A dash home to get my pack and find something garish to wear and I was back on familiar ground.
I met Allan at Overtoun House for an evening wander in the Kilpatricks, a long overdue occasion. I’ve known Allan since ‘72 or ‘73, which is always fun in conversation, because he’s the only person I know that’s [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by PTC*
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It’s going to be Kilpatricks for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the 900m contour exists only on the horizon for the next wee while. The 600m contour as well I suppose.
First up tonight was a long overdue bike trip with familiar faces Ange and Bobinson. We sweated up the usual route from Old Kilpatrick under the evening [...]
Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by PTC*
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Lot’s of my trips revolve around routes for Trail. Now whatever folk may opine on forums, the routes are all-new and equally importantly, not imposed upon the writer. So when I’m back in Kintail in a few weeks it’s entirely my own fault.
But first: The Easains, or This yin and That Yin.
I had to stop [...]
Posted on June 16th, 2010 by PTC*
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My one worry was where to park for this, but I phoned the girls at the Inveruglas Visitor Centre and they said to stick the motor out of sight in the long-stay parking and that’s what I did. It was dinner time, so a BabyBel and a Pepperami were used as leverage against the tide [...]
Posted on June 10th, 2010 by PTC*
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The internet is a very small place.
I met a group of Dutch hikers at Derry Lodge, they were kicking back in the afternoon sun with their tents pitched ready for a shot at Ben Macdui in the morning. I said that I might see them there, maybe even with the wheels, a statement which was [...]
Posted on June 3rd, 2010 by PTC*
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When I blinked through the wind blown snow into the coire to finally pull the Wheelie across the flat, even if that flat was soft snow, I’ve rarely felt so misplaced in Scotland.
Loch Etchachan sits over 3000ft, but the peaks all around rise a 1000ft more, the high dark cliffs plunged from the seething cloud deep into the dark and frozen waters. [...]
Posted on May 31st, 2010 by PTC*
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Sittin’ by the river, havin’ a wee cuppa, a wee rest before the walk out… sunshine… erm, it’s kind of all over really.
It’s been fun, s’been different. Very different having wheels in the mountains that aren’t one in front of the other.
Oh, I’ll have more to say on this!
Posted on May 29th, 2010 by PTC*
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Well, it was quite a night, snowed quite a bit. Eh, but I got woken up by the sunlight hitting the tent, still bloody cold though.
And, I decided to leave Wheelie at base, and we’re about… ooh, watch here… get to the summit of Ben Macdui. And a little spot of lunch I dare say.
S’bloody [...]
Posted on May 28th, 2010 by PTC*
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Just crossed a burn, a very full burn, and fast flowing. Wasn’t easy.
Eh, I’m well up now, I’m opposite Derry Cairngorm. The track’s a lot rougher now, I tried putting Wheelie’s wheels… ? Wheelies wheels in the kinda close-together format, but it’s like wrestling an octopus*, so I put them back, and I’m taking the [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2010 by PTC*
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