Friday, 20 May 2011

Carn Dearg Mòr (CDM)

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Here's Mike on the summit of CDM this afternoon. Jamie, you are correct. There was a storm this morning that dumped snow above 500 m...
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Thursday 19 May 2011 - TGO Challenge Day 7 - Culra Bothy to By Loch Cuaich (NN 690 872 - 400 metres)

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Route: almost as planned, subject to 3km that we did yesterday to Culra Bothy - plus we took the track past Loch Pattack rather than the pat...
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Thursday, 19 May 2011

Wednesday 18 May 2011 - TGO Challenge Day 6 - Bridge of Gaur Guest House (NN 501 471) to Culra Bothy (NN 523 761)

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Route: Foul Weather Alternative, exactly as planned, subject to an extra 3km to Culra Bothy - ie via Benalder Cottage instead of an 8km ridg...
Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Tuesday 17 May 2011 - TGO Challenge Day 5 - Meadow beside Allt Coire a' Bhuic to Bridge of Gaur Guest House

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Route: Foul Weather Alternative, exactly as planned, subject to the ascent of Meall Chomraidh by me - ie down towards the railway line then ...
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Monday 16 May 2011 - TGO Challenge Day 4 - Col at head of Coire an Dothaidh to Meadow beside Allt Coire a' Bhuic (NN 408 485 - 380 metres)

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Route: Foul Weather Alternative, exactly as planned, subject to a convenient camping spot 500 metres earlier than planned - ie a walk down G...
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Sunday 15 May 2011 - TGO Challenge Day 3 - Meall nan Uan to Col at head of Coire an Dothaidh (NN 328 398 - 705 metres)

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Route: exactly as planned, subject to dropping down a few metres to a sheltered spot (famous last words) to camp. See http://www.topwalks.c...
Sunday, 15 May 2011

Saturday 14 May 2011 - TGO Challenge Day 2 - Creag an Fhithich to below Meall nan Uan (NN 190 365 - 504 metres)

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Route: virtually as planned, with Mike omitting Meall Garbh. See http://www.topwalks.com/tgoc2011.html Day 2 for map Distance: 19km (Cum 5...
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Saturday, 14 May 2011

Friday 13 May 2011 - TGO Challenge Day 1 - Oban to Creag an Fhithich (NN 068 344 - 220 metres)

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Route: virtually as planned, with Mike omitting Deadh Choimhead. See http://www.topwalks.com/tgoc2011.html Day 1 for map Distanc...
Thursday, 12 May 2011

Thursday 12 May 2011 - TGO Challenge Day 0 - Montrose to Oban

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Despite Heather T-S's best efforts - text messages in the middle of the night relating a tale of rain in Lancashire - Chez Alison provid...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Coast to Coast in Three Days

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I'm sitting at the Park Hotel in Montrose, waiting for Alison to return home. She has kindly offered her flat as my final sorting zone...
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Craigendarroch

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First, thanks go to Alan Sloman for pointing readers towards some information regarding wind farms. The prospect of these blots on the land...
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Monday, 9 May 2011

The View Across Loch Ness

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Here's the view across Loch Ness towards the Monadhliath hills, where huge windmills are planned to desecrate the landscape. The pict...
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An Encounter with Mick and Gayle

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Today my role is as a courier. Parcels are being deposited at various places in The Highlands. One such parcel was for Mick and Gayle ...
Sunday, 8 May 2011

A Weekend at Bridge of Orchy

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The rest of the team have now departed for home after a successful 'bagging' weekend for Alastair. A smooth journey with Sue on F...
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Friday, 6 May 2011

TGO Challenge - 2011

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This year’s TGO Challenge starts next Friday – for me in Oban.  But the journey actually starts in a few minutes time when I set off with...
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Thursday, 5 May 2011

Wednesday 4 May 2011 – Three Shire Heads

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Last night’s evening walk from Flash Bar was an excellent little outing on which Sue and I were joined by Paul, just back from The Tr...
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Xsocks Trekking Expedition Short Socks – A Review

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[Note that on 5 September 2012, Webtogs Limited went into liquidation, but its business has legitimately been continued in the name of D...
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Monday, 2 May 2011

Grandad (2)

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Back from our holiday in Mallorca, the first thing Sue and I did was visit Jacob, now eight days old (although not technically due to be ...
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Saturday, 30 April 2011

Saturday 30 April 2011 - Puig Sant Martí and S'Albufera de Mallorca Natural Park

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A short bus ride found Sue and me in Alcúdia by 10.40 on a cloudy morning with a cool breeze. We soon warmed up by way of the rough and d...
Friday, 29 April 2011

Friday 29 April 2011 - The Mountain Road to Lluc Monastery

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Pictured today at 10am, Robert, Lyn and me setting off from outside our apartment at the start of our journey on the road to Campanet. ...