East Lomond
East Lomond 448m ( sub 2000)
D:2.17km. El: 112m. T: 31mins
I decided to go up a wee hill on the way to meeting up with Janet’s swim group in Fife. Not being up many hills lately. I have done some yoga most days for the last 10 days. Legs still felt a bit stiff. Nice views. I then got to the hotel in time for some Prosecco and a chippy tea. We then had a gin in a pub. Tomorrow I may swim.
Wet wet wet.
Raven Crag 461m (w). High Seat 608m (w). Bleaberry Fell 590m 
Walla Crag 376m
D: 13.61km. El: 605m. T: 3hrs 54mins (5hrs 20mins)
Well we have had a right faff with the car ….mot fail due to horn so we have been on the bus and train all week. Joe had two days off the first was definitely the best weather but we had the school pumpkin walk so we set of on what should have been a showery day but was in fact raining! And claggy! But I had not been on a hill day by bus so it was an adventure. To be honest I thought we may be very miserable and tired but the end as I haven’t had many hill days for a while but it was fine which was good. We ended up in Keswick and stopped at the pub for a drink. Then booths for some grocery shopping. Once home we cooked a mushroom curry.
A great day. Tomorrow I have the car to sort out. Which I did. Horn fixed. Mot done.
Return to Lismore
Anne Maries Birthday weekend. the biggest storm of the year…no electric….and a lot of wind and rain….a few bike rides and a birthday meal cooked by candle light on a primus.
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
John Muir Way Day 5
North Berwick to Dunbar
D: 20km El: 206m T: 1 hr 45mins
A short last day. Not very interesting cycling as mostly on straight roads. Got to Berwick in time for a coffee and bacon buttie. We visiting John Muir’s birthplace and I bumped into Ian sinker! A nuts journey home. 3 changes but we made it.
John Muir Way Day 4
Musselburgh to North Berwick
D: 34.42 El: 241m T: 3hrs 37 mins
Dip at Gullane
Janet was particularly tired this morning and we struggled to make the meet up with Helen and Deb for a swim. But we did and it was lovely. another campsite and a meet up with Sue and Chris for fish and chips.
John Muir Way Day 3
Linlithgow to Musselburgh
D: 63.43km El: 587m T: 5hrs 39mins
Our longest day yet, right through Edinburgh and along the coast. Lunch in south queensferry. And a wild camp at Preston pans. Another race to pitch before it got dark.
John Muir Way Day 2
Strathblane to Linlithgow
D:58.10 El:245m T: 4hrs 33mins
This day started with breakfast in a nice cafe, then a long day of old railways and canals. We did get a bit canalled out by the end of the fairly flat long straight stretches. Falkirk wheel was interesting …..a long coffee stop! But the state of the forth Clyde canal….oh dear!
We got to the campsite in good time and then went out for a meal. Which was very nice. Sea bass. Still dry and sunny.
John Muir Way Day One
D: 43.96km. El: 584m. T: 4hrs 7mins
Helensburgh to Strathblane
The train ride went well! No lost bags or cancellations. Beautiful sunshine! A lot of road riding but at the end of the day it was more interesting with some tracks climbing through woods. We were running out of daylight but had to pass some good wild spots and Janet had no water left for her dehydrated meal. So we ended up in a park. Not ideal but not as many dog walkers in the morning as I feared. My van pack meal was excellent.
Kenny’s Knoydart Birthday
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D: 6.47km El: 179m T: 2hrs 3min
After a lovely family meal in the Old Forge last night we had a slow start before we decided to get some fresh air and walk down to Sandaig Bay. Kenny took his rod and i took my swimmies. What a lovely day we walked round to the next bay on the left I had not been there before it was really beautiful. Sea is still reasonably warm and i had a great tip. Kenny walked round to the point and Joe sunbathed. After my swim we scrambled over the rocks to Kenny where he was catching so so many fish! after a hard walk back over a lumpy top we found it easier scrambling on the rocks. We then walked up to Roli’s path back the the first bay and walked up the road. so nice to be out. We then raced down to the old forge in time to get cheesy chips and meet up with the ferry boys who were intent on getting blottowed. Sea was very rough in the marina when we got back so moved peggy before going up to the west highland hotel for another birthday meal.
Another Narnia Day
Ben Aigan 471m (sub 2000)
D: 7.88km El: 330m T: 1 hrs 56mins
The weather this second week of joes visit is pretty much as bad as the first! but it hasn’t stopped us doing stuff. Today we headed pout to pick blackberries which we didn’t but we did manage another wee hill. The plan was lunch at Spey bank but the café was shut, so we went to the local Scotmid to get some snack stuff which we ate in the van. It then started raining so we didn’t pick berries. A nice day.
Mountain Days and Photo Nights 