Plum Crazy Badger!
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TGOC 2014 #6: Drake’s Bothy to Derry Lodge via Glen Einich, Braeriach and Cairn Toul, and Corrour Bothy
The small clearing by Drakes Bothy is a good camp spot and a nice place to start the day. I woke with blue skies which soon turned to grey – the tops, initially clear, became cloaked in cloud. Tops soon became cloaked in cloud On the path soon after 7am, I guessed I was around
TGOC 2014 #5: The Monaliadth from Errogie to Feshie
Errogie dwelling The Monaliadth is a different style of mountain area. The rounded hills and extensive high moorland give it a remote feel but without the dramatic landscape of the steeper and more rocky West Highlands or Cairngorm. an entrance to the Monadliadth at Drumnaglas The area is dissected by landrover tracks, which provide the
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TGOC 2014 #4: Glen Affric & Cannich to Drumnadrochit and Errogie
Breaking camp by river Affric looking west Despite a less than early start, a few minutes walking brought me level with a small encampment of Trailstars across the valley below. One was bright yellow so I knew this was Lee, with fellow walkers Peter, and Gareth from the bothy the night before. 3 Trailstars by
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TGOC 2014 #3: High level route from Iron Lodge to Glen Affric via Stuc Mor & Sgurr nan Ceathramhnam
This was to be an exciting high level route – a reward from the tribulations of boggy ground and dangerous river crossing from the day before. Leaving the bothy Maol Bhuidhe My original plan – which is reflected in the map – was to camp the night somewhere near Carnach and start the day on
Plant Quiz! – What is it?
One of the great bargains of out time is the ‘lucky-dip’ seed mixture. This is a product from last years packet – one of several mysteries dominating my garden right now. What is it? Information welcome! Flowers updated one week later …. (click to enlarge)
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TGOC 2014 #2: Craig to Maol-bhuidhe bothy via Lurgh Mohr & Bidein a’ Choire Sheasgaich
This was to be the “day of crossings”. Of 13 days of walking Day 2 was the one I was most nervous about. If the rivers were in spate several parts of the route could become impassible requiring long diversions. Dealing with wide and deep streams with a heavy pack and walking solo could be risky, and
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TGOC 2014 #1: Torridon to Craig via Sgorr Ruadh and Fuar Tholl
You can pull the route map for this walk around inside the box below and zoom in and out. Usually a click on a picture will zoom it to full screen, and there is a link to more pictures of this walk at the bottom of the post. Loch Torridon To reach Torridon from The
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Great Tit – batch #2!
It’s difficult to know if this fellow was here before. But anyway, in the minimum of time a new batch of chicks hatched out in the bird box. This picture is from early this morning.
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