWd8OK4IAPwiLL9zlSKq6WJIfohhxty5WAgfeZCjIiR86/w640-h464/05%20Map%205f.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS9jsXKwHWwtph5kGqcOdaaLlrLTXBb7Vr2rASxeMrASSukUeLZLB9k29SQmdsrarscIwDI6fb_sGVFm0shsb-qzSQSc2SfHSuuASxhoIERHMKzjLTojVR5PAemShq-lPbBjdJEPXoc3E738HcDInvY3OUetKCkDZclbWDpHgg5Nk4T51e5IJtJLM/s4000/20220516_185453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS9jsXKwHWwtph5kGqcOdaaLlrLTXBb7Vr2rASxeMrASSukUeLZLB9k29SQmdsrarscIwDI6fb_sGVFm0shsb-qzSQSc2SfHSuuASxhoIERHMKzjLTojVR5PAemShq-lPbBjdJEPXoc3E738HcDInvY3OUetKCkDZclbWDpHgg5Nk4T51e5IJtJLM/w360-h640/20220516_185453.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx_9NB2Q7GPh2oDKBXDfTms6UlcCEcxBZG40PHVZ85QFJ4d37rgdoqm_hDegmzgJlpL29Qwo-UgF84PLSTR9Ro3Uuta5tYnejWNUqmFZw1L1JmGrByFwOZnygVuFqDsP3r9sHANT4yZnQntjo21deMFjVhW3vVY5GU-ynmmctnUmyRcEZz5HW2AMV/s4000/20220516_185458.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWx_9NB2Q7GPh2oDKBXDfTms6UlcCEcxBZG40PHVZ85QFJ4d37rgdoqm_hDegmzgJlpL29Qwo-UgF84PLSTR9Ro3Uuta5tYnejWNUqmFZw1L1JmGrByFwOZnygVuFqDsP3r9sHANT4yZnQntjo21deMFjVhW3vVY5GU-ynmmctnUmyRcEZz5HW2AMV/w360-h640/20220516_185458.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRkk75MtQnKFPUoU8wUS5O3l1JJtdjbfvvp4iTauwvc5iP7JFedNvFDprjmoVpAaFjcWS6aPDoRgp7UPXiFJiLXS5kV9cIWZtHiTWwTTxTf169vS_2jmF78RKGcBYt4hGLFbWHJUrLBN6w0NICB0AAmWqkvZd6xYXvG4aLS-4dyGAOue7LTrW7BoN/s4000/20220516_185506.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRkk75MtQnKFPUoU8wUS5O3l1JJtdjbfvvp4iTauwvc5iP7JFedNvFDprjmoVpAaFjcWS6aPDoRgp7UPXiFJiLXS5kV9cIWZtHiTWwTTxTf169vS_2jmF78RKGcBYt4hGLFbWHJUrLBN6w0NICB0AAmWqkvZd6xYXvG4aLS-4dyGAOue7LTrW7BoN/w640-h360/20220516_185506.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>No pictures of the haggy watershed, I think I was concentrating hard.<br />Once I picked up the river down though, it was easy navigation. Over every bump I so wanted to see that hut. This was not easy walking, and it was taking a bloody age in my head. And the wind was picking up.<br /><br />As you approach the steeper bit of the river on the way down, there are some quite steep short sections. At times for me, it was bum slide time.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZo3Q1Q7RaxyBGDOoAp4T8ixDponfI_kU82c0eJf6S8ywI_OF70qxTYA1jCdDjwFE96XsC8EdUgmrMjXalrOaLBBATgLBch9Rmb8UepMpmH9MJMXL4wzQJMe3U_5MSLWtODX2s_eFg06OWMXxTjE8NWbKa4mcufJ4mgvV97jFOSDGCeS3Wop2jtO8/s1192/05%20Map%205g.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="1192" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEZo3Q1Q7RaxyBGDOoAp4T8ixDponfI_kU82c0eJf6S8ywI_OF70qxTYA1jCdDjwFE96XsC8EdUgmrMjXalrOaLBBATgLBch9Rmb8UepMpmH9MJMXL4wzQJMe3U_5MSLWtODX2s_eFg06OWMXxTjE8NWbKa4mcufJ4mgvV97jFOSDGCeS3Wop2jtO8/w640-h338/05%20Map%205g.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>If I'd known about that bloody great Grouse Butts track (<i>it wasn't on my map)</i>, I'd have not followed the slippery damp non existent river track all the way down, I'd have taken a bearing off to find it.<br />But heh... Hindsight is a wonderful thing.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtbaeiDXQdf6C0bObVahC_RZSbwWsr-XtbpWX70BiN-hvrboep44OJbiSxdEgmTXB6ew1Guz2VBScKisHn2Dh94Ff7HAgjTLOnM-eA-O980tvU4w1SaJIueuIIG1WwIX2WSVuT0hswEQuqxUV2eoo0Wwegj9vvJzQoGlnjnKE5xcZqK-r6ag3URVn/s4000/20220516_194147.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtbaeiDXQdf6C0bObVahC_RZSbwWsr-XtbpWX70BiN-hvrboep44OJbiSxdEgmTXB6ew1Guz2VBScKisHn2Dh94Ff7HAgjTLOnM-eA-O980tvU4w1SaJIueuIIG1WwIX2WSVuT0hswEQuqxUV2eoo0Wwegj9vvJzQoGlnjnKE5xcZqK-r6ag3URVn/w360-h640/20220516_194147.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93zzOYa2hkM9YSoIUYhNCiO_DNyeYE72YCVM2VhlGUqsVGq2UCbmo9WSvBD6Dy5-A60mDt07z_RYfXesbj1S8-POeQllganvwG1NKfD01vSWd_TmYvmeznMq3aE-OEwzLAOM6eZEcdEKkQXPLyfJi-SxIyOB3OX5CWs8UHXOrpd_04cn9ncXr9DYd/s4000/20220516_194152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93zzOYa2hkM9YSoIUYhNCiO_DNyeYE72YCVM2VhlGUqsVGq2UCbmo9WSvBD6Dy5-A60mDt07z_RYfXesbj1S8-POeQllganvwG1NKfD01vSWd_TmYvmeznMq3aE-OEwzLAOM6eZEcdEKkQXPLyfJi-SxIyOB3OX5CWs8UHXOrpd_04cn9ncXr9DYd/w640-h360/20220516_194152.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Finally I saw the wooden hut.<br />And at the same time, the fine <b>octagonal roof </b>of the bigger bothy hut.</div><div><br /></div><div>I scampered the last few hundred metres, and crossing a small stream made my way into the hut. Deep joy, the big hut was open.<br />There was a tent just over the river, but I wasn't going to be hospitable at this point. It was <b>approx 20.05</b>, and I wanted some shelter and a sit down.<br />It had been a<b> 34km day,</b> with very very little food.<br />I was going to sort my shit out, then get some water, then cook some food, eat a load of sweets, drink a huge glug or several of whisky (<i>all in the dry, as the forecast was rain overnight</i>), and tomorrow I was going to pack my stuff inside in the dry and head to <b>Kingussie</b>.<br /><br />But first I had to sweep <b>about a million dead flies </b>off the floor so I could get my sleeping mat down.<br /><b>Where the unholy fuck did all these bloody flies come from?</b><br />Was I in a poisoned chamber.<br />Had the Russians been here and spread chemicals.<br /><b>AND</b>, there were some weird multi legged things that needed to </div><div><br /><b>GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY BEDROOM TOO! 😱😱🙆♂️🙆♂️</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly later on I discovered <b>Woolston </b>had been here the previous night.<br /><b><i>Were they his bleeding flies????? 🤷♂️🤷♂️</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, I swept up.<br />Threw about 1 million fly corpses out the door.<br />Evicted a plethora of other creepy shite.<br />The rest I just bloody squashed.<br /><b>Tonight this was my domain. </b></div><div><b>Fuck the insects baby!</b></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RQLKTYl-0PY" width="320" youtube-src-id="RQLKTYl-0PY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Day 06 Tue 17th May - No 1 Bothy Dulnain to Kingussie)</u></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOug1QQf4vNEmQ4xwuBk1hjvl7RehGBJvY_fMxb9AibLaFD6Pm9iP_vW_GlPdg-7YgcsVO9MSwcZNWCOMMp9UZgxzqj5DjCwkZmqfItLyN855iZUtZC0wsi49SsOCEuDM1zMdJuYAG1LhxznzjB5JG8ldIBMhVQRjiN9vwzb4kkvWHysfOaY-PcZFT/s746/06%20Day%206%20Map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="489" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOug1QQf4vNEmQ4xwuBk1hjvl7RehGBJvY_fMxb9AibLaFD6Pm9iP_vW_GlPdg-7YgcsVO9MSwcZNWCOMMp9UZgxzqj5DjCwkZmqfItLyN855iZUtZC0wsi49SsOCEuDM1zMdJuYAG1LhxznzjB5JG8ldIBMhVQRjiN9vwzb4kkvWHysfOaY-PcZFT/w420-h640/06%20Day%206%20Map.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="1513" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDfoNfV510LhRA4zpdouQ7FbgCu7kMFs5rZHZK6l-Lpk7Uu3YyO7FnVRbLC_vp0CuToXf9HWzADW48OJsUf7ceofYSXjxy8_i_zrGAzvziNbGRd9DLT1NlEALhJUzx0lngJ9I4LAyyRxWguEovRtZwQ1keAPv9lmaSZeJuQ58jR4ICMDO7cNhW0aD/w640-h384/06%20Day%206b%20Map.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>So, after packing most of my gear away ready to head off, a short excursion up a hill to some easily diggable ground was required.<br />On arriving back at the hut <b>Sam </b>was in there cooking breakfast.<br />So, I didn't head off right away, but stayed for a general banter.<br />He was heading to <b>Kingussie </b>as well, but wasn't planning on heading over <b>Carn an Fhreiceadain</b>. We could at least start together.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not sure what time we left the hut, but around 08.30 I think.<br />Still no signal, and I'd tried both my phones (<i>I'm NOT a drug dealer, the second isn't a burner ok</i>). Not a sausage on either <b>Vodafone </b>or <b>EE</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>We headed off up the hill.</div><div><br /></div><div>Just as we were at the cut off point for me, a <b>Mountain Rescue Landrover </b>was coming up the track, or down TBH.<br />He stopped and wound the window down.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Are you Brian Wightman?"</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"No" I said.</span></div><div><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Is that Brian just down there?"</span> pointing towards Sam.</div><div>"No, that's Sam"</div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">"I assume you are talking about Brian with the Geordie Accent?"<br />"He's definitely not here yet, but I can tell you exactly where I last saw him, and the route he would be taking, based on our conversation last night"</span></div><div><br /></div><div>There was more conversation than that, but you get the gist.<br />I told them where he had been, the sort of condition he'd been in etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>It appears (<i>Sue may correct me on all this</i>), that </div><div>when he'd not turned up at <b>Newtonmore</b>, nor called in, his wife had been worried.<br />At some point this morning I think he'd messaged out using an <b>inReach </b>or equivalent, and also sent an <b>SOS</b>.<br />How I wish there had been even a bloody hint of a signal until now.<br /><br />Anyway, they headed off down towards the bothy.<br /><b>Sam </b>headed off to <b>Kingussie</b>.</div><div>And I headed onto the track to swing back up to the <b>Corbett</b>.<br />Well, it was a nice day (<i>bit windy TBH, as I climbed</i>), and with only <b>14km</b> to go, I didn't want to get to <b>Kingussie </b>too early.</div><div><br /></div><div>So up I went to the top.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Must have had one heck of a god engine.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's further than it looks over to <b>Beinn Bhreac</b> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqbGwiLnewDCW3QuEdxpOQjSsgIvp3I2xoaOHe7IhP1lHaWMOm_RjRCoSloMRWiTuCZYC2u3JE0Qamiuj3iW1rG6z8RiJTot0nYlV78_WpAR_Lu7_9TL9RHWM0dcvaXU4YDiCxbl5rdZMcpWzncvpIgjPKyxOhAdu9EnwAsG_j8r8dshx4ugM1Me8/s4000/20220517_095700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivqbGwiLnewDCW3QuEdxpOQjSsgIvp3I2xoaOHe7IhP1lHaWMOm_RjRCoSloMRWiTuCZYC2u3JE0Qamiuj3iW1rG6z8RiJTot0nYlV78_WpAR_Lu7_9TL9RHWM0dcvaXU4YDiCxbl5rdZMcpWzncvpIgjPKyxOhAdu9EnwAsG_j8r8dshx4ugM1Me8/w640-h360/20220517_095700.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl6Q08OW-vGF9N_due2bWLGqjqFz0-uXgkJnEhjuwz4JqQ3LtbgRDnn8QTCPibmOCRkfdDXPmvI1OC5O6aHfVMpUbPHFDiWK3dPC6w0nlk7ku7GtQeoWyWGES8_0E52wTODLSP5Ri1CE/s4000/20220517_102550.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRl6Q08OW-vGF9N_due2bWLGqjqFz0-uXgkJnEhjuwz4JqQ3LtbgRDnn8QTCPibmOCRkfdDXPmvI1OC5O6aHfVMpUbPHFDiWK3dPC6w0nlk7ku7GtQeoWyWGES8_0E52wTODLSP5Ri1CE/w640-h360/20220517_102550.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNKxJJhlLw8Zlz1jmX0HVLoHrsFL5PqVzkhB3KTWpW_P9jF0ePEnruXQ0x4tOaY91Cv4_xMUnMVFQyRtKjw0zd4bP9xqiAYSTuNRWBty4M9wOaL-x8hVi8H8YHfeO1kigtRRkufz5WHHFIrwcQ1PSOmoZMZsSnoqLTUVUr6uWaOmzMxw5I-AEfdnn/s4000/20220517_102643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvNKxJJhlLw8Zlz1jmX0HVLoHrsFL5PqVzkhB3KTWpW_P9jF0ePEnruXQ0x4tOaY91Cv4_xMUnMVFQyRtKjw0zd4bP9xqiAYSTuNRWBty4M9wOaL-x8hVi8H8YHfeO1kigtRRkufz5WHHFIrwcQ1PSOmoZMZsSnoqLTUVUr6uWaOmzMxw5I-AEfdnn/w640-h360/20220517_102643.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>And after that I headed down the track, that seemed to go on for ever and ever and ever. In places quite steep. Definitely designed for vehicles, not aged knees.<br />By the time I got near the bottom, I definitely had <b>knee aches</b>, but I'm well 'ard init, so I only mention them in passing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Met several mountain bikers dragging themselves up the hill.<br />Rather them than me.<br />Towards the bottom there was this excellent little hut.<br />Sadly locked up.<br />I can see why, it would have been trashed by <b>Bell Ends</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILzEa6bW4EnMF1Jso_r8eLmmFe322DdyZRAQEMevfXElYcygry8MMOStn50ktT57PhopRAmoEa2_qY1sXzKD_7jOHFX-rVLuwqb8Sw2-lYxNWMpCQ9RrEavVbUvQqdP6p_vFx-cc_IxU9QuZ1Bz5vnXBg8MZzb0FuFiWE6j-UOeiw-caW1hdvKGuH/s4000/20220517_105416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhILzEa6bW4EnMF1Jso_r8eLmmFe322DdyZRAQEMevfXElYcygry8MMOStn50ktT57PhopRAmoEa2_qY1sXzKD_7jOHFX-rVLuwqb8Sw2-lYxNWMpCQ9RrEavVbUvQqdP6p_vFx-cc_IxU9QuZ1Bz5vnXBg8MZzb0FuFiWE6j-UOeiw-caW1hdvKGuH/w640-h360/20220517_105416.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>There had been a lot of trees down this year (<i>and I was to see a lot more too</i>), the high winds had caused some devastation.<br />As I finally hit the main track that descended eventually down to Kingussie, I passed by several stacks.</div><div><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They stopped and wound the window down.<br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">"Found him"</span> they said <span style="color: #cc0000;">"Thanks for the help. He was picked up by the bothy and is in the Landrover behind"</span>.<br /><br />I waved by, and they went off.<br />Shortly after, the Landrover drove past.<br />They slowed and I waved.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not much else to do now, than to head down to Kingussie and see when I could get into the hotel.<br /><br />It was about <b>12.45</b>, I was going to have to spend a long day in Town.</div><div><br /></div><div>I took a route in that cut across over a small bridge and then took the road in past the hospital. I missed the nice little river walk I had found a few years back. Oh well.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSoogXeC8Yg8p_EmD-0-1LxvOu1xd0cZnkHCHSU1UeHlOsauSjAPCvQdp9ef8uBda5_BT-eOTEkrhDAiWk43bLko-j4sNhLT5JGNUcnVoaDSPZo1Mn0Tt-UNeGU1AZc2mm35kLmWKDzQRiv_LFlYFvM848oicC0db_OxsYh8UGDdu1Dw4io-sZKei/s4000/20220517_114247.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSoogXeC8Yg8p_EmD-0-1LxvOu1xd0cZnkHCHSU1UeHlOsauSjAPCvQdp9ef8uBda5_BT-eOTEkrhDAiWk43bLko-j4sNhLT5JGNUcnVoaDSPZo1Mn0Tt-UNeGU1AZc2mm35kLmWKDzQRiv_LFlYFvM848oicC0db_OxsYh8UGDdu1Dw4io-sZKei/w360-h640/20220517_114247.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvgaxLzqX3vKPnBUIk3pdJQW8uphxN_FeIZsh2BS8RhDM5YqKlaaOOh7u5PKYaWthxdrg80RlRtq815M1Yf4qk-T2xEadTlNDxCsrLdJ3E1kHPpZqJE9fVGb_JPtBdXQvgI6K0wRFu8Eho67Lm8J_PCoEkbHD0pz8XZyLfm4iw1xB70zfGC5ifIAt/s4000/20220517_115512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2252" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvgaxLzqX3vKPnBUIk3pdJQW8uphxN_FeIZsh2BS8RhDM5YqKlaaOOh7u5PKYaWthxdrg80RlRtq815M1Yf4qk-T2xEadTlNDxCsrLdJ3E1kHPpZqJE9fVGb_JPtBdXQvgI6K0wRFu8Eho67Lm8J_PCoEkbHD0pz8XZyLfm4iw1xB70zfGC5ifIAt/w360-h640/20220517_115512.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxdnzvI3U_1c3PkHFtKbz4WjksaIPacepJpREJGAlakBRd5ZRIJZozkvNdxP-LMh1LATfN5ocZuwlyofpcNPw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div>I must have arrived in Kingussie about 13.05 (ish)</div><div>I walked down to the hotel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nobody about.<br />It said, if nobody in reception, try the bar area.<br />Not a sole.<br />A sign said <b>open at 15.00</b>, so I decided to head into town.<br />I needed to pop into the <b>Coop </b>anyway.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Well...... 🤔🤔😮 </b><br /><br />What can I say.<br /><br />The Coop was full of fearful, proximity avoiding looking people wearing masks.<br />Not a Hazmat suit in sight yet.</div><div>Actually, even in the main street some were masked up.<br />This seems to still be a thing in bits of Scotland.<br />Definitely sold on the Covid horror story in places.<br /><br />I bought my essential stuff, and some soft drinks, and scurried out like a leper.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was still early, so despite the desperate need to lose this bloody pack, I thought I might as well explore what was about.</div><div>Also, when I walked past it, the ONLY coffee shop was quite full.<br /><br />Well, next to fuck all, seemed to be the answer.<br />So many places shut or closed down.<br />Shops shut, hotels shut, pubs shut, coffee shops shut.<br />No wonder everyone was in the coffee shop, there was **** ALL else to do.<br />This was a Town I thought, at pending <b>End of Life</b>????</div><div><br /></div><div>I walked a fair way up that street, and down the other side.<br />Not a lot.</div><div>Still far too early to go to the hotel, I sat on a bench like some sort of hobo, and sorted out some kit stuff, whilst drinking a couple of bottles of soft drink, and eating a slightly limp cereal bar from my pack.<br />Might as well ring <b>Sue</b>, and report in, and see how Brian was.<br /><br /></div><div>We chatted for several minutes.<br />Brian was actually up at the hostel.<br />He was OK, and going to head off to a hotel I think.<br />Yesterday had it appears been a day too far, with everything that happened.<br />I was just bloody glad he was ok, and down safe.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>And still it was only 13.40 </b>🙆♂️🙆♂</div><div><br /></div><div>Might as well go back and try the coffee shop.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I went back, and as luck would have it, there was a seat.<br />I ordered a <b>Latte </b>and a <b>Soup & Roll</b>, and settled into a rather nice leather sofa.<br /><br />Had a good chat with a chap sitting opposite who was a cyclist and cycling round.<br /><br />It killed a good 40 minutes.<br />He went off, and I ordered another coffee.<br />I still had time to kill, it was past the lunch rush, and this sofa was really really comfortable. Also, I wasn't carrying a pack.<br />Bloody luxury!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P9UEWIN6MDdyOwasMTvm_2lapwqhwJ19nf_PxXL7BsPCr_NUWtLnMrrgtQui6p6g_VhBoomXL5HGdw4KBZl5DoX0IQY8TMk1SjrQDt3rT7g6jLZvUYHli4GKfscqaaW3J5UAQEInpzTrKNfOYGQQS9FKjpk_ZyH4ojfDMoyMzGBTHfairimCsz-M/s4000/20220517_133331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4P9UEWIN6MDdyOwasMTvm_2lapwqhwJ19nf_PxXL7BsPCr_NUWtLnMrrgtQui6p6g_VhBoomXL5HGdw4KBZl5DoX0IQY8TMk1SjrQDt3rT7g6jLZvUYHli4GKfscqaaW3J5UAQEInpzTrKNfOYGQQS9FKjpk_ZyH4ojfDMoyMzGBTHfairimCsz-M/w640-h360/20220517_133331.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>Eventually, it was time to go.<br />I headed on (<i>slowly</i>) back to the hotel, hoping I could get in.<br />Still nobody at reception, but I went through to the bar, where a very small noisy dog greeted me. Later, I was accepted, but for now, there was this smelly bloke carrying sticks in the pub.<br />Turns out, she/he? I cannot remember, was the early warning system.<br /><br />And so, all booked in and paid up (<i>really lovely people running it, ok it isn't The Ritz but</i>), I headed to my room, where a full on <b>KIT EXPLOSION</b> took place, and 5 day socks and underwear were all washed.<br /><b>Yes, Yes... 5 days... It was ****ing minging.</b><br />No wonder the dog barked at me.<br />Actually thinking back, maybe that's why they were wearing masks in the Coop??</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvUlouFSKpfTTiv1O-_rdd-IjohfnsVkoogHDsHyVGJ8eWB_RKDwRmo_CmizGAu6EFSNHSF4C5xA_xxJlVfqCrRdVKieGUUJgZ5PVOvs0UJmBoCBNA5JzUAC7A7EFO_45sKVgfXG3JfPuuZVMNerXFW5PMe7zr0VaLBoccxRzsUNIlSNLYzKER1Sc/s4000/20220517_151439.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvUlouFSKpfTTiv1O-_rdd-IjohfnsVkoogHDsHyVGJ8eWB_RKDwRmo_CmizGAu6EFSNHSF4C5xA_xxJlVfqCrRdVKieGUUJgZ5PVOvs0UJmBoCBNA5JzUAC7A7EFO_45sKVgfXG3JfPuuZVMNerXFW5PMe7zr0VaLBoccxRzsUNIlSNLYzKER1Sc/w640-h360/20220517_151439.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clean water ready for gear cleansing</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9YQDjn70cAWjW6HUS-mQu8t3cLhZ01dLmxEQTZ0H3NonbQC-j9ACS79wL9Kn0wF_zo3jarsmznXm1ZlCG605xdDmOHlgOG6bk8_MKxALzTLpFYXHDCrNOTHxEd5K1gBvA7H8yoXtExnOfjYYqAaFHeP9yBa0Dgr71IW1HunxInA9gYFMNlCyVe4M/s4000/20220517_152019.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs9YQDjn70cAWjW6HUS-mQu8t3cLhZ01dLmxEQTZ0H3NonbQC-j9ACS79wL9Kn0wF_zo3jarsmznXm1ZlCG605xdDmOHlgOG6bk8_MKxALzTLpFYXHDCrNOTHxEd5K1gBvA7H8yoXtExnOfjYYqAaFHeP9yBa0Dgr71IW1HunxInA9gYFMNlCyVe4M/w640-h360/20220517_152019.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FOR perspective.<br /><b>THIS </b>was just <b>ONE SOCK!</b><br />Don't Ask <span style="font-size: medium;">😲</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>So, all kit washed and cleaned, including the towel drying trick (next pic), I settled down.<br />Sorted out gear.<br />Popped sandals on, and popped briefly back into town for stuff I had forgotten.<br /><br />Grabbed my parcel, and sorted out essential supplies, and had a good lie down.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhc2fTdHqUJ2FgM7vjWRpD-l0UD2FeL6euPFrJSojigP7noabtVujnB2rt-nNlD_-6oB1kOGGDZX1PjwgXmJAp0Nw-I2rbDXyDpaW7qQPWD1XkQ7UlLtMT6vFopgmnJ9LmOwLlobF-AlTHKg-CEJ8hzQsVhb0HWHSjoxF4P7tVysvbh1vS9MqptTtX/s4000/20220517_153119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I guess the staggered start had an impact on that, especially early on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I went down to the bar for a beer.<br />Then had a lovely meal (<i>that also may have involved another beer, or two</i>).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEisnpljEfE7O4Ig-uSYf2Sl0FNpGLUfCR6xrQOzQGy9oZUTMrAUwNowDLiXHIV9joB6qdiCsfC6dj3S4cjAEDWRfDVczbEHGCxNqD6VUVkXzmgwgPnunEpLAfolJavdQKTtQ1EVOi9YcHA_Vf8sQ_1qevFNIDad3fTMa8Cnbick7W2ZF2JrpTQpl/s4000/20220517_190738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEisnpljEfE7O4Ig-uSYf2Sl0FNpGLUfCR6xrQOzQGy9oZUTMrAUwNowDLiXHIV9joB6qdiCsfC6dj3S4cjAEDWRfDVczbEHGCxNqD6VUVkXzmgwgPnunEpLAfolJavdQKTtQ1EVOi9YcHA_Vf8sQ_1qevFNIDad3fTMa8Cnbick7W2ZF2JrpTQpl/w640-h360/20220517_190738.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoP46aU9Zhy09iHiq4HwcoGY8GUWg6-Hwle3v2vRzhbzDSEOJIaGzoq7ALJTQ8QR_Tek1mrDnG9Ew5I3UaJam2BYpxaAerNYtaeJEDx1XPr_977ZyB2GZKOufnLOVkc87BJ9oh3YFWjbbOCMXB6D8ZDRoMLg0407tG10Dkp8VSUZ2kUJzqMWiomW7/s4000/20220517_192514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJoP46aU9Zhy09iHiq4HwcoGY8GUWg6-Hwle3v2vRzhbzDSEOJIaGzoq7ALJTQ8QR_Tek1mrDnG9Ew5I3UaJam2BYpxaAerNYtaeJEDx1XPr_977ZyB2GZKOufnLOVkc87BJ9oh3YFWjbbOCMXB6D8ZDRoMLg0407tG10Dkp8VSUZ2kUJzqMWiomW7/w640-h360/20220517_192514.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eventually heading back to my room, and after watch a bit of TV (<i>they really don't seem to have many channels in Scotland, even on free view, I wonder if it's to keep them compliant?</i>), I went to sleep.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a very comfortable bed, but for some reason I didn't sleep well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maybe it was the thought of the stupidly long day I was going to have tomorrow, all the way through the forest and up to <b>Loch Morlich</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>And I slept!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">Here's a beautiful Beach Boys tune to lull you off too.<br />Probably my favourite Beach Boys track!<br /></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Especially the orchestral and harmony bit </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">🥰</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/csd97W8ek8Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="csd97W8ek8Q"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;">Listen to it. You will see!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-48126740545042989162022-06-05T16:19:00.007+01:002022-06-08T13:46:03.439+01:00TGOC 2022 - Torridon to Kinnaber Links (Days 0 to 3) - Torridon to Cannich<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">WARNING!</span></b></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">May contain anecdotal interpretation of events</span></b></div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">WILL contain some EXPLETIVES! </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">IF later on you are offended by language, you read it. Don't blame me!</span></b></div></span></b><p></p><p>Well, after a 2 year wait for the powers to be to <b>STOP </b>filling us with fear (<i>more of that on a later day</i>), it was finally time to head off for my 15th Crossing.</p><p><b>Yes... 15th</b> (<i>WTF was I thinking about</i>) 😨</p><p>This was an ambitious route (<i>weather permitting</i>), for an old git like myself, especially as post my 4th knee operation, I had developed somehow a right hip issue.<br />NOW, this may have been caused by cycling 40+km daily for over a month in Lockdown, or the running daily, or, it may just be that having taken advice over the years, that SPORT is healthy for you, my body was now worn out and fucked.</p><p>We may never know the truth.</p><p>Then of course, to add to the physical misery, there was the car crash, where I was T-Boned by a lady coming out from a junction, which resulted amongst a set of injuries, concussion aside, in having a <b>grade 3 A/C joint disruption</b> (<i>look it up you lazy buggers</i>). Simply, this means my right clavicle joint is no longer attached, and moves up and down. Worth fixing??? Well, a year on, I'm still waiting to get the medical claim finalised. Would it take a big bag for 14 days.<br />Who knew?????<br /><br /><b><u>Day 0, the journey UP, and the disappointment of being a PLEB!</u></b><br /><br /></p><p>So, all this aside ( <i>I mean, compared to <b>Alan Sloman</b>, I'm in prime condition</i>).<br />I noodled down to Euston to get the 21.15 sleeper to Inverness.<br /></p><p>A short wait at Euston, where I met up with <b>Peter Aylmer</b> and we were on the train.<br />Time for a meet up in the buffet car, a few beers and a natter on the early bit of the route and then a decent kip in my solo sleeper.<br />What could be better?</p><p><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">WELL.... Don't get me <b>****ing started</b>.<br />Apparently, there were a lot of people on that train, and they had all paid a LOT more than my <b>£150+</b> to be the <b>UBER ELITE CLUB CLASS ARISTOCRACY!</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These were the World Economic Forum Elite of the Sleeper train.<br />NOT for the likes of the mere sleeper proletariat no sir.<br />The buffet (<i>nay CLUB LOUNGE as it's now re-branded</i>), was only for the like of the <b>toffs</b>.<br />I should have read the small print (<i><b>Al said</b>, and paid the extra)</i>.<br />"Are you ****ing kidding me?"<br />My state pension is about <b>£8000 </b>a year, I cannot afford to go <b>POSH</b>. I thought I was posh enough.<br />We could (<i>said the guard</i>), have a cabin delivery, but we would NOT be allowed into the <b>elite carriage</b> until the TOFFS had finished dining.<br /><b>Fuck That</b>.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I did order a sandwich and some beers.<br />I drank them aka <b>Billy Solo Cabin No Mates</b>.<br /><br />Next time I'm BLOODY DRIVING UP in my Diesel.<br />**** the planet and global bloody warming.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This is WAR!</span></p><p><b>Now, where was I?</b></p><p>Eventually I fell asleep, to wake up to my breakfast bacon roll (<i>not convinced it was bacon as we know it</i>), and a coffee (<i>that turned out to be TEA 🙆</i>)<br />I couldn't be arsed to fight back now, so off the train we got at stupid o'clock to wander round Inverness for ****ing hours until everyone else finally arrived in the afternoon via plane and train and whatever.</p><p>So a coffee shop was sought out and many caffeine beverages were drunk slowly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Play the Song, it will tell you about the day!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pFbjE7NFmUI" width="320" youtube-src-id="pFbjE7NFmUI"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Breakfast over and a couple of songs sung, it was time to head off.<br />The forecast was <b>NOT GOOD</b>, but at least at approx 09.15 it was dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let the climbing begin.<br />TBF, there is only one way from Torridon and that is <b>UP</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">Once through the little gate it was basically up.<br />There were 5 of us heading off.<br /><b><i>Peter, Kate, Gabriella, Carl and Me.</i></b><br /><br />As we headed upwards individual paces began to string us out.<br />And then <b>THE RAIN BEGAN 🙆</b><br /><br />By the time we got to the first proper river crossing (<i>no pictures sadly</i>), a difficult balancing act over wet rocks and reasonably deep flowing water, Peter, Kate and I were some way ahead.<br />We all decided to wait for <b>Carl and Gabriella</b> as it wasn't an easy crossing point, and best NOT to lose anyone now.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-zq5Vg_-4Iu5m3FjqUH8UQe0HleqLgRPrMmPd_oz3i8cDJPqGwoifwbjKf1Bi2QMRYzTwHvE6R-KF9QCDr1KagGcPixcTCaTZZ0fGtbWZ5SiFC3POhhFaQn-ppvKKzPkWwlcnoRu3vQc0tcRR4SlYIxYI1WhPaNYHKE2LeGnzAfQq6zSLvhJidvr/s1098/01%20Day%201%20awkward%20bits.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">By the time I had gone over the final Bealach (a<i>fter walking up half a waterfall</i>), it was obvious (<i>if NOT before</i>), that my original route up and over <b>Beinn Liath Mhor</b>, was a NON starter. I was already now getting battered by cross winds.<br />The additional <b>200+ </b>metres would have been foolish. I erred on the side of survival.<br /><br />By now, I had already decided I would NOT be stopping unless this wind and rain stopped too. Today was a head down day. Normally I would have a rest every 2 hours, take weight off the feet, and stare at the scenery.<br />I grabbed a chocolate bar from a soggy rucksack pocket, fought the sideways gusts, and ate on the hoof, for what it was worth.<br />And I should have drunk more too, but we'll come to that tomorrow.<br />I was now heading back down hill.<br /><br /><b>Thank the ***K </b>tonight I would have a bed inside a hostel, rather than a tent.<br /><br />As I headed down, the weather did NOT ease off.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_t05DYFsf3mh0EfGGaMakOJJnIguNfQgnUYiosUzK6c3h3r-H6EjY5DgC3MMa3VcJqWf8qwUXkI1FLAuNngyH_A2RAg-Exjl_opvL6b8Qy4xcEffItLKFnN2AVDFLKN5aTIJ1UPiv1uk8qhj56cxkhomSXzjIAaR25Fn2ggp_6-o2wqYgrMYhA5r/s4000/20220512_143403.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_t05DYFsf3mh0EfGGaMakOJJnIguNfQgnUYiosUzK6c3h3r-H6EjY5DgC3MMa3VcJqWf8qwUXkI1FLAuNngyH_A2RAg-Exjl_opvL6b8Qy4xcEffItLKFnN2AVDFLKN5aTIJ1UPiv1uk8qhj56cxkhomSXzjIAaR25Fn2ggp_6-o2wqYgrMYhA5r/w640-h360/20220512_143403.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAS5mvG3FkP3byw8xpT5cPHFE_01Efp_8gN4kUYoVzCuslJpbEPFaJlxcysGfdcSiCyP8S-BJMNKv5AcxcwIH-IZkBObFHLzGAEY4PAn9MJHZDNI_DcxlT8hfnwPzOzzLKgY8kadEoFJx7uldcAXSSwsPpA2m8ULXAcrdvIyEMuR_WNgaoxjAqOa1/s4000/20220512_143358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAS5mvG3FkP3byw8xpT5cPHFE_01Efp_8gN4kUYoVzCuslJpbEPFaJlxcysGfdcSiCyP8S-BJMNKv5AcxcwIH-IZkBObFHLzGAEY4PAn9MJHZDNI_DcxlT8hfnwPzOzzLKgY8kadEoFJx7uldcAXSSwsPpA2m8ULXAcrdvIyEMuR_WNgaoxjAqOa1/w640-h360/20220512_143358.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTwpuBIXq7VemoF0q6gEvvFS1XAcOuvHL1-ak4y7b0lWdlzSGZHQzYJicEa82-nElHWiFmMr66u7XtwZAg-ELskNfq9tVYudI_JFvUgI49CQWMu0O-bxnr13DNjQBP9DIgr1GXSIhgNWNy791Gl099Lz__TKbUc2oOzsyBU4sVd_Pn4GmcSqRZKtX/s4000/20220512_143407.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTwpuBIXq7VemoF0q6gEvvFS1XAcOuvHL1-ak4y7b0lWdlzSGZHQzYJicEa82-nElHWiFmMr66u7XtwZAg-ELskNfq9tVYudI_JFvUgI49CQWMu0O-bxnr13DNjQBP9DIgr1GXSIhgNWNy791Gl099Lz__TKbUc2oOzsyBU4sVd_Pn4GmcSqRZKtX/w640-h360/20220512_143407.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />By the time I was finally descending towards the bottom, and still being battered by crosswinds, my left foot was hurting on the outside.<br />This was I guess, a combination of wet and slippery contoured ground, damp socks, and the elastic laces that I realised gave insufficient sideways support.<br />I would be changing those buggers tonight, NOW was not the time! I would keep them though, as useful bits of shock cord.<br /><br />As I hit the bottom track that heads parallel to the road towards Craig Hostel, the worst of the rain finally ebbed away.<br />Not to worry, it would hose down again just before I got to the hostel.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZG7tYQG_3ntBxJmvcjjWOVsqUxoEBbRRBGrCMDlSe59VsAqKUyH0j5JTEVZmMjYb1I1YNR1IM17MU16UURxgoJqRpeCrMXzsx34oArNrwBNRq9tDoAlvoVXVOKpJgILyXQZ24XYe9F8wCbbkcYZTmYm9j--HE3eZTKDJC3UJ5j3_-yXz7fQpGaSs/s4000/20220512_155822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="4000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcZG7tYQG_3ntBxJmvcjjWOVsqUxoEBbRRBGrCMDlSe59VsAqKUyH0j5JTEVZmMjYb1I1YNR1IM17MU16UURxgoJqRpeCrMXzsx34oArNrwBNRq9tDoAlvoVXVOKpJgILyXQZ24XYe9F8wCbbkcYZTmYm9j--HE3eZTKDJC3UJ5j3_-yXz7fQpGaSs/w640-h360/20220512_155822.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyckphd-TNVd-2NililasRFm1gY2LkKKJkuaKxy-gvqyE0V1jjpU_122KCwqbnnFvIbyav1-tjqlbu7TluMiw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>That's the end of the pictures for today.<br />I should have taken some of the hostel TBH.<br />Not sure why I didn't.<br /><br />What can I say about the last <b>2½ km</b> of the road walk? <span style="font-size: medium;">😲 <b>CARS!</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Eventually I got to the hostel.</b></div><div><br />I went round the back.<br />I was greeted by <b>Simon </b>wearing a mask. (<i>an interesting character</i>).</div><div>He was quite concerned I had taken an LF test (<i>well, I had one with me, but I said nowt</i>), and how may people I had been in contact with on the train.<br />Lucky I didn't mention the school party in the YHA the night before, or the pub, or talking to Laura (<i>who had tested positive</i>) on a phone 🤔🤔</div><div><br />I was booked in, he may have some OCD tendencies, like.<br />"<span style="color: #0b5394;">LEAVE THE POLES OUTSIDE!</span>"</div><div><br /></div><div>I was shown inside and a brief tour.<br />I took most of the outside clothes off to hang in the drying room.<br /><br />Then into to try and see if ANYTHING I had was dry.<br /><br /><b>Martha</b> was already there.<br />OMG, she had put her sleeping mat on the bunk 😲😱<br />Well, that wasn't allowed.<br />Simon has a thing about sleeping bags!<br /><br />So, anyway, I settled in, sorted some stuff out.<br /><br />I mentioned that as far as I knew, there should be 4 more arriving, but I didn't know how long, and 2 of them were likely to be a long long way behind.<br /><br />Eventually Peter and Kate arrived and got settled in.<br /><br /><b>TIME PASSED, but NO SIGN of Carl and Gabriella.</b><br /><br />We made food and had tea and coffee.<br /><br />By 20.30 still no sign.<br />Peter decided that if no show by 21.00 we would ring it in as a precaution and we spoke to <b>Sue</b>.<br /><br />Around about <b>21.30 </b>I got a text message from Carl.<br />They had put a tent up in poor conditions near <b>Loch Coire Lair </b>(<i>about 14km into the day</i>). We told Sue. At least they were safe, a sigh of relief.</div><div><br /></div><div>I told Simon they would not be arriving.<br />He was OK, but by the next morning I almost felt he blamed me for it, having turned some people away, as if I was their keeper??? </div><div>(<i>There were 6 spare bunks????</i>)<br /><br />By about 22.30 everyone was ready for bed.</div><div><br /><span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>The forecast for tomorrow was just as bad 🙄🙆♂🙆♂️</b></span><br /><br /><b><u>Day 02 Fri 13th - Craig to Loch Monar & the Meig Crossing.</u></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Today was to be the <span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>PURPLE</b> </span>route (approx. 23 km)<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Z00kqz6iU0n_w3vfwUMNQAD8beyaaWheXIX_UNe0ycgvWP9bQuK8PUHlErGW0juwHqN9MnQ513YbNY_Ks69pjX-TAWxDJRX_rBLiWUsVrOY4DINA82tWrUIRWrMg0kcMql0S5G3L_ywatBab3XxXCzHKrxqyDfiQ6K_qyXybF1whoXroZB3CkpqT/s1670/02%20Map%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1670" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Z00kqz6iU0n_w3vfwUMNQAD8beyaaWheXIX_UNe0ycgvWP9bQuK8PUHlErGW0juwHqN9MnQ513YbNY_Ks69pjX-TAWxDJRX_rBLiWUsVrOY4DINA82tWrUIRWrMg0kcMql0S5G3L_ywatBab3XxXCzHKrxqyDfiQ6K_qyXybF1whoXroZB3CkpqT/w640-h352/02%20Map%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>As a remaining group and based on the weather, we decided today to walk together as much as possible.<br />High toutes were out again, so my <b><span style="color: red;">Sgurr Choinich, Sgurr a Chaorachair & Bidean a Eoin Dearg (<i>red</i>)</span></b> original plan, along with my plan B or <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Carn nam Fiaclan & Maoile Lunndaidh (<i>blue</i>)</span></b> were out. <br /><br />Today was the river march and hope that the <b>Meig </b>was crossable at one of the normal fording point(s)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>It was Friday 13th (and oh how it was FRIDAY 13th)</b></div><div><br /></div><div>It started to rain not far into todays miserable hike.<br />Hence, not too many pictures today either.<br /><br /><b>Kate </b>and <b>Peter </b>had headed off first, saying that we would easily catch them long before the crossing point.<br />So I started out today's walk with <b>Martha</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroRCAOVwFphcHtmgqnmgole6CoAWjLNZs8KiLCoAQxoDlW5Qf22IJtaR-UhWenBW-sK2MTMtaSdREx-3RewQnCYnDRK7wH9BDG6u4USYl77l-DHh4J4H21Cf9eRhdWp41o979BfW85xxEhk3sShF5QaVGKb8VIbpMVX34iFBrMgrxh_J50YkoECCJ/s3648/IMG_20220513_104711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiroRCAOVwFphcHtmgqnmgole6CoAWjLNZs8KiLCoAQxoDlW5Qf22IJtaR-UhWenBW-sK2MTMtaSdREx-3RewQnCYnDRK7wH9BDG6u4USYl77l-DHh4J4H21Cf9eRhdWp41o979BfW85xxEhk3sShF5QaVGKb8VIbpMVX34iFBrMgrxh_J50YkoECCJ/w640-h306/IMG_20220513_104711.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8l2OfrVqjqovveuJN71phEILExy5tZpLfACFU7MxMOFgo-AexK5Xa4Fq-y7vCfNEzwyEEwVvnRJPkYJu-gUNgYrYVDZSoBdBZNawAuFPbKhwTHvms11qPgC7qJaa9G8BvVRATvVJr0DwAME5ziSwExrw7rltG3u7eHDe5D7AgzitkjCfUeb9_e8sO/s3648/IMG_20220513_104706.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8l2OfrVqjqovveuJN71phEILExy5tZpLfACFU7MxMOFgo-AexK5Xa4Fq-y7vCfNEzwyEEwVvnRJPkYJu-gUNgYrYVDZSoBdBZNawAuFPbKhwTHvms11qPgC7qJaa9G8BvVRATvVJr0DwAME5ziSwExrw7rltG3u7eHDe5D7AgzitkjCfUeb9_e8sO/w640-h306/IMG_20220513_104706.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>By the time we reached <b>Glenuaig Lodge,</b> the rain was lashing down.<br />There is a very nice building here (<i>locked</i>)<br />Also a smaller bothy style building (<i>also locked</i>).<br /><br />But for a bit of passing shelter, there is <b>THE SHED</b>.<br />It actually has a heater, and enough room to swing a small cat (<i>plus 2 bunks</i>).<br /><br /><b>Peter </b>and <b>Kate </b>were here already, plus <b>Paul Myersclough</b> and another chap whose name eludes me.<br /><b>It was seriously cosy</b>.<br /><b>Paul </b>had stayed there the previous night.<br /><br />We stayed here about 30 minutes, amidst damp and humid dripping clothing.<br />It was a shelter.<br />We could hear the wind and the rain lashing into the shed.<br /><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBQIYCjdBfJQRcJQZZK6hvPURFPQxet0o0rKKkvmo1_cCcASTYYKWhNQrFHje_M-fXqIpIfyXIcibRvuwhjVD3ej_M9n2bwBC_G1I9QMeIQsFX2PnxL1cJKpZYc5h6EliSfKLp7iLV4cFvJRD-jRUcEdFrIViErZBeBxIRWRrF42Hnu_GHzUpy2bx/s2048/received_1432163957297475.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBQIYCjdBfJQRcJQZZK6hvPURFPQxet0o0rKKkvmo1_cCcASTYYKWhNQrFHje_M-fXqIpIfyXIcibRvuwhjVD3ej_M9n2bwBC_G1I9QMeIQsFX2PnxL1cJKpZYc5h6EliSfKLp7iLV4cFvJRD-jRUcEdFrIViErZBeBxIRWRrF42Hnu_GHzUpy2bx/w480-h640/received_1432163957297475.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me, Kate, Paul & Peter<br />(<i>picture by Martha</i>)</td></tr></tbody></table>It was time to head off.<br />From this point on, much of the track shown on the map is next to non existent.<br />This is a theme between the reality of a Scottish track, and the fantasy of the OS maps. My theory is that <b>OS maps </b>are now just researched from an office using Google maps and eating pizza. I may malign them!<div><br /></div><div>It was a long old hike.<br /><br />As we went along, we looked for likely crossing points over a widening fast flowing river, finally getting to the point where we should have been able to ford it.<br />As we stood looking at it another squall blasted through.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIPGojKcmQDZcZbV-eVPTchJyU4gDHgXSRe4S5hQ4uFEnOx4VO9Faf1DAlRF-EQDzt9kX6ZQBVQXQr-7X5WC4D0JlkLNDXqT5OrXRobldF2Wp5V_QlbNrqe9Fs9N_ssYOELnPjUJl64fJzlp-87lrrvWOsCm50VcDUW-gieR60-34OWcKBWNUzZNJ/s1116/02%20Map%202%20Crossing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1116" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicIPGojKcmQDZcZbV-eVPTchJyU4gDHgXSRe4S5hQ4uFEnOx4VO9Faf1DAlRF-EQDzt9kX6ZQBVQXQr-7X5WC4D0JlkLNDXqT5OrXRobldF2Wp5V_QlbNrqe9Fs9N_ssYOELnPjUJl64fJzlp-87lrrvWOsCm50VcDUW-gieR60-34OWcKBWNUzZNJ/w640-h424/02%20Map%202%20Crossing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><br /><div>We wandered up to look at the next crossing point, <b>Paul </b>had braved across this to look at the widening river further on. I was not convinced.<br />People started to put up shelters.<br />I <b>did not</b> want to stop here.<br />It would make the next day very very tough, and no guarantee the water level would drop, as more rain was forecast.<br />I wandered back to the crossing point to look again and plan.<br /><br />It was potentially doable, but it was if possible going to be tough.<br />I decided to bite the bullet on this one, as at that point nobody else was.<br />Martha, Paul and I think Kate and Peter were back now.<br /><br />I stripped down to underpants & waterproof top.<br />Put sandals on.<br />Chucked everything into my pack, not clipped on (<i>shoes on outside</i>), and with a final comment.</div><div><br /><span style="color: #741b47;">"I'm going for it.<br />If I get across I am NOT coming back.<br />If I don't get across (<i>Walker 473</i>), you'll have to call it in." 😬😬</span></div><div><br />I headed into the water.<br />I reckon it took over 5 minutes to get across.<br />It was lean into water, use poles, single steps keep balance as best.<br />The water was pushing hard.<br />It was also bloody freezing.<br />The stones were a tad slippy.<br />I took a diagonal line, looking for the shallowest bit and moving into the flow for best stability.<br />Finally emerging onto the other side.<br />Even my underwear was wet by now.<br />I hoped it was just the water 😬💩</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">Decision made we meandered upwards over steep and boggy ground to follow the fence line up.<br />It was tiring, and the sun was out.<br />Only 1 layer was needed.<br />Stopping for water where possible on the never ending off-piste tussocky climb, that just went up and up. In fact, up for 600m, and NONE of it on anything other than tough ground.<br />The map route below is a rough guess.<br />My <b>inReach </b>had run out of power yesterday 🙄<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYj4zDfbKfeUsUypB9TIso1hKdjIjPGvhjNFvWutC9gk7eU-7vrOHL_ge4wwAXUW3G1i7lwNa0-7mJJtMw38wEtxIyr1G3AX9Fs5EVF3_dwnV9eyHNNgHxWFO9hPlWpvkHsTG0htgomR7XHOpvwcFVAqdlHI4nMzyTOdfgiDG1nYSgn5h187w9Ut8k/s958/Day%2003%20map%203%20the%20ascent.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="958" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYj4zDfbKfeUsUypB9TIso1hKdjIjPGvhjNFvWutC9gk7eU-7vrOHL_ge4wwAXUW3G1i7lwNa0-7mJJtMw38wEtxIyr1G3AX9Fs5EVF3_dwnV9eyHNNgHxWFO9hPlWpvkHsTG0htgomR7XHOpvwcFVAqdlHI4nMzyTOdfgiDG1nYSgn5h187w9Ut8k/w640-h564/Day%2003%20map%203%20the%20ascent.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was to say the least a bloody hard climb.<br />And exhausting.<br />The may call <b>Sgorr na Diollaid </b>(<i>a pimple</i>), but it bloody well isn't a pimple at all.</div></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nvw4-UGvj8q1gtROm7bLvy8IQSj5_h-Nri5SY_68PNsSjw36X_46Ofm_01KZ26YgTlCNK7ly1vrcMmGWNVJw7wZ3eBRQ-Xbg0SC6aqdw0GGLrzMS65U8GAlRcHja8loC5F1xPZuvO46satnODBT9O-4Ii7kXqAd8P8m6D_PE71QmsZUPbw-cxeox/s3648/IMG_20220514_130224.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="1744" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nvw4-UGvj8q1gtROm7bLvy8IQSj5_h-Nri5SY_68PNsSjw36X_46Ofm_01KZ26YgTlCNK7ly1vrcMmGWNVJw7wZ3eBRQ-Xbg0SC6aqdw0GGLrzMS65U8GAlRcHja8loC5F1xPZuvO46satnODBT9O-4Ii7kXqAd8P8m6D_PE71QmsZUPbw-cxeox/w306-h640/IMG_20220514_130224.jpg" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's pretty much how steep it was the whole way up</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We discussed viable easier routes and decided that following the <b>Allt na Inbhir</b> SE & SSE down to the big track, and then coming in via <b>Craskie </b>(<i>regardless of whether the grumpy owner was still true</i>), was the sensible option.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was mainly trackless, but easy navigation.<br />Just needing to avoid dropping too far into the gorge, and ideally dropping off <b>Cnoc na Moine</b> on the path.<br /><br />The latter was actually easier said than done, and we ended up I think slightly too far west, and dropping down via some steep woods.<br />Slippery slidy stuff, we eventually got to the track, and a walk up to <b>Craskie </b>(<i>with NO issues</i>), we finally hit the road and the rather tedious, but oh so thankfully easy going approximate 6 km into Cannich and the campsite.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUWXOEQYDJCONe6LkZz3lKuK-HX_ISnNkwZb2pZAmECvl7yLKWSQz2yFm2WFMWI_9VWGHXBTT6CddplF5pc76cGhmVtalfbyQK2EOmKWKcT9CvBDsv4EfcV2Jd-dThrUewUYAq04gLCojKG2_3JmFCqOX8Hr4t5DjUdMGjbmzrQyJboJJ_gsSG-VY/s1552/Day%2003%20Map%2004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUw7C_expzsc0K7rzVLFJ6yECAJ7EK8I4zRNc9QVtc_kd0zFlJ3FRb2qqHeIVUJ_Ca4GhICQ5QLNzZap_YX-eauzCTSaKZmF4WdRA-BwKhU36x1tleZ7vGAjmRLkpFsjP-c4Huprqg-jM40m3XICctv0gyGS-dB572V_IkypEQtZxWAeQh2124P7Ql/s2365/IMG_1029.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="2365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUw7C_expzsc0K7rzVLFJ6yECAJ7EK8I4zRNc9QVtc_kd0zFlJ3FRb2qqHeIVUJ_Ca4GhICQ5QLNzZap_YX-eauzCTSaKZmF4WdRA-BwKhU36x1tleZ7vGAjmRLkpFsjP-c4Huprqg-jM40m3XICctv0gyGS-dB572V_IkypEQtZxWAeQh2124P7Ql/w640-h360/IMG_1029.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Did like the 4 dogs though, (<i>yes there are only 3 here</i>)<br /><br /><b>And thus!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>Days 1 to 3 were completed.</b></div><div>I rang in to control.<br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Over 40 people withdrawn already </span><span style="font-size: large;">😨</span></b><br /><br />On a plus note, the forecast for the next few days were not bad!<br /><b>Ben Macdui</b> may be on, on <b>day 8</b> 🤞🤞</div><div><br /></div><div>I may or may not have snored that night.<br />Craig was impressive 🤣</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>And then it was DAY 4, time to crack on!</b></div><div><br /></div>Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-66856381319208443922021-08-03T13:36:00.001+01:002021-08-03T13:39:54.424+01:00TGOC 2007 (No. 4) Day 10-11 (Tarfside to the Coast too fast again)<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="4"><b><u>TGOC 2007 (No.4) Day 10-11 (Tarfside to the Coast)</u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7gvdgiZWg18" width="320" youtube-src-id="7gvdgiZWg18"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Desert High - Billy Gibbons</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So, here we are back in <b>2007 </b>again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The last couple of days pending as yet again (<i>and for the very last time</i>) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I blatt across in less than 14 days.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>11 to be precise</b>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well except for <b>2009</b>, but that is another pending failed medical story 🤕🤦♂️</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial;">Day 10 Sun 21st Tarfside to Edzell Via the Wirren Hills (21.7 km, 650m Ascent)</span></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiho_RgtwUeknNOZfhNYmJ8AnwFl6YKufUAr8jeGoU-gyJEjYgz2heWRBBIsv-2P4DL_G534XSI8TrMO68J-AjdXhI2Jwd2Eev5LkzYK9McEoQ0LueL2k8pP_QsO0CPCO0Sk-GaiYj9p34/s1005/Map+10a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wtklD_aIQB7Og3O9S57Eey2-6W0eIP0PvijDWfm7a4gDT-4wdSIXWOo6HGVQKpAcfVBFUH-DMLwf5kfCj_ehy1pwBKGuh-gAFJ4SuxhIzdjZ82HPJq52ZbCNvFtAhX1XI2dccAXnOpw/s1365/Prof+10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="1365" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3wtklD_aIQB7Og3O9S57Eey2-6W0eIP0PvijDWfm7a4gDT-4wdSIXWOo6HGVQKpAcfVBFUH-DMLwf5kfCj_ehy1pwBKGuh-gAFJ4SuxhIzdjZ82HPJq52ZbCNvFtAhX1XI2dccAXnOpw/w640-h286/Prof+10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The day started with farewells, bill paying and breakfast at <b>Tarfside.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cBStMXikZun651iXZEsgG6j68pRMptJrnJJNkEdATDEXfgwoxUufCbgc6_sspElWSk6ljSmabsKXhfpGvsrJBRazZU6-35gtYAbelZJYXqo7j5MLh-7cANyb1gb5q4W-JOXmP3g6xqQ/w640-h480/2007_148_Day+10+Tarfside+Ladies+%2528Elizabeth+Towers+centre%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wonderful ladies of Tarfside</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL1gH-XsFcS8Ur52Po5tZjI0v0SBCwdKq1xKpKD9X7shotoOzNbK8ofQ2y5ptzHvRwV7I5BTHDpVf3UBew_1mFXQMtd-dvHH1ytOqS749xNTxXOiRuOogdmqLqVKaDh6a-4UI6vlVjhg/s2560/2007_149_Day+10+Chris+Parkin+and+Ian+%2528Dry+Walkers%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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(it was 15 years ago)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprpsuVzHeHYSfU8X_LXwTYXDbwcG_p3YZp1V5XvQyYyWQfvFo9aI7PCSUI0TeR3c4mf3Z2JVOHsR8Ibb1KTA-1aLou0yzLMJcWr-8MdHwH7veWSf87OFiKm1HyntyR2jxOt1oevLI6vg/s2560/2007_150_Day+10+Tarfside+Ladies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprpsuVzHeHYSfU8X_LXwTYXDbwcG_p3YZp1V5XvQyYyWQfvFo9aI7PCSUI0TeR3c4mf3Z2JVOHsR8Ibb1KTA-1aLou0yzLMJcWr-8MdHwH7veWSf87OFiKm1HyntyR2jxOt1oevLI6vg/w640-h480/2007_150_Day+10+Tarfside+Ladies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgfY7B55mfDRWVr6y4DCyzXv5QljvJ3H6K23D3oA1ofJc-1wkmnE2AP36LEGzi-9l1g6Ggw6HNOuupFb3WQQt3IzJ-FWRFpnqfoH8hSV3khbbrIGw0YFl9HPJMRYF0UDay1y7pGOQrj0/s2560/2007_151_Day+10+Tarfside+Ladies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgfY7B55mfDRWVr6y4DCyzXv5QljvJ3H6K23D3oA1ofJc-1wkmnE2AP36LEGzi-9l1g6Ggw6HNOuupFb3WQQt3IzJ-FWRFpnqfoH8hSV3khbbrIGw0YFl9HPJMRYF0UDay1y7pGOQrj0/w640-h480/2007_151_Day+10+Tarfside+Ladies.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3b-6gosCuElrAz8PGJMYolyc26GSrIeDceh3-zbgh1byTsRe2bAecjgjrhiZ6RpkPjS24YAN2cDwSkP9FkuIZ-1pSxzj0nWDz-tt47uXH1FZeG2aoSn6EwaoBOO5HvKrnmgmazTt08zs/s2560/2007_152_Day+10+The+river+near+Keenie+Glen+Esk.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3b-6gosCuElrAz8PGJMYolyc26GSrIeDceh3-zbgh1byTsRe2bAecjgjrhiZ6RpkPjS24YAN2cDwSkP9FkuIZ-1pSxzj0nWDz-tt47uXH1FZeG2aoSn6EwaoBOO5HvKrnmgmazTt08zs/w640-h480/2007_152_Day+10+The+river+near+Keenie+Glen+Esk.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving just over the bridge</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4">So, I headed away from <b>Tarfside </b>reluctantly , but with Bacon butty inside.<br />Over the bridge and down the road to the right, to pick up the small track that runs down to the bridge over the river.<br />Even back in 2007, this bridge was in a pretty dire way, now it is a collapsing no go area, with entrance and exit bound up with barbed wire.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4">From the far side there is an indistinct path, that takes you up to the top track that either heads over to the <b>Clash of Wirren</b>, OR heads East along above the lower fields past a couple of small buildings, and eventually climbs slightly up and over until you get to <b>Keanie</b>. I'm sure there are other options to head up, but I went over to <b>Keanie</b>, before taking a path that headed up to the <b>Hill or Wirren</b>.<br />There is now a big clear path that goes up there, and a lot of paths when you get up there. Back in 2007, the path fizzled out early on, and I had to make my way up via rough ground.<br />When I got to the top at the time, there was a large double wire fence across the path. I needed to get to the other side.<br />No gates nor ladders, I climbed up and over a corner post. <br />Pushing the pack under the 2nd fence, I climbed over that too.<br />Now at the time, nobody had mentioned miles and fucking miles of gate free fencing across the <b>Wirren hills</b>, and the endless black peaty bog, so it was a double shocking experience as I climbed down, to discover that this fucker was also electrified. ⚡⚡</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br />I fell the last 3 feet landing near the rucksack.<br /><br />Grabbing it I may have sworn aloud acts of vengeance and wrath I would reap on the idiotic scumbag that put the fence there, but nobody was there to punch.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4">I walked on heading east, by the side of the fence.<br />I was over it now.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4">All was going well, until I discovered that the evil bastards (<i>probably to electrocute the English</i>), had built another one at 90 degrees to this one.<br />No gates, no attempt at making a way over, or even under.<br /><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4">Well, I wasn't fucking do another electrifying Colditz style climb, so I decided to excavate a wet and damp ditch under it and push the bag through, and then squirm under commando style (<i>no...not like the underwear thing</i>), so 10 minutes later, wet, and filthy dirty I was walking along again.<br /><br />As it happened, about 10 minutes later and with massive satisfaction that a spied a tractor (<i>a</i> <i>quite new expensive one it looked to</i>), to be sunken and unmoving in the muddy peat, over half way up the big tyres, and the door. This baby was going nowhere, maybe ever.<br />I climbed up and looked inside.<br />Luckily, no sign of a mummified corpse or skeletal remains (<i>not that I'd have mourned the buggers</i>). </font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4">And so it was now on and on over to <b>East Wirren</b>, and then the <b>Hill of Carathro</b>, before descending what seemed forever, the track down towards <b>Edzell</b>.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzNd_P-UXS4-tds6jVy4ewws8t4PfE4W3-Vu_Bawze48MoXiidt_dQWnomRJ9IZGod6xhnZnn0ekC1_XY2EVFReX4Ye0b7D5JKbn_3SYxVNJBfnpd2_m11_UUAWZoPUo1O5QU5KHwuzs/s2560/2007_157_Day+10+View+back+along+the+ridge+from+Hill+of+Carathro+ba.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Sadly the answer was NO, but she rang a friend round the corner, and I went there, which was good, because I didn't really fancy trying to get to the coast tonight.<br /><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yes, it was day 10, I was too bloody fast across again 🤦♂️🤷♂️<br />What can you do eh...<br />TBH, it would take until my 2010 crossing that someone (<b><i>Sloman and Lambert</i></b>), slapped me into shape and the correct mental attitude to the Challenge.<br />I still thought it was a bloody Challenge of physical pain and fortitude. Oh what a revelation <b>2010 </b>was, when I became enlightened to the fact that the hardship could be mixed with socialising, camaraderie and friendship. It would take me another <b>2½ years</b> to discover the truth of the wonderful <b>TGOC Family. </b>🙆♂️</span></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4">I cannot give the exact location of the B&B, but they were very nice.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4">Showered and clean, I went back into town, to spend the evening and grab food at the <b>Panmure Arms</b></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><a href="http://www.panmurearmshotel.co.uk/"><b>Panmure Arms Hotel</b></a></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I think the twin Towers <b>David and John</b> were there (<i>R.I.P chaps</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Later after chats and beers, I headed back to the B&B and spent the end of the evening chatting with them. He had been a stalker on the estates for years. Some excellent tales, none of which I cannot remember 15 years down the line.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And then it was time to sleep.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tomorrow would be day 11, and I would finish, miss the party again and be home by the end of the day 🤦♂️</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Day 11 Mon 22nd Edzell to St Cyrus (21 km, 205m Ascent)</span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBm0X2PRxWSN9Su38rtGaZwL1C3AXzLF2tTYPs2-DPKRXszrpWHge1qw98TWz5wSGV6yifpRy1Tf0qt0ceivRxc4e8sGy2vjR4Do_sCsmEow0y0WckCHxn_TuH_2r4V6oHqSDUpT0azE4/s1364/Prof+11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1364" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBm0X2PRxWSN9Su38rtGaZwL1C3AXzLF2tTYPs2-DPKRXszrpWHge1qw98TWz5wSGV6yifpRy1Tf0qt0ceivRxc4e8sGy2vjR4Do_sCsmEow0y0WckCHxn_TuH_2r4V6oHqSDUpT0azE4/w640-h290/Prof+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><font face="arial" size="4">Breakfast over, it was time to head to the coast and the end of Successful <b>TGOC No 4</b> (<i>and I still hardly knew anyone 🤷♂️</i>)</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><i>I was in such a pathetic rush, I hardly took any pictures today.<br /><br /></i></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><i>"Don't be like early Andy</i></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><i>Enjoy the walk and the scenery".</i></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4">Heading back into town, and over the bouncy bridge.<br /><i>picture from 2010.</i><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNbjN5ASNzhtSFjZX4M9XutGDzdLWzNeYE-deo3hsuMoVUtvuPRtrxYVivp4U-1koU0-YWFYFx1vdrzR3Y-yTo-ChQ9gyIBF8GcUNBndq4JPc4Ut1C1ZIYeDksch0w7ovsl4ZA2EU40s/s2048/P1000390.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNbjN5ASNzhtSFjZX4M9XutGDzdLWzNeYE-deo3hsuMoVUtvuPRtrxYVivp4U-1koU0-YWFYFx1vdrzR3Y-yTo-ChQ9gyIBF8GcUNBndq4JPc4Ut1C1ZIYeDksch0w7ovsl4ZA2EU40s/w480-h640/P1000390.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Then out via the farm tracks to take the ridiculous long walk down the dodgy road.</span><br style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I hadn't even spotted the nicer track that you can take, nor the idea of staying at <b>NWB </b>(<i>not that anyone would have been there on the Sunday night anyway</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Passing over the nasty main road safely and then over the bridge to take the side road to <b>Marykirk</b><br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GG8X4jFepybR7NKNmH9P1RhR5ImO5e1EwJbn0r3bFnt1p60JUYS0a-ujP8lTiciphd5CyklZ4L8R3wrt3IQbRxyuLUW9o5NWcAoRK8At3QsufZGDbpff99Jt5gY43xXswa6euUDevIU/s2048/2007_160_Day+11+the+river+at+North+Water+Bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_GG8X4jFepybR7NKNmH9P1RhR5ImO5e1EwJbn0r3bFnt1p60JUYS0a-ujP8lTiciphd5CyklZ4L8R3wrt3IQbRxyuLUW9o5NWcAoRK8At3QsufZGDbpff99Jt5gY43xXswa6euUDevIU/w640-h480/2007_160_Day+11+the+river+at+North+Water+Bridge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyipLTnROsVq-DA80WMPjdC3ixSl3bcFoc305Jw0HT5eIIFSMxF8N7i4HKMWWiDKe1KtMzF1w_9NCRyMt0rruPnUQ9aieehEKmMCa9i465AhORUYaSfJ6-wJpvIAp0ethFI7u06xnc4Y/s2048/2007_161_Day+11+Mains+of+Gallery+on+way+to+St+Cyrus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAyipLTnROsVq-DA80WMPjdC3ixSl3bcFoc305Jw0HT5eIIFSMxF8N7i4HKMWWiDKe1KtMzF1w_9NCRyMt0rruPnUQ9aieehEKmMCa9i465AhORUYaSfJ6-wJpvIAp0ethFI7u06xnc4Y/w640-h480/2007_161_Day+11+Mains+of+Gallery+on+way+to+St+Cyrus.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><font face="arial" size="4">Rather than go through <b>Den of Morphie</b> (<i>a nasty little dip</i>), I went via <b>Morphie </b>and over the <b>Hill of Morphie</b>, for my first glimpse of the sea.</font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1152" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSErnkkW8Xlqtkv1jv0F15ThWesE3QXQAHr5BoW2-nAsWO7zIGztxXuwkd6OXOB0vfsIJE6WmIIGWPxt06ejW7ppOIQzX9yuUtYMubVOucZT66GyHlsMpDiWD6yr-URazF3tQ0pbMT4Q/w640-h480/2007_163_Day+11+Rape+seed+and+hills+West+from+the+Hill+of+Morphie+small.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><font face="arial" size="4">Finally, dropping down to <b>St Cyrus</b> to reach the Church at approx <b>09.30</b>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wvFX5nRzcEQxDS6KchkFv2vPid0cOVrxODHYLQP_Q0_ZXT5L5bs2YeVKWvCYyDLgDsl1GKrxTyWWJBLe2HZmajV9gq0XdSGMGreTRNiU9WpH0YHpAAH3PLrU0DhRa6tKzk6vrK2WhZA/s2048/2007_165_Day+11+St+Cyrus+arrived.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wvFX5nRzcEQxDS6KchkFv2vPid0cOVrxODHYLQP_Q0_ZXT5L5bs2YeVKWvCYyDLgDsl1GKrxTyWWJBLe2HZmajV9gq0XdSGMGreTRNiU9WpH0YHpAAH3PLrU0DhRa6tKzk6vrK2WhZA/w640-h480/2007_165_Day+11+St+Cyrus+arrived.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></font><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUOB5iy3Jvv1Y5kAWQQjvUly3sCPgzDm_35LRff1CKg8a2BIBeu5h8u3QX6G4GRat3nKnsPxYusuvv6JA-bcDjUHpdl1E27U7B7IxVNCzCVGjcmL12P6x-nionVesegcXbFUGRbQg-Oio/w480-h640/2007_166_Day+11+Clock+Tower+at+St+Cyrus+with+Time.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All that was left, was to head down to the beach, where there was nobody to take my picture.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwz0wYgJVpM67VLf9h1M-Sf3yDvOYu0lxxfBqWY1Mc-dMVp8y81XhH1dEb59k76lcGOvfK4bQmYs0OCeTxI77wSR0IRXGwK5nPNJ_zDTLI3VaU5mTy29aNrZ2_KdI66OeHZRP8ExGGlE4/s2048/2007_171_Day+11+The+long+path+down+and+up+to+the+beach+at+St+Cyrus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwz0wYgJVpM67VLf9h1M-Sf3yDvOYu0lxxfBqWY1Mc-dMVp8y81XhH1dEb59k76lcGOvfK4bQmYs0OCeTxI77wSR0IRXGwK5nPNJ_zDTLI3VaU5mTy29aNrZ2_KdI66OeHZRP8ExGGlE4/w640-h480/2007_171_Day+11+The+long+path+down+and+up+to+the+beach+at+St+Cyrus.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Since this image, there has been a lot of erosion and path route changes.<br />It still seems like a bloody big climb back up though.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCVezlc0Tva9CgsIMnRQxX5mH55-nsiMmChb6M9B4iCIt8mPWD4uT0pm1YlxqDrNIQ3hnOf6mx9Z1FB1lRehjPXVjdDyBkHMW2Omx9Cjyvq7RuSvxobvGRTaQ-Eenj2jGCmdJMbmTwjY/s2048/2007_168_Day+11+Ready+to+go+down+to+the+beach.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCVezlc0Tva9CgsIMnRQxX5mH55-nsiMmChb6M9B4iCIt8mPWD4uT0pm1YlxqDrNIQ3hnOf6mx9Z1FB1lRehjPXVjdDyBkHMW2Omx9Cjyvq7RuSvxobvGRTaQ-Eenj2jGCmdJMbmTwjY/w640-h480/2007_168_Day+11+Ready+to+go+down+to+the+beach.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3Rh4i2BrA7Iux8X0Za1536TAJf-4E0jO-n-tPzdViOOmQ3gHHeMUc9OrzcScLV1DeWRzAASKbkaMMsiJPceBNgiGqvp8azxriTvosrTZBbgyxykw-7G1VtFCvMqctDH4OHGNUXG-7SU/s2048/2007_169_Day+11+View+towards+Montrose.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3Rh4i2BrA7Iux8X0Za1536TAJf-4E0jO-n-tPzdViOOmQ3gHHeMUc9OrzcScLV1DeWRzAASKbkaMMsiJPceBNgiGqvp8azxriTvosrTZBbgyxykw-7G1VtFCvMqctDH4OHGNUXG-7SU/w640-h480/2007_169_Day+11+View+towards+Montrose.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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OK, not at bad as the <b>2004 </b>broken leg incident, but still not pleasant. You'll have to wait for that 5 day saga. It may be soon, or it may take some time.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">It's all in the anticipation.</span></b></div></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial" size="4"><br /></font></div>
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After a rather blustery night, I packed away, and headed off over the bridge to eventually head to <b>Mount Keen.</b><br />
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<span id="goog_1451549124"></span><span id="goog_1451549125"></span>Taking the path out through the woods and over to <b>Pannanich Hill</b> before heading South and South East below <b>Lach na Gualainn</b> , contouring over to actually cross at the bridge.<br />
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The map above is not quite right.<br />
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It was a nice but blustery walk up, and not many pictures for some reason.<br />
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I took the <b>old Mounth Road</b> up to the <b>Mount Keen</b> and over the summit,<br />
Indeed, I crawled over the summit on all fours as it was so windy, it was hard to stand.<br />
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As I dropped off the other side of the summit in a very stooped position and buffeted by wind I encountered a border collie. We nodded in a dog like way, and shortly afterwards his owner arrived.<br />
We nodded also, and may have exchanged words that got whisked away in an inaudible whoosh before disappearing into the valley.<br />
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As I descended, the wind abated slightly and a rather more pleasant down than the up was experienced.<br />
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I dropped down, picking up<b> Ladder Burn </b>and then via the <b>Queen's Well</b> into <b>Glen Mark.</b><br />
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Once down onto the road just past <b>Kirkton</b>, it was the familar trudge over via <b>Westbank </b>to <b>Tarfside</b>.<br />
One day I would go over the <b>Hill of Rowan</b>.<br />
One day, but NOT this year, that would not happen until my 1<b>0th in 2015.</b><br />
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And finally into <b>St Drostan's</b> for some company, and food, and as this was still <b>only Day 9 </b>, the <b>Friday </b>before the <b>famous Tarfside Tuesday</b> (<i>I still had so much to learn about timing</i>), I easily blagged a bed fore the night.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">And Yes, I know I should have been taken my time over this next bit.<br />
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So, here is the thing, when I got up early (<i>no, I mean early</i>), I had intended only walking as far as <b>Faindouran Bothy</b>, but the best made plans eh...<br />
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It was a bit overcast higher up at the start, but still a nice morning.<br />
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In fact when I got up there, the little cafe where the squirrel and bird viewing was open.<br />
It would have been rude nay <b>NEGLIGENT </b>to bypass such an opportunity, and I went in for breakfast.<br />
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This was a short stop, and before long, I was on my way again, heading up the track to heads to <b>Lochan Uaine </b><br />
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I followed the track up and then round and down, looking at misty views of <b>Bynack More</b>.<br />
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And that was it, it was some time around 13.00, could have been 14.00 and I had arrived.<br />
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So I dropped my stuff, had a mince about, as I was the only one there.<br />
Had some lunch.<br />
Thought about what I was going to do for the rest of the day (as you do), and then what with it being a nice day thought "bugger it, move on" and so I upped my gear and headed along the path in a very very Easterly direction along the Avon for quite some while.<br />
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I don't know what it is like now, but in 2007 the track that follows the Avon up to the bridge was overgrown and bloody hard work. I would have been better climbing a bit and taking the LRT<br />
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All that said I finally got to the bridge that crosses the <b>Avon </b>and headed along the other bank to the <b>Linn of Avon</b><br />
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At the end where the river turns south I encountered my only real obstacle of the day.<br />
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Where this map shows a Ford, there is now a bridge, but in 2007, there was no bridge, just 2 iron girders across.<br />
Well, back then I was 'ard init, so with a full pack that still weighed a ton (<i>inc the steak and bun, bur weirdly no alcohol</i>), I just walked over the girder. 🙆♂️🤷♂️<br />
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It was getting on with time now, and after a short way down here, I was looking out for a decent pitch. No-one else about, and I assume they would have pitched up much earlier. I pondered on trying to get as far as the loch, but a short way down, I came across a really nice flat wide grassy bit by the river, and decided that was it. Popped up the <b>Comp</b>, and set to with a wee gas stove and a titanium dish I had picked up in the states, cooked my steak, lathered it with <b>HP </b>sauce sachets stolen from the pub in <b>Aviemore</b>, and had a mighty steak burger.<br />
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I have decided for an extra 75g, that dish is going with me in 2021, and I am MOST ASSUREDLY going to have some steak again, although my route does take me further south next time, so I won't be buying it in <b>Aviemore</b>.<br />
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Up reasonably early, I headed on down the track by <b>Builg Burn </b>to <b>Loch Builg</b><br />
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Taking the track east at the loch over to <b>Carndarvon</b> <b>Lodge </b>and <b>Bothy</b>.<br />
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Following on the wide easy walking, I eventually turned left over thge river towards <b>Tullochmacarrick</b>.<br />
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Now, having crossed the river, and half way across the field towards the farm, I came across an excellent sign, that said<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;"><u>Beware of the Bulls </u></span> </b> <i>note the plural there.</i><br />
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Luckily there were none to be seen until 2/3 of the way, when I looked right and down the slope of the field and there was a rather large gentleman <b>BULL</b>.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">No problem, they are not so fast at going (<b>UP</b>, or is it <b>DOWN</b>)</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Hmmm. pretty sure it's down.</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">Bollocks...</span><br />
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So I walked on.<br />
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TBH, they weren't the least bit interested.<br />
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Having survived, I turned right through the farm and headed over to <b>Gairnshiel Lodge</b>, and then a short bit of road before taking the track East over behind <b>Delnabo </b>and <b>Tomnavey </b>and east more to a rather poor track past <b>Dalfad </b>and over to <b>Inverenzie </b>and out to the road, the very very very long bloody road road to <b>Bridge of Gairn</b> (<i>there must be a nicer alternative</i>) , and then luckily a nicer track into <b>Ballater</b>, where I headed for the Camp site.<br />
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It was destined to be a very windy night, I seem to remember.<br />
I put my mini tent up away from the field and battened it down.<br />
I watched a family arrive in a car, and put there large bedouin scale tent up under a bloody great tree.<br />
I pondered on telling them, but heh... All adults right.<br />
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I then headed to the pub for dinner.<br />
Either nobody else was going to be there, or I chose the wrong pub, or the wrong time.<br />
I don't know.<br />
But at some point, after several beers, I headed back to the campsite, and huddled up in my tent.<br />
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I'm pretty sure it rained, and it was a bit windy.<br />
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NOT AS WINDY as it was going to be heading over the top of <b>Mount Keen</b> in mist.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The next <b>3 days</b> are here, but have few images really for <b>Day 04</b> until near the end, but there is a good anecdote from my abortive <b>2009 </b>venture that I will tell.</span></div>
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<b><u>Day 04 Mon Cannich to Drumnadrochit and Loch Mhor (30.2km 762m)</u></b><br />
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So, morning start from Cannich, and then a road , then forest then road walk to Drum, where some extra supplies and a beer may or may not have been in order.<br />
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<b>Anyway, to an anecdote from 2009</b> (<i>the 2nd time I had to withdraw in medical grounds, the 1st being a broken leg</i>).<br />
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But in <b>2009</b>, I came via <b>Tomich </b>and then across to <b>Drum</b>, but for some mad reason, I came out of the woods and hot the road too early.<br />
Also, I had sore feet having done a stupid day from <b>Cougie </b>to to <b>Drum </b>in a day 🤦♂️<br />
<b>So back to the anecdote.</b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I has walked a fair bit of road, and was sitting just inside a bus stop, tending to my feet with a rest and tape, when a small blueish car pulls up.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">The window winds down, and a lovely wee old lady leans over and asks me if I want a lift to Drum.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">I explain, that I would love one, but I must walk it all, as I am doing the TGOC.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">We have a wee chat about it, and she drives off.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: blue;">I am getting near to Drum after an extended rest, when the same car pulls over again (heading the other way).</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">I pop over, and the window winds down again.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">"Here you are young man (I'll take that, I was 55)" and she hands me a bag of treacle toffees.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">"That should get you ta where you're going"</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: blue;">And with a thank you and a wave, she drives off home.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: blue;">Some days, you have to LOVE people 😍😁👍</span><br />
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And, that's exactly what I did, meeting up with some folk, grabbing a beer, and making the evening ferry across the Loch.<br />
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A couple of the following pictures are from <b>2007</b>.<br />
The ones with the nicer looking weather are <b>2009 </b>, just to give a view of the Loch and the boat, as the weather in <b>2007 </b>at this point was a bit blustery to say the least.<br />
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From the ferry landing, in less than ideal conditions, we took the long walk up the road, and I headed past <b>Ault-na-Goire</b> not knowing it was there, and all the way to the road to <b>Farraline</b>.<br />
But, by now it was getting late, so sneaking into the woods by the side of<br />
<b>Loch Mhor,</b> I managed to find a small enough piece of ground to pitch up.<br />
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It rained a bit, but the views as the sun set where rather spectacular.<br />
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Up camp and down the road to cut through the back of <b>Farraline</b>, and pick up the often indistinct path over to <b>Dunmaglass</b>.<br />
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All these views are now ruined by the Wind Farm (<i>I say farm</i> 🤦♂️)<br />
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It was a trudge up and over the track and then onto the more open moorland to finally hook up with the Allt Calder and track the river down to the main Findhorn track.<br />
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Choose the right route, and these are fabulous hills.<br />
Views of wonderful plateau's and valleys, now sadly ruined by so many massive Wind factories.<br />
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Once down at the <b>Findhorn</b>, it is just a shortish walk along to get to the camping spot by the bridge before <b>Coignascallan</b>. <b>AND YES, I did camp there last year</b>, but I arrived this time from a different route.<br />
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Can't remember who arrived. Definitely <b>Steve </b>and <b>Pete</b>, and maybe some others.<br />
That's my <span style="color: red;">Red Laser Comp</span> (<i>now owned by <b>Sandy Millar</b></i>)<br />
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<b><u>Day 06 Wed Coignascallen to Aviemore via the Red Bothy (24.5km 830m)</u></b><br />
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It was a nice start the next day, across the bridge and the field to then go across the grass and the river, to take the track up, and then cut <b>ESE </b>over open ground to take a bearing to drop down to the <b><span style="color: red;">Red Bothy.</span></b><br />
I love doing this bit, as really, there are no real tracks, you just need to take a bearing and look at th ground and geography<br />
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A brief stop at the <b>Red Bothy</b>, and then up and over the <b>Dulnain </b>and over the <b>Burma Road</b> to drop down to <b>Aviemore</b>.<br />
AND yet again, I didn't do that outlier Corbett 🤷♂️<br />
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Then the drop down, the little bit near <b>Lynwig</b>, and that bloody walk up the road again into <b>Aviemore</b>.<br />
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Now, here is the weird thing.<br />
I assume there was food and drink in the pub that night somewhere.<br />
I did walk up to <b>Tesco </b>and buy a bit of <b>steak and a bun</b> for the next day<br />
(<i><b>Humphrey </b>would be proud</i>).<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">BUT... I cannot for the life of me remember who else was there.</span><br />
Nor, can I remember where I actually stayed 🙆♂️<br />
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I am assuming the same bunkhouse and the pub next door from the <b>2006 </b>Challenge.<br />
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So. that's it.<br />
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You'll have to wait for <b>days 7 and 8, that get me to Ballater</b> (<i>yes, 2 days</i>).<br />
Much will depend on the weather tomorrow.<br />
If it's crap I'll write it up..<br />
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<b>At last having said never again I obviously applied, and got in, and decided SOLO, was the way to go, and a decent set of hills to start after the lst 2 sets of disappointments. Even then I could have done with being a bit more adventurous.</b></div>
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I had managed to also organise a taxi for this trek, with a lady called Reah, who would collect from Inverness and drop off at Torridon.<br />
I was booked into the YHA.<br />
I would also for the 1st time meet up with some people who I would meet again and again, and count as friends over the years.<br />
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The taxi incumbents were, according to my records..<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Heather Thomas-Smith</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nik Lawcock</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I cannot even remember if everyone was there, but I have email correspondence from them all still in an archive just to check.</span><br />
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So <b>Reah </b>picked us up at the designated time, and we hurtled to <b>Torridon</b>.<br />
I expect beer was involved that evening.<br />
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This year <b>2020 </b>I was going to do my 2nd Torridon start and <b>TGOC No 15</b>.<br />
Fingers 🤞🤞 for <b>2021 </b>then.<br />
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<b><u>Day 01 - Fri Torridon to Craig Hostel (24km 970m)</u></b><br />
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We started the day about on time, and I was walking with <b>Ian </b>and <b>Heather</b>.<br />
All doing similar (<i>ish</i>) routes and all finishing at different places.<br />
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Initially down the road.<br />
I can't actually remember where the sign out point was that year.<br />
Then pretty much straight out into hills.<br />
One of the joys of Torridon is that it is directly into big stuff, with stunning views.<br />
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We came across Steve (Steve featured in 2006) and Pete by the first stream crossing.<br />
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We continued the journey towards <b>Loch an Eion</b><br />
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We continued up To <b>Bealach Ban</b> and then round towards the small Lochan between <b>Sgorr Ruadh</b> and <b>Bienn Liath Mhor</b> having a short break here.<br />
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Then <b>Heather</b> headed up to <b>Sgorr Ruadh</b> and Ian and I continued on, starting the descent to <b>Achnashellach</b>.<br />
My now <b>2021 </b>plan will be to take in <b>Beinn Liath Mhor.</b><br />
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No more pictures today, as we dropped down to <b>Achnashallach</b>, and then took the best route available through the woods before a short road trudge to the hostel.<br />
<b>Ian </b>was cracking on a bit, I was stopping at the hostel.<br />
I seem to remember that <b>Heather </b>stayed at the hostel also?<br />
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So I banged on the door, and <b>Gerry </b>(<i>it is now run by his son as Gerry passed away a couple of years back</i>) answered the door.<br />
I had contacted him about staying earlier. He welcomed me in and as I was about to enter, he suddenly went "AND TAKE THOSE BOOTS OFF OUTSIDE".<br />
This was Gerry, and interesting and somewhat UP & DOWN character.<br />
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Boots off, and as the 1st one there, I was given a tour, shown where I would be sleeping, and where the shower is and the sitting room and fire (<i>that only <b>GERRY </b>was meant to touch</i>).<br />
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Then <b>Gerry </b>went off, and I settled in, had a shower and waited for others to arrive.<br />
I have no idea who was actually there that night. It is all a tad vague.<br />
I think <b>Heather</b>, <b>Steve </b>and <b>Pete </b>were all in, and some others, whose names totally elude me. Odd really how some memories fade.<br />
I won't say it was the best shower ever....<br />
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There was a teetering pile of <b>TGO </b>Magazines there that seemed to go back to the <b>80</b>'s.<br />
And a table with labelled food and tins that you could buy.<br />
An interesting % was out of date. I am sure I had a tin of custard that was 5 years out of date. Seemed OK...<br />
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That night there were several in as I said.<br />
At times Gerry would come in, sometimes happy, sometimes grumpy because people had touched the fire. TBH, he wasn't that scary.<br />
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It was a good night sitting round a fire.<br />
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I soooo wish I had taken pictures 🤷♂️🤷♂️<br />
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<b><u>Day 02 - Sat Craig Hostel to Loch Monar [Sheep Pens] (21.2km 1445m)</u></b><br />
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I started out possibly walking with someone.<br />
Saw Keith Pickup's tent a short way down the track near the trees.<br />
Recognised it as Keith's because of the umbrella.<br />
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Long walk out down the track, all the way to the ruins.<br />
It was not a bad day.<br />
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At the ruins I waded across the stream, and then headed up.<br />
Following the track initially, and then for some reason, which I do not know, following the stream up.<br />
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I should have stayed on the track and taken the <b>Allt Fhuar-thuill Bhig</b>.<br />
Maybe I though I could get up via the lochans.<br />
Lord knows.<br />
All I do know, is that in my foolishness I decided to head straight up from the lochans.<br />
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Let me tell you, that this is a definite <b>NO</b> with a big pack and poles.<br />
I found myself taking an age doing this.<br />
It also involved collapsing the poles and putting on the pack, so I could take the pack off, and put it up on ledges to enable me to then climb up without the pack dragging me off backwards. That is why there are NO pictures of this bit, because it was as they say.<br />
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<b>AS HAIRY AS FUCK</b> in places.<br />
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Anyway, after some considerable time and effort and moments of <b>OH SHIT</b>, I finally clambered over the top, and pack back on ok, with poles out I had a brilliant plateau walk over <b>Carn nam Fiaclan</b> and round to <b>Maoile Lunndaidh.</b><br />
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Taking the spur off the summit and heading down some bits that were craggier than it appears on the map to eventually pick up the stream.<br />
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The track down, (once you find it) is quite narrow and windy in places but easy to follow, all the way to the bridge over the <b>Allt Toll a Choin</b>, then along the <b>Toll Breac Odhar</b><br />
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As I approached the sheep pens, it was getting a lot breezier, and there had been a small amount of rain.<br />
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There were two people already pitched up, who I later after a chat discovered were <b>Bert and Suus</b>.<br />
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I proceeded to put my tent up.<br />
No checking for TICKS back then.<br />
TBH, I wasn't really aware of ticks 🤦♂️🤷♂️<br />
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I pegged out the back of the <b>Laser Comp</b> and watched the inner in it's bright yellowness, fly out in the wind and head tumbleweed fashion across the sheep pen, finally and luckily snagging on the wall the far side.<br />
Thank the lord the wind was not blowing the other way, or it would have been off into the Loch...<br />
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I ran, nay hared across to grab it, before another flurry, saw it take off again.<br />
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With enormous relief, I brought it back.<br />
Took the outer end down and pegged in the inner before then putting the tent up again. I had accidentally not attached the inner when I had cleaned it before the Challenge 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️<br />
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A bit later <b>Steve </b>and <b>Pete </b>arrived to set up camp.<br />
They had taken the longer track down, coming down the <b>Coire Fionnarach</b><br />
And that was pretty much it for day 2.<br />
I cooked some food, and settled inside for a blustery wet night.<br />
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<b><u>Day 03 - Sun Loch Monar to Cannich (30.3km 905m)</u></b><br />
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By the time I was up and out, <b>Bert and Suus </b>had gone.<br />
I headed off along the edge of the loch, to follow the track round and down to <b>Monar Lodge.</b><br />
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Nice we gorge down to the Loch as seen from the track on the way to Monar Lodge<br />
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From the Lodge, it is then a walk round to the damn and the start of the tarmac stretch.<br />
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Following the <b>Farrar</b>, I cut off after the bridge over the <b>Allt Uchd Rodha</b> to a small bridge the other side of the open ground.<br />
Crossing the bridge I then had a stop by the side of the river where I met <b>Bert and Suus</b> again.<br />
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<b>Steve and Pete</b> caught up too, and together we headed up the <b>Allt innis na Lairach</b> to get over the bealach. Starting on the east bank, but I seem to remember changing to the west bank for much of the climb.<br />
There is a faint path on both sides, although it definitely comes and goes (<i>or it did</i>)<br />
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No idea why, as it is quite an ice walk down the other side, keeping to the left of the woods and picking up a faint track that eventually passes through the woods to come out on the road.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Now, I had originally planned to go further east and come out near <b>Craskie</b>, but my vetter <b>Alan Hardy</b> had warned me that the man at Craskie had dogs and was not that pleasant to walkers. Well, what with my name being <b>Walker</b>, I had erred towards a safer route, although now I would probably have taken the bigger hills and gone down that way. My <b>2021 </b>route is to take in <b>Sgorr na Diollaid</b> and then drop down to <b>Cannich </b>further East.</span><br />
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The road is a bit of a drag TBH, but after a long day, we eventually arrived in <b>Cannich</b>, and booked in to the campsite.<br />
No pictures of that either 🤷♂️<br />
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I am guessing that there was a PUB involved in the evening though.<br />
Possibly the <b>Slaters</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Listen, it was nearly 13 years ago, it's a bloody miracle I can remember anything at all.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Ho hum... what happened next?</span></b></div>
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<b>Well, that's a very very good question, and one which I may have to rack my brains to answer...</b></div>
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<b>Day 10 Sun Glas-Allt-Shiel Bothy to Tarfside (26.8 km 644m)</b></div>
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Oh oh far too early to get to to <b>Tarfside</b>.</div>
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Oh so much to learn.</div>
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My In-Laws had done this 11 times</div>
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But they never enlightened me to the glories of the social side.</div>
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I would actually have to wait until <b>2010 </b>to discover that 🙆♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️</div>
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The day started (<i>after making sure that bloody log was out</i>) and waiting for Nick, with a walk along the side of the loch, and then over to the Spittal.<br />
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We carried on over the top with the normal waiting game, and then from the bothy, headed up over <b>Muckle Cairn</b></div>
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Towards the end of the Loch, <b>Nick </b>was flagging again.<br />
I decided that the best way to get him to <b>Tarfside </b>was to crack on and try and get us into <b>St Drostan's.</b><br />
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So after a stop by the small graveyard, I gave him the maps.<br />
Explained the route (<i>which is basically a straight line</i>), and headed off ahead at pace.<br />
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As luck would have it, we did bag a room ok, so that meant that NO tents putting up.<br />
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Now much earlier on as we walked along, <b>Nick </b>had confessed that he much preferred valleys, and also being on a boat or Canadian Canoe to walking over big hills. This was the man who had wanted to do some big hills inc <b>Ben Nevis</b> & later <b>Ben MacDui</b> when we first looked at the maps.<br />
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So, we had a pleasant night in <b>St Drostan's</b>. Can't remember now who was there TBH, I am sure that <b>N</b> went to bed early though.<br />
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<b>Day 11 Mon Tarfside to Edzell [B&B </b><b>Doune House</b><b>] (21 km 261m)</b><br />
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So, valley's all the way from now on it would be.<br />
No massive rush today.<br />
We were well ahead of the game and accommodation would be no issue at all.<br />
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We headed off after breakfast, past heading down over the road bridge and along the road to take the track to the bridge over the main river.<br />
This was in fine fettle back then, gradually declining over the years and now boarded up and inaccessible, which is a shame, because it was a brilliant way across the Esk.<br />
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It was a dull day as we headed up to find the track, and then follow the long but pretty route down the <b>Esk</b>. Stopping at times for a rest, as there was no real rush today.<br />
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When we finally got to <b>Edzell</b>, we found a B&B in the main High Street, near to the Post Office (<b>Doune House</b>).<br />
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Cleaned up and washed and refreshed, we went down to the <b>Panacer Arms</b> that night for food and beer.<br />
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Meeting up with some <b>LEGENDS</b>.<br />
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Remember, this was still the only the Monday.<br />
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And then it was back to the <b>B&B</b> for a 6.30am departure tomorrow heading to <b>Montrose</b>. <b>Nick </b>wanted to head back, and the 12.30 or 14.30 train beckoned (<i>again</i>)<br />
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<b>Day 12 Tue Edzell [Doune House B&B] to Montrose (19.6km 142m)</b><br />
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And after about another 50 min (<i>ish</i>), we were in <b>Montrose </b>at the <b>Park </b>collecting stuff and Tee shirts.<br />
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That was <b>No. 3</b> done and dusted.<br />
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No need to do any more now.<br />
That was enough for me, time to move on.<br />
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We caught the train home, and I was back in <b>Helions Bumpstead </b>(<i>where I was living at the time</i>) by <b>20.00</b> hrs on the <b>Tuesday</b>.<br />
When I should have been in the <b>Masons</b>. 🤷♂️<br />
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And that was the end of my <b>2006 </b>crossing and my <b>TGOC's</b><br />
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<b>Corollary:</b><br />
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<i><b>Nick </b>and I did very little after that.</i><br />
<i>Eventually they moved away and some new neighbours (<b>Toby and Fiona</b>) moved in.</i><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I APPLIED AGAIN AND TGOT IN FOR 2007! (SOLO)</span></b></div>
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<b>A short day and then a rather<u> tougher </u>one heading our way.</b></div>
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<b><u>Day 08 Thu - Corrour Bothy to Braemar via Mar Lodge (22km 300m)</u></b><br />
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By the time we headed off, I think <b>Dave </b>and <b>Steve</b> were already heading up towards <b>Devils Point</b> (<i>damned if I wasn't tempted, but I couldn't leave <b>Nick </b>- Any other year..🤔👍</i>)<br />
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So we headed off back over the river, and down towards <b>Derry Lodge</b>.<br />
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This was going to be an easy day, apart from one small navigation cock up by me requiring us to wade a bit of river.<br />
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To this day, I cannot quite work out whether we should have gone on a bit or crossed earlier. It's all irrelevant now TBH. Hence the actual crossing point shown on the map, may well be fictitious.<br />
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The crossing point was before <b>Derry Lodge</b> and I am pretty sure at the time that wasn't really necessary.<br />
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We carried on past <b>Derry Lodge</b><br />
and then down to the track that drops to <b>Mar Lodge</b>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes, yes, that is ME with a Map actually out for use 🙆♂️🤷♂️<br /><i>No honest, I can use them if I need to, it's just that ...........</i></span></td></tr>
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A short sit down before leaving <b>Mar Lodge</b></div>
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We carried on into <b>Braemar</b>, taking the road all the way.<br />
This is a bloody trudge.<br />
I have no idea why?<br />
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I would now always go the extra mile and head in via the woods.<br />
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That's really it for today.<br />
We stayed at the <b>Braemar Lodge</b> in the bunkhouse.<br />
I can't even remember what we did that night.<br />
Might have gone to the <b>Fife</b>, might have stayed in the Lodge Bar..<br />
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<b>This was before I discovered the true wonderfulness of Braemar on a Sat night.</b></div>
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<b>Oh how we grow and learn eh.</b></div>
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<u><b>Day 09 Fri- Braemar to Glas-allt-Shiel Bothy (23.5km 1010m)</b></u><br />
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We started reasonably early after an early breakfast, and headed off straight down the road towards the Loch Callater turning.<br />
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Now, this was the Fri before the Callater party and we didn't even call in.<br />
Back then I did not know about it.<br />
We didn't even go in for Tea of Butties 🤦♂️😨<br />
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We just turned left and went straight up the track before the lodge<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I was not even aware of the place until <b>2010 </b>when I was introduced to it by Mssrs <b>Sloman </b>and <b>Lambert</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Now, I have looked back, and I am not sure what <b>GOOD </b>things they have ever done 🤔, but introducing me to <b>Callater </b>and back then <b>Bill </b>and <b>Stan</b>, was one of the <b>truly wonderous</b> things in my walking life, and for that I will be eternally grateful. It is also part of the lyrics of my re-jigged "<b>Lochcallater Restaurant</b>" song, that would have featured this year but now hopefully in <b>2021 🤞🤞</b></span><br />
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But NOT to be this year, or even next year (<i>you'll have to wait for that saga</i>).<br />
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We headed on up and up into worsening visibility.<br />
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Nearly there, as visibility got progressively worse<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I've still got that buff, and that Rab Latok jacket was one of my favourites ever.<br />We were lucky to find someone to snap a shot by the round trig point, there is a square one too, before we dropped back down.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The summit on a much better day</span></td></tr>
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I wasn't to go back here again until <b>2013 </b>with <b>Al </b>and <b>Phil</b>.<br />
Which was the year that <b>Toby </b>and <b>Vicky </b>did their first and joined the ranks of<br />
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<b>"The Right sort of People" 😁👍😍</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Happy Days 😁<br />Love those guys really!</span></td></tr>
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<b><br />Anyway, back to the trip....</b><br />
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We headed off (<i>meaning I headed off</i>), to find the track down to<br />
<b>Glas-allt-Shiel bothy</b>, an intended stop point.<br />
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Visibility and finding the route was slightly iffy until we dropped below <b>700m</b> when the mist that clung to the summit vanished, and the walk down from then past the lovely waterfalls was a pleasant change.<br />
The track is narrow, and <b>Nick </b>was having a slow decent day.<br />
I kept a rewards eye on him, but cracked on a bit ahead, my intention being to get to the bothy in good time, and make sure we could stay there, rather than put up tents, which is a bit frowned on in the vicinity of the bothy.<br />
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At the bottom after a wiggle through the trees, I got to the main house where the bothy is. I had waited for Nick before the walk through the woods to make sure he came the right way, and then we snuck round the back of the house to find our way into the bothy. It's a bit disguised, the door being just up a small passage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: medium;">Nick </b><span style="font-size: small;">Expands his gear.</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-size: small;">TBH, he didn't need to carry that fleece sleeping bag liner (</span><i style="font-size: medium;">he was told</i><span style="font-size: small;">)</span></td></tr>
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We got a bit of a fire going, but sadly there was no saw to chop up the log that was ALREADY sticking out of the fire, and STILL smouldering when we got there. Someone had even balanced it on a chair 🙆♂️<br />
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TBH, the downstairs bit of the bothy is a bit SHIT.<br />
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And that was it really (<i>I had no whisky 🤦♂️😨</i>)<br />
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Went for a wander around outside.<br />
Cooked some food.<br />
Listened to music on a small mini player I had, that could hold a magnificent <b>128kb 😱🎶🎵</b><br />
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Went to sleep.<br />
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The next morning we had a reasonably early start.<br />
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AND, I made sure that bloody LOG was well and truly out by putting some water on it, and then leaving it outside away from the building.<br />
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Just in case you are thinking 😱😱<br />
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<b>There you go, 2 days for 1.</b><br />
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Might not post tomorrow, but the next day will be <b>Glas-allt-Shiel</b> to <b>Tarfside</b><br />
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<br />Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-42599573423951441382020-04-06T14:37:00.001+01:002020-04-07T12:11:57.638+01:00TGOC 2006 Days 06 to 07 - Coignascallan to Corrour Bothy Lairig Ghru<div style="text-align: center;">
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We headed off over the bridge and more or less diagonally across the open ground. The stream itself is quite gorgy, and I have always found going up the right side for a short bit is best, although there is one bit with a very hairy fence post hug. That might even have collapsed by now...<br />
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Once over the river, it's a good track up the <b>Creag Bhreac</b>, but easy to get dragged off by the river.<br />
TBH, it makes not a heap of difference, and there are many ways across, as long as at some point you consider <b>EAST </b>as a goodly option. This year I had decided (<i>NOT the best route I now know but still nice</i>) to head over to the Lochan and then down to the bothy/shooting hut (<i>not the <b>Red Bothy</b></i>) the other side (<i>see map</i>), then go along the <b>Dulnain </b>towards the <b>Red bothy</b>.<br />
I was going to actually take the older path over the top, but in the end, we walked to the red both and then the classic big track over the <b>Burma Road</b>.<br />
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Once we got to the top it flattened out, and I seem to remember a hell of a lot of narrow ditches running in straight lines as we dragged ourselves across the heather bash.<br />
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Fine views across to the <b>Cairngorms</b>, where we wouldn't be doing <b>Nick's </b>route over <b>Ben MacDui</b> not based on normal progress.<br />
Actually I have a fine route over that planned for <b>2020 </b>(<i>oh shit...<b>2021 </b>then 🤞🤞🤞</i>)<br />
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Once over the top we began the decent down the river to the small shooting hut.<br />
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Although there were bridges marked , the water level was low, and we waded the first part, crossing to the far side to take the narrow (<i>often non existent track along the South, meaning really East side</i>) of the <b>Dulnain</b>.</div>
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There is now (you can see part of it), a track along the West side too, which is much easier walking.<br />
There is also an easier route in IMHO that drops down to the Red Bothy<br />
(<i><b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://akkwalks.blogspot.com/2011/06/tgoc-2011-day-6.html" target="_blank">Click here to see My 2011 route</a></span></b></i>)<br />
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As I said, I was going to go over the indistinct track , but we stayed by the river and did some rather rufty up to opposite the <b>Red Bothy</b> then go over the <b>Burma Road.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Cairn at the top of the Burma Road.<br />It is very tempting to do <b>Geal-Charn Mor</b> but I felt that maybe <b>N </b>wouldn't appreciate it. 🤷♂️</span></td></tr>
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I still have that Camera.<br />
Found it in the loft the other day, and IT STILL WORKS 😁<br />
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Did I mention, I had borrowed these poles for the last 2 years.<br />
I had gone to poles, not to save my knees (<i>that would come later after the cartilege ops</i>), but because of the <a href="http://akkwalks.blogspot.com/2013/12/flashback-tgoc-incident.html" target="_blank"><b>2004 tumble </b>and the <b>broken fibula</b></a>. I still think had I had poles in 2004, I would have managed to arrest that fall before the bone broke.<br />
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Oh.. They were shock absorbing <b>Leki's</b>.<br />
I eventually changed them for Aluminium <b>Pacer Poles</b><br />
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From the top, once Nick arrived, and after a long rest, we headed down.<br />
It was all down hill from here. No, literally.<br />
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I can say, that no matter how many times you do this, the small stretch from <b>Lynwilg </b>to <b>Aviemore</b>, seems like about 10 miles (<i>it isn't, it's about 3km 🙆♂️</i>)<br />
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No pictures of the evening, we stayed at the Lodge next to the pub along the back road (<i>see map for approximate location</i>)<br />
It also meant zero distance to travel really for a meal and beer or several.<br />
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Tomorrow was going to unfortunately be a late start, because <b>Nick </b>would have a <b>major gear faf</b> for no fucking reason at all. Luckily it didn't ruin the evening, because I didn't know it was going to happen.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>Day 07 Thu <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Aviemore to Corrour Bothy (25.6km 635m)</span></u></span></b><br />
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As I say, today was <b>NOT</b> going to go well.<br />
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It started with Nick having all his gear strewn all over the room.<br />
I was packed, but needed to go to the shops to get some supplies, which I sadi I was going to do, and we'd head off just before <b>09.30 </b>when I got back.<br />
There was some iffy weather coming in, and I wanted to be over the top of the <b>Lairig </b>before it blew in. It wasn't use a <b>FWA </b>weather, but it would mean getting wet.<br />
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So I headed off and got some stuff.<br />
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When I got back about 09.15, about 35 min later, bugger all had changed.<br />
Kit was still everywhere.<br />
He needed a shower apparently, nothing was packed.<br />
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I went next door to the pub and got a coffee, saying I will meet you there.<br />
By 10.00 no sign.<br />
Went back in, same chaos.<br />
Said we really needed to get going, but there seemed no hurry apparently, what with Nick having no idea of distance, or maps or ....<br />
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Anyway, but 10.45 ish when we finally started (<i>it may well have been 11.00</i>) actually, I was seriously <b>NOT FUCKING IMPRESSED</b>.<br />
And I knew pretty much the sort of pace he would be doing by now 🙆♂️<br />
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Anyway, we headed off down the road.<br />
It was going to be another walk and wait day.<br />
We were also going to get bloody wet at some point.<br />
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Don't get me wrong, once you leave the road, it is a lovely walk out through the woods then over the bridge and out and up to the start of the Lairig main track.<br />
And, once out of the woods, it is IMO impossible to get lost.<br />
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As we headed up, the wind picked up.<br />
It was coats on, and it <b>WAS</b> going to piss down.<br />
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Once we got over the top, and I had intermittently waited for bloody hours, the weather began to turn. We got lashed by rain.<br />
<b>Nick </b>continued to bimble.<br />
Eventually I said I was going to go on to the bothy.<br />
I gave him I think the maps and pointed out the bothy.<br />
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<br />When I finally got to the bothy, there were a couple of people inside.<br />
I dropped my gear and waited for <b>Nick</b>.<br />
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They had a brew on.<br />
It was great, and the weather was NOT going to get any better.<br />
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I shook hands with the big chap.<br />
Later that evening the bones would mend in my shattered fingers.<br />
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<b>It was the first time I met SKIPPY (<i>Dave Skipp</i>) </b> it would not be the last.<br />
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I cannot remember the name of the chap that <b>Dave</b> was breaking that year. 😂<br />
(<i><span style="color: blue;"><b>edit</b>... It was a chap called <b>Steve</b> who <b>David </b>did break 😆</span></i>)<br />
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As the night drew in, the weather got worse and worse, you could hear it lashing into the bothy.<br />
At this time the bothy was just in the process of being done up.<br />
There was no toilet, and the polystyrene blocks for the floor and walls were still in piles.<br />
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It was actually a cracking bothy night.<br />
We had I think 12 or 14 inside that night.<br />
Laying the polystyrene over the floor to act as insulation.<br />
It was a cosy night.<br />
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The next day <b>Dave</b> was heading up to do some of the tops to the <b>West </b><br />
No way I was getting <b>Nick</b> up anything. But at least it was just a long haul in to Braemar, <b>and</b> I could stop at Marr Lodge for Tea and biscuits on route.<br />
And this was back when you got served too.<br />
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Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-48031050594891476092020-04-03T15:16:00.000+01:002020-04-20T20:11:04.951+01:00TGOC 2006 Day 05 (The Unravelling Part 2)<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">A day when I get fed up with waiting, which showed a total lack of empathy and leadership skills 🙆♂️</span></b></div>
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So today (<i>that's now in 2020</i>), I am attempting to write this, but also trying to learn<br />
"<b>Don't Let it Bring You Down</b>" by <b>Neil Young</b>,<br />
which is sung quite high, and is also in a <b>C G C F A C </b>tuning, so although most chords are ok, the transitions in the middle are quite difficult (<i>well, they are for me at the moment</i>)<br />
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<b><u>Day 05 Tue - Stronelairg Lodge to near Coignascallan via the Markie (24km 530m)</u></b><br />
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I cannot for the life of me remember what time we left.<br />
I do remember at some point, we put Nick's Sleeping bag on the outside of the pack to dry out a bit.<br />
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That implies it was an ok day weather wise.<br />
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Over the small bridge and then right turn up the <b>Markie</b>.<br />
I remember the track at this point being a bit hit and miss.<br />
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OK, so <b>N</b> was lagging behind again today, and so I went off ahead, once we got to the track, and then intermittently sat on a rock and waited until he caught up.<br />
I didn't do this off-piste, and TBH it was poor team skills by me as it doesn't help the other person. That said, there are days that you just do need to walk a bit on your own.<br />
When <b>Al </b>plans routes that I am involved in, he now puts in special<br />
"<i>Get rid of bloody Andy Up there for a while</i>" bits.<br />
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Anyway, this was the way that the day panned out.<br />
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<i>Zoom off, wait, walk a bit together, zoom off, wait ..........</i><br />
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<b>Look, I'm NOT PROUD OK!</b><br />
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It is indeed a really nice walk up the <b>Markie</b>, although this was the last time I did it, so no idea what sort of industrial desecration has been unleashed upon it now. I'm rather glad I was able to do the <b>Monadhliath </b>before the Scottish Government agreed to turn it into a building site! </div>
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Up and over and heading down now on much bigger tracks, we eventually arrived at the Old and then the New <b>Coignafern Lodge</b>.<br />
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This is easy walking now along the <b>Findhorn</b>, and in only a few more kilometers we were at the bridge crossing a bit before <b>Coignascallan</b>, where we camped this side of the river, on the grass near the bridge.<br />
A bit later on <b>Pete </b>and <b>Trish </b>would arrive here too for the nights camp, and more importantly, <b>Trish</b> hadn't fallen in a stream.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looking across the river down to the ruins, where there is some excellent camping.</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-size: small;">Had I known, I would have probably gone down to there.</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-size: small;">I spent an interesting night being battered by wind there one year.</span></td></tr>
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I have NO idea if I got any.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">It was a normal day, but there were meant to be storms later.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">At this point the old track up<b> Glen Doe </b>was a total NO NO, due to major construction work on the reservoir, and unknown access rights, so I had decided that the best way would be to head up the road to <b>Loch Tarff</b>, and then take the track down towards the lochans, after which taking a bearing to pick up the river, and then track that in to pick up the what looked like a wide, but actually wasn't a wider track down to <b>Stronelairg Lodge</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">The Lodge, now a boarded up ruin, but which once upon a time must have been a magnificent Victorian Shooting Lodge, with I believe the only access being by boat via the Loch and the River Killin, although also I guess by horse and track too. Someone can correct me on this, as finding real information is quite hard. I believe it may now even have been demolished. 2006 was the last time I was here, maybe others know more. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">It was not too bad, apart from traffic, but a bit of a boring slog.</span><br />
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It was critical that we didn't get dragged off left, and maintained a reasonable bearing, because we had a way to go over iffy terrain, and left was some steep craggy ground with a valley and ending up the wrong way in <b>Glen Brein</b> would take us way way off course.</div>
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I do love the <b>Monadhliath .</b></div>
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Well, I did before they industrialised it with monstrous <b>Wind Factories </b></div>
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As we headed across to the East of the <b>750m</b> point by <b>Lochan a Choire Ghlais,</b> Nick was flagging a bit. I was OK with a 5 or 10 min stop, but he implied that he needed longer. At least 30 min. Now normally I would be fine with this, but we were quite high up now, a front was moving in, and with it a possible storm, but more importantly very poor visibility. Also we only only had one set of maps (<i>Nick didn't really do maps, did I mention that</i>), so I was not exactly happy.</div>
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I said if we toughed it out now until we picked up the river (<i>about another 4½ km by my reckoning</i>), we could have a longer break then. Also, we would have water then, or even the stream in about 1 km.</div>
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As it happens, about that time I saw some feint figures a bit <b>SW </b>on higher ground. I told Nick to wait and I would go and find them. Basically I needed some other people about to act as a distraction. I popped up, and told them, and we all met up. Nick got going (<i>I guess with better company than me</i>), and we all trudged the hard yards to pick up the river, and finally the track.</div>
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I can't remember the names of the other two, but some fragment of memory says one of them was <b>Steve Hall</b>, and that they were (<i>or some where)</i> fishermen from <b>Devises</b>. Mind you, that's a 14 year old memory, so it could all be rubbish.</div>
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We dropped down now and finally got to the wider track that would take us to <b>Stronelairg Lodge </b>and then just over the 1st little bridge to a nice camp spot.</div>
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This was just near the exit bridge to <b>Glen Markie</b>, and about big enough for about 6 or 7 tents.</div>
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I can't remember if it was this night, or the following one, that Nick was saying his tent (my old tent) had a leak, and his sleeping bag was damp, and he couldn't sleep in it.</div>
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I did say, he could sleep in my tent, and I'd sleep in the Saunders if it was that big an issue, including the damp bag, but he did sleep in it, so it must have been resolved, and it would dry out tomorrow anyway on the walk.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">NOW, <b>Pete </b>and <b>Trish </b>🤔🤷♂️😂</span></div>
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So this is the bit I can remember...<br />
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<b>Pete </b>and <b>Trish </b>arrived at some ungodly hour, having left Morag's somewhat later, been all over the place, and <b>TRISH </b>falling into a stream and getting soaked.<br />
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When they finally arrived, and got tent up, Pete, who as we know, even back then LOVED UL gadgetry, had an inflatable mat that apparently weighed in at about 3 nano-grams, and was inflated with a set of what for all intensive purposes where toy modeling balloons.<br />
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Pete should come along and add colour to this (<i>although I seem to remember most of them were some brown colour</i>), and explain the true essence and give a serious review of this mat, but it was at least amusing to watch nay listen. If it was just down to the noises, one could have been sceptical about what was going on, but I can testify to the fact, that this did actually exist, and was a thing.<br />
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Anyway, apart from the racket, it did keep us amused (<i>meaning me</i>).<br />
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My only other recollections, was that one of the fishermen lads (<i>not Steve</i>), ate an entire 1 pound bag of Jelly babies in his tent, and it did not make him feel the best in the middle of the night.<br />
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And wandering over to <b>Stronelairg Lodge</b> in the misty dusk.<br />
To me, it was as spooky as spooky.<br />
All I could think of when looking across to it's boarded windows and turrets,<br />
was that hotel in <span style="font-size: large;"><b>THE SHINING</b>,</span> and that scene in the bathroom. <span style="font-size: large;">😱😱😱</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b>OF COURSE, this may have all been some crazy dream 🤷♂️</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">In which I persuade my neighbour to walk across with me.</span></b></div>
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<b>So for this venture we need a prequel.</b></div>
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I had for some insane reason after deciding that was it and I would <b>most definitely never ever do this bleeding walk again</b>......<br />
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So I did all the planning and set out a schedule and got us in somehow.<br />
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My neighbour of the time Nick, hereinafter to be just referred to as <b>N</b> was a company director, and ex rugby player, but NOT in the shape he had been.<br />
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I gave him clothing and gear advice, and also set out some training we could do to get to the prescribed level of fitness.<br />
Shall we say that <b>N</b> did not appear to do as much of this as would have been ideal, and leave it at that.<br />
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I offered clothing also that would have been preferential to the job, but let's ignore that too shall we.<br />
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SO, come the day, all was good an enthusiastic.<br />
<b>N</b> had wanted to do some adventurous bits, BUT I had built a route that would be less arduous, but permit these more arduous bits to be done should we get the weather window and also have the required fitness to get it done.<br />
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Bearing in mind, that I was running Marathons in training for Fun prior to this.<br />
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Ho hum.<br />
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So, we set off to the train.<br />
Buggered if I can remember what train we got, but I seem to remember it involved a 5.15am start from Cambridge on the Thu...<br />
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We trundled north and then got the train/bus to <b>Shiel Bridge,</b> where we were booked into the <b>Wee Bunkhouse.</b><br />
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<b>John Jocys</b> was booked in here too, which as it happens would prove to be useful by the end of day 1 🙆♂️<br />
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I should also add at this point, that I would do all the navigation.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>YES I CAN USE AND READ FUCKING MAPS</b> </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">(<i>if I have to</i>)</span></div>
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Note: there were no phones and fanciful GPS maps back in 2006<br />
At least none I could afford at the time<br />
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<b>AND <span style="font-size: large;">N</span> WOULD DO ALL THE COOKING</b></div>
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(<i>Hold that thought</i>)</div>
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<b><u>Day 01 Fri 14 - Shiel Bridge to Loch Affric ( 25km 745m)</u></b><br />
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So, after a few beers the night before it was time for the off.<br />
All was going well thus far.<br />
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<b>JJ </b>was with us, and so it happens, the true <b>LEGEND Dennis Pidgeon.</b><br />
Dennis popped off to dip his toe, and came back with one very wet leg.<br />
Gravity?<br />
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Anyway, we were on our way.<br />
Fresh as a daisy<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Legend that is Dennis :-)</b></span></td></tr>
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We headed off along the road and then the track to head down eventually to <b>Gleann Lichd</b> and on to <b>Camban Bothy</b><br />
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It was to be a long day.<br />
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We cracked on to Alltbeithe Hostel (long long before the WONDERFUL HANNAH was there).<br />
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But the man running it at the time was being a complete<br />
<b>BELL END that's 🔔🔚</b>,<br />
and saying NON residents couldn't come in. (<i>OK, that may have been a later TGOC, but I don't think so</i>)<br />
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We were not planning to stay, so we cracked on<br />
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Something reminds me that Ali was there this year, and was just heading off South to cross the river.<br />
Might be wrong on that...???<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Leaving Alltebeithe behind</span><br />
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We carried on to see how far we could get.<br />
The weather was a bit up and down, but the rainbow was pretty.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">AND <b>YES</b> that is a <b>Buffalo</b> shirt.<br />And the same <b>Raichle Boots</b> from last year</span></td></tr>
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It was probably getting on for 18.30 when we decided we would camp, finding a really nice flat spot.<br />
<b>N</b> was butchered and shattered and just wanted to do nothing but put his tent up.<br />
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I had my nice <b><span style="color: red;">NEW RED Laser Comp</span></b>, and he had my old <b>Saunders</b>.<br />
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Anyway <b>JJ </b>and I put it up for him, and he crawled in.<br />
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Remember who was doing the food? 🤔🤷♂️<br />
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Yes, John and I did the food, and <b>N</b> lay in his tent.<br />
I think until the next morning.<br />
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All that training before the event having paid off ??<br />
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And thus after <b>John </b>and I had a long chat or something.<br />
Not sure if we had alcohol with us, but probably..<br />
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It was time for rest and sleep.<br />
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Hoping that <b>N</b>ick would feel better the following morning.<br />
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<b><u>Day 02 Sat 15 - Loch Affric via Cougie to near Torgyle Bridge ( 25km 745m)</u></b><br />
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And so we headed off on a much brighter sunny day.<br />
I think it may have rained overnight.<br />
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We headed up the valley on the <b>Affric </b>trail intending to turn right at the <b>Cougie </b>track.<br />
Now sadly ruined by the Hydro scheme.<br />
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We headed on down to <b>Cougie</b>, reaching there after lunch.<br />
This was my <b>FIRST </b>time at <b>Cougie</b>.<br />
And what a brillant place.<br />
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The welcome from <b>John </b>and <b>Val </b>was fantastic, and the tea and cakes and scones.<br />
I would come back here again more that once.<br />
I did it on my <b>10th</b> because it is special.<br />
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Sadly, this was going to be the last time I saw both <b>JOHN & VAL</b> together again.<br />
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You should read all about <b>COUGIE</b> if you can.<br />
And if you go this way, and haven't been in, <b>GO</b><br />
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<b>Val </b>and <b>John </b>sadly now have passed on, but the welcome from the family is still beyond.<br />
They have left their legacy of happiness.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: medium;">John & Val.</b><br style="font-size: medium;" /><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-size: small;">I sent this picture to </span><b style="font-size: medium;">Mel </b><span style="font-size: small;">a few years back and they have a copy on their wall now.</span><br style="font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-size: small;">I cannot tell a lie, when I went back in </span><b style="font-size: medium;">2015 </b><span style="font-size: small;">on my 10th and saw it, it brought a tear to my eye!</span></td></tr>
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We didn't stay, but we could have.<br />
Instead, we cracked on heading down the track and right (<i>not the normal trade route towards <b>Hilton Lodge</b></i>), then then followed the river via a lot of bobby forestry work at the time to head over the<br />
<b>Allt na Muic</b> and then down through the forest.<br />
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Once into the firest, the trail was clear but very muddy and wet.<br />
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We carried on down until emerging near the road by a small field with a stream to the right.<br />
This was our stop for the night.<br />
Just far enough from the road to not be seen, but with a flat pitch and fresh water.<br />
Any further would have meant a road walk all the way to <b>Torgyle bridge</b> and beyond.<br />
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Not a bad spot for the night, and in decent time to masn we could crack on into Fort Augustus tomorrow, and hopefully be there in time to catch the <b>Premiership rugby finals</b> in the afternoon.<br />
One of the teams was <b>SALE</b> and <b>Nick</b> was a big <b>Sale </b>fan and hoping to see it.<br />
I was also secretly hoping that <b>SALE </b>would bloody well win.<br />
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<b><u>Day 03 Sun 16 - Near Torgyle Bridge to Fort Augustus ( 17km 360m)</u></b><br />
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So, in order to ghet there in time for the Rugby Premiership final, we headed off reasonably early.<br />
Bundled up the road and over the bridge and then followed the main (<i>I think</i>) General Wade track up and under the Pylons, and then down to the zig zag path into Fort Augustus.<br />
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The route in takes us via <b>Morag's Lodge</b>, where we boked in.<br />
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Luckily, as this was Day 3 only, there were places available.<br />
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Well, after booking in, we headed into town to get a beer and see if anyone was about, and also to maybe catch the rugby.<br />
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Nick found a pub showing the rugby, but not the one we were in.<br />
I suspect he was tired again, as I do not remember him coming back out for long in the evening, although I may have been wrong there.<br />
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So it was an evening with a few beers.<br />
<b>John </b>may or may not remember if anyone was there.<br />
My mind is a bit blank.<br />
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Eventually we went back to the lodge and got some shut eye.<br />
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I do remember that there were some Fishermen from Devizes there (<i>can't remember 1st name but a surname of <b>Hall </b>springs to mind</i>).<br />
Also, <b>Pete and Trish </b>(<i>who were also at <b>Morag's</b></i>).<br />
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<b>SALE </b> beat <b>LEICESTER</b> in the final, so not sure why <b>N</b> was grumpy the next day.</div>
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Well, it could have been <b>ME</b> actually being unwilling to stop in a storm but heh...</div>
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So after a hectic start it was time to relax and <b>bimble </b>to the coast at a leisurely pace.</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">YES, IF ONLY! 🤦♂️</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #660000;">Hit that Play button and DRIVE to the Coast<br />IT IS PART of the Experience Baby<br />No background Music , the journey ain't right!<br />AND - Jeez look at the thickness of those strings </span></i>😨</div>
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<b><u>Day 07 Thu - Braemar Inverey to around the Stables of Lee </u></b><br />
<b><u>(Glen Lee) [44km 1500m]</u></b><br />
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So we set off about 7.00 am, into a crisp morning.<br />
Taking the road all the way to Braemar.<br />
<i>Yes I know, when I became sooooo much wiser I went via the wonderful woods.</i><br />
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I left <b>Bruce </b>in <b>Braemar</b> and went for a cup of Coffee at a small shop inside the courtyard that was luckily open.<br />
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A brief cup and then I headed off over the <b>Lion's Face</b> and down the road to cross the <b>Invercauld Bridge.</b><br />
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Headed off through the forest trails to Gelder Shiel (<i>I would visit here again on Stormy Monday a few years later</i>)<br />
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My pictures drop off now.<br />
Don't know why.<br />
Banging out ridiculous hard yards I guess.<br />
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It was a warm day despite the clouds, and <b>TBH </b>I had no idea what my final destination would be.<br />
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I even contemplated heading up to <b>Lochnagar </b>from this side and camping high, but in the end I didn't.<br />
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I cracked on down the wide rocky LRT to come out at the Spittal.<br />
You'll know that track if you've been there.<br />
A real knee thumper.<br />
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Luckily for me with a sodding great pack, I hadn't reached the knee operation phase of my life (<i>that was going to start in 2007 and finish in 2010, so far, although about my current RIGHT niggling cartilage 🤦♂️</i>).<br />
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Had I actually planned any of this route?<br />
TBH, I don't remember.<br />
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I headed on up the <b>Allt Darrie</b>, with the intention of going over and stopping at the <b>Sheilin of Mark Bothy</b>.<br />
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<br />My first attempt at navigating this bit, I took a bearing (<i>the number now eludes me, but was one of 105 deg, 111 deg or something else from where the river splits</i>), that had been given to me by the rather wonderful David Towers.<br />
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No idea how I managed it, but it was BANG on, and I dropped down to the bothy at approx 17.30 hrs, on a sunny evening.<br />
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Not a sole about, so I had a decent rest here, sitting outside the bothy.<br />
When I say NOT a sole about it wasn't exactly surprising was it.<br />
This was the 1st Thu (<i>day 7</i>) of the TGOC, and I was already at the Sheilin of Mark bothy 🤷♂️<br />
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It gets worse...<br />
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I decided as it was still lovely, I would crack on and ignore the pain.<br />
I felt sure that the little pimple of Muckle cairn would go easily, so I headed off, without a thought of where I would camp...<br />
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And thus it was (no pictures sadly), I headed up.<br />
This turned out to take rather longer than I had expected, what with carrying a sodding great pack still, and also being totally buggered.<br />
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BUT, up and over I went....<br />
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And down and down those bloody LRT tracks the other side.<br />
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And down and down until I got to the bottom the other side.<br />
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Now I mention the stables of Lee, but I think I actually stopped somewhere about 1 km short of here, OR it may have been just past.<br />
TBH I have no bloody idea.<br />
By the time I got to where I put up the wee Saunders tent, it was about 19.45<br />
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I was totally shattered, and found a tiny patch of grass just big enough off the left of the main track, with a smidgen of water flowing nearby.<br />
I have been tis way several times since, and have never really worked out where it was.<br />
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Maybe a brighter sole than I, that can remember these places can give me an idea.<br />
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The image below shows another dreadful pitching of the tent.<br />
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I didn't even cook food.<br />
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I remember eating my entire supply of Mars bars (which I believe was 5), and then falling asleep, waking up only to feel somewhat sick, and then about 4.00 am by the sound of several Land Rovers thundering by on the wider track, and then I was asleep again.<br />
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<b><u>Day 08 Fri- Somewhere up Glen Lee to Edzell via Tarfside (31.5 km 380m)</u></b><br />
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I was up early (<i>mainly because of thundering vehicles</i>), didn't bother with breakfast, and headed on up the valley towards the loch.<br />
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A beautiful day with beautiful skies, and hot.<br />
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Carrying on , I headed up the road and then the track to Westbank, for some reason here, taking the wrong track round the bottom past the house, not the route I should have taken.<br />
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I can't remember what time I got to Tarfside.<br />
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Last time I had been here was in 1995 on my 1st TGOC and then I had stayed at St Drostan's in a lovely bed.<br />
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Today (being the 2nd Fri) it was shut.<br />
Now't here.<br />
I tried to borrow a coin from someone to use the phonebox to phone in, but the only person I saw didn't have one.<br />
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There was nothing for it, but to crack on via Glen Esk.<br />
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BUT, not spotting the 1st bridge, I carried on up the road all the way to Milden Lodge. I had seen this bridge on the map, but there appeared no way in.<br />
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I carried on past, and then climbing a gate, I walked up the path (DRIVEWAY 🤦♂️) and then via what I expect was the garden to go across the rickety black bridge. The one with the warning on it NOT to use (yeah, yeah...)<br />
At the other end it was padlocked shut, but I had come this far...<br />
So taking life in hand, I climbed over the side of spiky bits and round.<br />
Dropped my pack from a tottering position and then jumped down.<br />
Somehow all without injury, death or being shouted at.<br />
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I scurried across the ground and up to the track the other side of the Esk.<br />
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And then, ON and ON into Edzell.<br />
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I went all the way to Edzell coming in via the well ploughed path to Lochside.<br />
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It was still Fri, and obviously no Challengers.<br />
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I made my way down the high street and found a B&B near the post office.<br />
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This as it happens was rather fine, and my first chance for a wash in a couple of days.<br />
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I peeled my socks off and replaced the huge quantities of tape on my feet after a really good soak, then went out to the pub for a solitary meal.<br />
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<b>NOTE to self : Try to find more company in future</b><br />
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<b><u>Day 09 Sat - Edzell to Montrose (21km 141m)</u></b><br />
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Not much to say today really, and NO pictures.<br />
At least, NONE that I can find<br />
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I was up by 08.00 for breakfast, said goodbye to the lovely landlady, and headed off directly out of town, under the arch and along the road to Montrose.<br />
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It was just banging out hard yards at pace now.<br />
The fun was gone and I just wanted to get to the end.<br />
All road, and some main road 🤦♂️, my only stop was a shop on the right hand side as I headed down the hill at Hillside to buy some chocolate and some Irnbru<br />
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Then a horrid noisy smelly bit of main road into Montrose over the bridge.<br />
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I was back in Montrose at the Park, signing in and out by just after midday.<br />
Grabbed my goodies, had a beer, and by 14.30 I was already on the train home at what even today, would be a bleeding expensive fare. I think it was just over £100.<br />
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Nobody to talk to, no post TGOC banter.<br />
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I changed at Peterborough, and then Ely, and was collected from Cambridge.<br />
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It was the 2nd Saturday (<b><i>Braemar Saturday, singing and fun Saturday</i></b>)<br />
and I was back home in my own house by 20.00<br />
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It was my 2nd successful crossing.<br />
My feet were in tatters on the heels.<br />
BUT I had done it.<br />
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That was it, off the bucket list.<br />
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No need to do any of that shit again <b>EVER </b>was there?<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">HOW LITTLE I KNEW</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">HOW MUCH I HAD TO LEARN</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">AND</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">HOW MANY FRIENDS I HAD TO MAKE</span></b></div>
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<b>(2006 is pending when ....... Wait and see)</b></div>
<br />Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-53557305772156145322020-03-29T18:10:00.002+01:002020-04-20T19:44:19.176+01:00TGOC 2005 (Mr W) - Dalwhinnie to Braemar in 2 days WTF<br />
<b><u>TGOC 2005 continued (part 2) Days 5 and 6 ....................................</u></b><br />
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</u></b> <b><u>Day 05 Tue - Dalwhinnie to the Feshie 🤦♂️ (33 km 684m)</u></b><br />
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A day that would perhaps be much much easier without the PAIN.<br />
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This trip in future years was to be repeated from various directions to get to the weir.<br />
Once over the little wire bridge we headed to the loch.<br />
Then an adventure, now familiar ground.<br />
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Once across the weir, it was a right turn and a walk along the top to the track that would head to the Feshie.<br />
I have done this twice more since this year, and I have never been mad enough to do it all in a bleeding day. 🤷♂️🤦♂️<br />
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It was with weary feet that we finally crossed the Feshie and sidled up to the bothy.<br />
Bruce put his tent up outside.<br />
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There were a couple of Polish chaps and a couple of guys from Fife inside.<br />
I have no ****ing idea who they were, but we were goibg to light the fire and have a <b>BOTHY NIGHT! </b><br />
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<b>FUCK YES!</b><br />
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Now know no names, but this was a splendid night.<br />
We got the fire going.<br />
Everyone had a great bothy night.<br />
Bruce had I think snuck off to his tent early.<br />
One of the guys had to get across swiftish because of family stuff.<br />
Also having ridiculously raw legs due to wearing rain pants all day with shorts.<br />
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So it was an evening of fun, and a bottle of 140 deg Polish spirit, whisky and some special tobacco.<br />
Eventually we all crawled up through the hatch to the then sleeping area, to listen to the bothy mice scampering.<br />
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At around midnight I had needed to pop out for a comfort break.<br />
I opened the door, to stair into the eyes of a large horse.<br />
I closed the door , shook my head and then opened it again.<br />
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Yep still there, like <b>MR ED </b>the talking horse, with minimal dialogue.<br />
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I slid past and went out.<br />
By the time I had got back, the horse was gone.<br />
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Well, I assumed that was real..<br />
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But given the alcohol and special tobacco 🤔🤷♂️🤷♂️.<br />
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And then amidst the scurrying and scratching of broken sleep and bothy rodents, it was morning.<br />
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I shook my head.<br />
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<b>IT STILL HURT!</b><br />
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Outside, no horses 🤔<br />
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<b><u>Day 06 Wed - Feshie bothy to YHA Inverey near Braemar (29km 570m)</u></b><br />
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And so we departed on a frosty morning.<br />
Heading for the long walk down the <b>Feshie </b>to the <b>Geldie </b>and beyond.<br />
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When we got to the then <b>SYHA </b>it was not open, but we were told it would be in about 30 min.<br />
So we sat outside an rested before going in to a fine cup of tea.<br />
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I can't remember anything else about that night.<br />
I can't remember if we had beer, who was there, if there were Challengers or not, but I doubt it as we were <b>SO FAR AHEAD</b> of the game by now.<br />
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I did know that we were leaving at<b> 07.00</b> on the dot, as <b>Bruce </b>had to get the Braemar bus and then a flight from Aberdeen.<br />
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<b>Yep</b>... Arriving in <b>Braemar </b>early on the <b>Thu </b>morning!</div>
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<b>MUCH MORE LEISURELY PACE</b></div>
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couldn't I? 🤔</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">YES YOU'D THINK</span> 🙆♂️🤦♂️</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">When I yomp across in stupid time due to my brother in law's schedule. 🤦♂️</span></b></div>
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So, this was my now my new <b>comeback year</b>, having <b>broken my leg</b> during the <b>2004 TGOC</b>..</div>
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<b>Lochailort </b>to <b>Montrose </b>was the intended route.</div>
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<b><u>Day 01 - Lochailort to Cona Glen (35km, 1290m Ascent)</u></b><br />
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Not too many pictures today, as I couldn't find the AA batteries for the Camera 🤦♂️<br />
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I started on time from Lochailort.<br />
Plan A was to get as far as I could I think via Loch Baoraid ..<br />
The black hole of nothingness.<br />
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A day when I would bang out some ridiculous non stopping yards because I was new to this and knew no better! 🤷♂️🙆♂️<br />
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I left the inn (hotel) at almost bang on 9.</div>
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Headed up that path to Loch Beoraid with my Panasonic digital camera minus any batteries to hand.</div>
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It's an OK walk up, but this was 2005, so err...</div>
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I can remember the plunge down to the darkest depths of the Loch.<br />
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The meandering path that went on for days.</div>
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Being young and fit and not stopping until I clawed my way out the far end.</div>
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I cannot remember really at what point I finally found a way across the river.</div>
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That was NOT going to be the end of the day though.</div>
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Having partaken I headed down to Cona Glen (<i>after retrieving the camera batteries</i>)</div>
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OK, so this was going to be a much much longer day than I had hoped.</div>
Once leaving the main track everything became indistinct underfoot and I did a fair bit of off-piste (<i>probably unintentionally</i>), until finally picking up the main river.<br />
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As I trudged along the riverside track, it was getting darker.<br />
Clouds were looming, and not many places to camp.<br />
A spied a small island in the middle.<br />
The water level was low, so I went across and finally put my tent up.<br />
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The tent this year was a borrowed Saunders.<br />
AND, apart from being stupid enough to put it on a small island when it was about to rain 🤔🙆♂️🤦♂️, I also did about the worst tent pitch I have ever seen.<br />
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I was bloody knackered.<br />
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I may or may not have cooked something.. 🤷♂️<br />
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But tomorrow was going to be a much shorter day to Fort William so it was ok (OR SO I THOUGHT).<br />
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So, anyway... that night it rained.<br />
I ventured out for a pee, and that was it.<br />
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<b><u>Day 02 - Cona Glen to Fort William (<i>not all on foot</i>) 🤔 [20km 410m]</u></b><br />
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<b>Yes</b>, it rained overnight.<br />
<b>Yes</b> the river rose.<br />
<b>Yes</b> I had to WADE the river.<br />
<b>Yes </b>it was <b>STUPID</b>!<br />
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And so it was morning, I crawled out of the tent, looked at the river, left my trousers off, and waded the river to get to the bank.<br />
It was higher but do-able, but it was a lesson...<br />
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That aside, the weather was looking good.<br />
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I walked up the rrack, and then took what looked like it ought to be the track up into the woods.<br />
There was no track.<br />
I just made my way up.<br />
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I may have headed up too early TBH..<br />
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As I climbed up it got easier, eventually picking up a better track that would eventually take me all the way up to the main road by the Loch.<br />
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When I got to the road, it was HOT, with wonderful views over to Ben Nevis.<br />
It was still reasonably early, and I made my way along the loch heading to the ferry at <b>Camasnagaul</b>.<br />
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As I got near to the school, about 1½ km from the ferry a yellow van pulled up.<br />
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The window wound down and a chap in a uniform of sorts popped his head out.<br />
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<b>"Are ye headin ta tha Ferry?"</b><br />
<i>"Yes"</i><br />
<b>"It'll nay be goin taday, engine is broken, and it'll not be fixed until Tuesday"</b><br />
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The best laid plans...<br />
I was going to meet my Brother in Law in Fort William tonight 🙆♂️<br />
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I walked on forlornly , arrived at the ferry and sat down to look at maps and decide what to do.<br />
Could I walk to the Corran Ferry?<br />
If I did, what time would it go, and how would I get to Fort William.<br />
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I rang Uncle Roger and posed a question.<br />
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IF I could cadge a lift (I'd only seen one car all day), from the ferry to Fort William to the where the ferry would pull in, could I do that and still be OK, bearing in mind the ferry dilemma.<br />
This was agreed as acceptable, I got ready to start to walk back along the road 😕<br />
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As I was about to head off, I saw a beige coloured mini coming up the road.<br />
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Faint heart and all that I stuck my Thumb out expecting it to speed on by.<br />
But it didn't. It slowed down and stopped.<br />
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The lady inside, who I subsequently discovered was a nurse, was heading to work in Fort William.<br />
I explained my predicament, and she said she could deliver me to my required location.<br />
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Yes, I know it seems like a miracle.<br />
And it was.<br />
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<b>A lucky lift.</b><br />
<br />
Back when I was living in <b>Bradford</b>, I once managed to hitch a lift from just at the edge of the city, all the way to <b>Bickley </b>(<i>near <b>Bromley</b></i>), only 1 mile from where my parents lived.<br />
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The walk back to the Hostel was in pouring rain, but who cares.<br />
This was a life saver..<br />
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<i>(See, even back before Mssrs <b>Sloman </b>& <b>Lambert </b>appeared in my <b>TGOC</b> timeline, there were still adventures. <b>Maybe not as many laughs though!</b>)</i><br />
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I arrived at the hostel wet but ok.<br />
It was still only about 5.00pm<br />
<br />
My Brother in Law was already there, and we went to get some food.<br />
He was intending to walk with me for <b>4 days</b> (<i>the maximum non TGOC accompaniment at the time</i>)<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;">Friends and family may join you for a few days</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;">are not permitted.</span></div>
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There were a lot of people about that night, as this was the same weekend as the <b>3 Peaks Challenge</b>.<br />
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And so it was time to sleep.<br />
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<b><u>Day 03 - Fort William to Loch Ossian Youth Hostel (35km 980m)</u></b><br />
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There had been activity all night due to the 3 Peaks.<br />
We headed off on a cold and slightly drab, but dry day down the roads and then onto a track to skirt some of the road to head up Glen Nevis.<br />
This was not going to be a high route today, but a reasonably long one, where the temperature would rise and we would end up tired and hot.<br />
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Part way along the road we met some of the Mountain Rescue crew, who were out looking for people that had still not managed to get down off the <b>Ben</b>.<br />
It had been a cold night, with a snow dump up the top, and some poor visibility.<br />
Therein lies the potential danger of these events.<br />
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Once past the end of the main track, the path became indistinct.<br />
Eventually it became necessary to cross the incoming tributary stream.<br />
Crossing the <b>Allt Coire Rath</b> near <b>Tom an Eite.</b><br />
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Back then I carried far far too much and also had waders.<br />
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Nowadays I would have just run through it with trail shoes on.<br />
I still have that coat in the car for emergencies.<br />
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Somewhere in the open ground after this I lost my water bottle.<br />
It was a nice blue metal one too.<br />
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We cracked on up to have a second rest stop of the day opposite the bothy at <b>Staoineag </b>(<i>we didn't cross the stepping stones as none were visible</i>)<br />
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We headed on to see how far we could get.<br />
Past the lodge and taking the track along the edge of Loch Treig and then up the short rise which seemed to go on forever towards Corrour Station, branching left to take the narrow track towards Loch Ossian and the YHA.<br />
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Did I mention that we were NOT booked in here, it was a wild punt.<br />
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As luck would have it, when we got there, there were a couple of spaces left.<br />
That was enough, the deal was struck and we went in.<br />
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A sheltered evening with a bed.<br />
The latest arrival that night got in as 23.45<br />
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<b><u>Day 04 - Loch Ossian Hostel to the Pub at Dalwhinnie 🙆♂️ (35km 708m)</u></b><br />
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Another earlish start, and a long but not arduous day of steepness.<br />
Other than the fact I was carrying about 38lb, and my feet already hurt (boots 🤦♂️)<br />
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We headed up the right hand side of the Loch, taking in the colours of the many Rhododendrons.<br />
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The day still had a long way to go, we trudged on towards <b>Ben Alder Lodge</b> and the track to <b>Dalwhinnie</b>, first making our way down through the trees and the forest tracks.<br />
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Finally making the long track along the loch that at this stage of the day goes on and on and on and on.<br />
Ok, the best part of 9km<br />
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Feet were tired and the track was the last thing we needed.<br />
It was I cannot lie (<b>HELL</b>)<br />
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We struggled into the Hotel (<i>Pub</i>) desperate for a bed (<i>nothing had been booked</i>).<br />
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They had a room.<br />
It would be <b>£90 </b>for the night (<i>I think Bruce actually paid for this, he's a Dr it is fine</i>)<br />
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We waited with beers in the bar.<br />
Surprisingly few TGOers in.<br />
OR they didn't speak to us.<br />
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Then headed to our room.<br />
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And I inspected my painful feet.<br />
I had blisters (<i><b>bloody boots</b>....I didn't know about trainers back then, I swapped to them in 2009 and all my blister woes went away</i>)<br />
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Lucky for me my blister was on the edge of the heel.<br />
Oh, and by the way, those tracksters were black.<br />
The white spots are due to the picture taken with a flash and them being highly reflective.<br />
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<b>GOD, I look so young then.....</b><br />
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Now, I cannot show you images of Bruce's feet BUT.....<br />
He had put new inserts in his boots in Fort William....<br />
And they had raised his heels too high.<br />
He had pained it out, but I can tell you this.<br />
I winced.<br />
He winced.<br />
His socks had welded to his feet and the boots with <b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">BLOOD</span></b>.<br />
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It was truly <b>HORRID </b>and not beaten for several years until<br />
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<b>"The Great Wilkinson Shreddies Disaster".</b><br />
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A long bath, and some rest and whisky and a big meal and a lot more beer and whisky and it was time to sleep...<br />
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Tomorrow was going to be another <b>LOOONG </b>day.<br />
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The theme of <b><i>loooooonnnnngggg </i></b>days is going to continue.<br />
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This is because it was during the beers tonight, that Bruce said we had to be in Braemar in 2½ days time so he could get the bus to Aberdeen for his flight home.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">THIS WAS NOT HOW I HAD PLANNED IT</span></b> <span style="font-size: x-large;">🙆♂️</span></div>
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<br />Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-47859746787335080152019-11-28T13:49:00.001+00:002020-03-09T13:47:19.378+00:00FOR SALE: Gossamer Gear Mariposa (Robic version) Size M + Hip Belt (Price Drop)<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="line-height: 107%;">Gossamer
Gear Mariposa</span></b><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">(<i>Robic
version</i>) Size <b>M</b> + Size <b>S</b> Hip Belt</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">FINAL Price Drop. £120 delivered UK.</span> </b></div>
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<i>If it doesn't sell, I'll keep it, the price will not be dropping anymore</i><br />
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This is approx 2 years old and rarely used.<br />
(<i>One TGOC and
a couple of over nighters</i>)<br />
I swapped it with a friend who had hardly used it, and I have only used it once.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have a <b>Tramplite, </b>an <b>Atom Mo</b> and an aged <b>GG Gorilla</b> which
covers everything for me, so this just sits on a shelf.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Spec:<o:p></o:p></u></b></div>
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<b>Weight:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>950g</b>
with extra shock cord and hip belt<br />
(<i>The GG web site weight of 880g excludes
hip belt</i>)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Capacity: 60L</b> according to Gossamer Gear<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Size:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Medium<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Hip Belt Size:</b><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Is a <b>Small (</b><i>See below for sizes from GG</i><b>)</b><br />
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The hip belt is one that has the rear stays fitted into it, but is removable.<br />
It also has the <b>smaller pocket size.</b><br />
I have no idea, why <b>GG</b> made them with different pocket sizes 🤷♂️<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Existing small belt witrh small pocket.<br />Pocket is approx 14cm</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The existing Small Belt</span></td></tr>
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This belt is fine for me with additional adjustment, over 3 layers inc Paramo.<br />
I am 5' 10" and a 33" waist. There is room to definitely go much bigger on it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is the Small belt on me.<br />You can see it can go a lot bigger.</span></td></tr>
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Measuring the belt on full extreme, the circunmerence came to 129 cm approx 50"<br />
God knows what a LARGE is in the USA 😨<br />
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It will also have with it, a really old slightly tatty <b>Medium</b> belt.<br />
This is the old style without the inserts for the stays<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Older style slightly tatty Medium belt</span></td></tr>
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The older belt has been modified to have thicker webbing as the original was too slippy, so it doesn't go down quite as small as specified in the chart below.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">New thicker webbing was sewn to the old webbing.<br />This is super strong.</span></td></tr>
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Personally, if you are buying a <b>M</b>edium back, than the <b>S</b>mall belt should be fine.<br />
It will boil down to waist size.<br />
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Link to GG Site for Full Spec:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.gossamergear.com/collections/backpacks/products/mariposa-60-lightweight-backpack" target="_blank">Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Link to Ultralight Site: <a href="https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/equipment-c3/rucksacks-c19/all-rucksacks-c134/mariposa-60-rucksack-p11886" target="_blank">Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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This is currently on sale on GG site $225 (<i>with belt</i>)
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or available on Ultralight Outdoor Gear at £279.99 <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-78121503579667207822019-09-25T23:38:00.002+01:002020-01-26T14:35:40.109+00:00For Sale Z Packs 20F Classic Sleeping Bag<b>For Sale - Z Packs original classic 20F bag £120 (<i>inc postage</i>) on</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Sold! </span></b><br />
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Selling my older Z Packs 20F bag.<br />
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This is approx 5 years old.<br />
I bought it in Dec 2014<br />
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It has done a couple of Challenges and a few other trips<br />
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It is in very good condition, although it may benefit from a clean to improve the loft, it does not look like it needs a clean.<br />
That is normally a £35 charge.<br />
I could get it cleaned, but that would have to put the price up.<br />
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It hasn't been used for a few years, as I have an Enlightened Quilt now that I use.<br />
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This has the zip baffle to stop cold getting in via the zip.<br />
It is a standard Z Packs bag, so has no hood.<br />
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Weight approx <b>575g </b>(<i>in stuff sack</i>)<br />
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The stuff sack is not the original from the bag, just a thin sil stuff sack.<br />
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Standard Length (<i>now called medium</i>) and wide fitting.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Measured dimensions (<i>by me, on the outside</i>) are:</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Length 74"</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Width at foot 14"</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Width at collar 26"</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">Width 20" below the collar 24"</span><br />
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Rating 20F (<i>that is optimistic IMO, this is much more a 30F bag</i>)<br />
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It has been kept unpacked in an aired bag (not in a loft)<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Current NEW price is $379 for this (<i>or it was</i>)</span></b><br />
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<a href="https://zpacks.com/products/20f-classic-sleeping-bag" target="_blank"><b>Bag on Z Packs Site</b></a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">That excludes the shipping and vat and HMRC costs, so approx $30 shipping</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">Then hope that HMRC don't sting you 20% extra for the vat ($82)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">That's £331 exc Vat or £397 with vat</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">That's not a bad price then, even if you do add in cleaning costs 🤔</span><br />
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<br />Andrew Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744521212967848460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289959181066348088.post-84084134343611305342019-09-11T19:22:00.000+01:002019-10-09T21:05:59.906+01:00SALE - BLACK DIAMOND DISTANCE CARBON FLZ 120-140<b>FOR SALE - BLACK DIAMOND DISTANCE CARBON FLZ 120-140</b><br />
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<b>Sold! </b><br />
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<b>Price: £80 delivered</b><br />
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<b>Length: 120-140 cm</b><br />
<b>Folded Length: 40 cm</b><br />
<b>Weight (Pair): 370g</b><br />
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<b>Material: Carbon</b><br />
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I bought these in March to use with a specific tent, but as I no longer use that, and these are a bit too long for me for normal walking, I may as well sell them.<br />
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They have only been used on 3 trips, each one being 2 days.<br />
There are a few slight scuff marks showing use (<i>they are walking poles</i>)<br />
If you bought new, they would look like this after their first outing I expect.<br />
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They are not new, but they are in very good condition, and the rubber tips have never been out of the bag.<br />
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Shop about , you can probably get these for £103 to £130 at the moment.<br />
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They will be sent in a sealed cardboard tube for protection.<br />
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<b>Payment by Paypal (<i>details on request</i>)</b><br />
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<i>See pics below............</i><br />
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