LSCC Meet at Ronnan.
Beinn Airigh Charr 792m (c)
Bike: D: 8.17km El: 191m T: 47m
Hike D: 9.66km El: 771m T: 4hrs 9mins (5hrs 15mins)
It was a lovely meet full of some of my favourite members. It was the meet to test my groin and hip flexor. first proper hill for ages and I wasn’t sure how it would go. four of us set off on bikes :- Irena, Diana and Hilary. the ride was on a good track and luckily there was a good stalkers path all the way until the going got good. A final steep bit with a little scree. Excellent views I was a little sore on the way down but nothing i thought was doing damage. I was glad to see my bike. I am still a bit achy today, two days later!
Another Week another Bike Pack
Glean Dubh Lighe Bothy
D: 35km plus 3.2km El: 514m plus 39m T3hrs 24mins plus 23mins
After quite complicated pre trip planning and coordination we meet up at the car park nearest the bothy but headed out on a ride first along Loch Shiel and back calling at the Glenfinnan visitor centre for our free hot drink as we had come on our bikes. The track wasn’t that interesting undulating gravel but a even gravel track with out any variety. Once back at the van we loaded our bikes for the bothy. great bothy which we shared with two others. Nice fire and ride out in the morning. next day I now feel quite tired but it has been a busy week.
The ride out
D:18km. El: 403m. T: 2hrs 4 mins ( 3hrs 23 mins )
After the shenanigans of yesterday the ride out was a dream. Gently undulating track. I was pretty knackered though and of course I had the big hill at the end again.
Steep hill and locked gates
Solo Bike pack day two.
D: 13.62km. El: 464m. T: 2hrs 5 mins ( 6hrs 11mins )
The stats don’t tell the true effort required to get through this ride. Very steep locked gates and then a mistake due I think to an extra track that wasn’t on the map that lead me back to more locked gates and the place I set off. At the end I was so knackered. Camped in the same spot and had a random tea of bits and pieces.
Loch Sunart Bike pack: Day One
D: 20.83km. El: 388m. T: 2hrs 8mins ( 3hrs 3 mins )
Well this was to be my first two day solo bike pack and indeed it was but not the one I planned lol. It started off well enough I found a spot to park the van but it was 1 1/2 km down hill start. At the bottom I noticed I didn’t have my camera. It was left at the van. There was nothing for it but a ride up the hill to get it. At least I had two goes at the down hill!
The ride along the loch was lovely and I eventually found a wonderful camp spot by a jetty made from an old boat and just before the track turned inland.
I brought real food with me which I cooked after I had set up my amazing new tent. I am so pleased with it. It was a dream to put up and I can sit in it and move around comfy. Yay. I also was so pleased I took my chair. An essential bit of kit.
Loop up Glenfinnan
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D: 14.23 El: 215m T:1 hr 9mins
After a very wet and windy week in Mallaig in which I managed a couple of rides but that was all the weather was better the day I left….typical. It wasn’t the most fun week my groin is still sore and restrictive. At least I can cycle. This was a stop off on the way home. I parked past the visitor centre in a walkers car park that I have stayed in the van before but today was just a day ride. A good track a steep and stepped single track, a boggy track, a bridge with steps….I returned along the road! but before that a ride up Glenfinnan to the bothy which was probably the second worst I have seen. Damp and crap fire place. not one to stay in.
First Bothy of 2026
Invermallie Bothy
Day One – the ride in…..
D: 5.5km El: 71m T:37mins (1hr 5mins)
This year has been a bit stressful health wise I had trouble with my womb and so had scans and tests which thankfully have all come out ok. Then I pulled muscles In my groin which has really inhibited what I can do. It can’t walk. But luckily I can ride my bike. A wonderful weather window has allowed me and Janet to have our first bothy trip of the year. A short ride in with some unexpected steep bits. Great bothy. Great fire and we have an upstairs bedroom each.
Day Two – Up the glen and back out.
D:18.41km El: 284m T: 2hrs 11mins
After a good nights sleep we set off quite early ir before 9:30am to ride up the glen, we left a few bags by the track to pick up on our return. It was so spring like and the valley very pretty, a reasonable gradient that never got too hard. At the top we stopped Janet had a swim and I made a brew …. bliss. It was pretty much down hill all the way back to the bags and then a couple of sharp ups to the van. Collected a bit of wood then back home via a café stop. Such a good start to the year.
Sunshine in Soller on Bike
D: 27.22km El: 612m T: 3hrs 12 mins
Not being able to walk very far we decided to hire bikes, not sure that Kenny was very keen but I was determined. We got an off road route from the bike shop it was the easy route but looked quite challenging. Kenny wasn’t sure but i thought the tracks would be well graded and they were. We managed 2/3rds of the route which I thought was a good effort. A nice lunch at the top of the hill and a refreshment stop on the way down. An excellent day.
Black Fell
Black Fell 323m ( w )
D: 4.30 km. El: 314m. T: 1hr 18mins
Since our last walk Blair has been really ill with a migraine so I was a bit weary. Complications with getting the car back to kendal and Joe being on lates and forgetting his sleeping bag and mat meant that we were not really in the position for a big day. The weather was due to be excellent though so we had to do something. We selected this wee walk which was perfect. My fitness is still a bit poor. It was pretty busy as it was half term but we managed to find a relatively quiet spot.
Wet Wet: Bonkers
Great Calva 691m. (w). Little Calva 642m
D: 11.11km. El: 555m T: 3hrs 3mins
It was very wet and a sharp wind but we set off anyway as we wanted to get out to them there hills. We or 8 forgot the energy bars and so we were a little low in the food department but it was a good walk and the longest walk for both of us since our illness. We had dry clothes with us so we stopped in Keswick for tea. The best fish pie and pudding. We then stopped at booths in Penrith for some brilliant reduced cheese.
Mountain Days and Photo Nights 