Appin to Mallaig Day Four
T: 3 hrs 48mins D: 18nm
The weather was less kind today. The wind stronger than expected the sea more lumpy and I succumbed……sadly I was glad to see Mallaig
Appin to Mallaig: Day Three
T: 4hrs 47mins D: 19.3nm Av. Sp. 4.1kn
Loch na Droma Buidhe to Isle of Muck.
This was the day i got the tides wrong, I worked it all out based on low water Dover not high water….I wont do that again but at least we got a lie in. But it was a bit choppy and the wind was against us. We made it to Muck and anchored at Port Mor. I persuaded Kenny to blow up the dingy and row a shore first time in this trip. We went for a walk and discovered an old village and grave yard.
Appin to Mallaig: Day Two
D: 16nm. T: 3hrs 26mins. S: 5.1kn
We started from loch Aline very early to get the tide, I then went back to bed and woke up as we started to enter loch sunart, from there we went into loch na Droma Buidhe. We anchored and had breakfast. It was so hot. I had two swims and we decided to stay the night and not try to get into Tobermory. Good decision as there was a cruise boat in. It would have been rammed.
Appin to Mallaig Day one
Sailing Peggy: We set of at about 5pm after I had returned from the dentist, Kenny’s van left in Fort William. We were expecting a roughish sea but it was dead calm and we motored all the way arriving late at Lochaline. We anchored for the night.
LSCC Wednesday Walk
Carn a’Chaochain 706m (g)
D: 9km El: 441m
This was the first Wednesday walk that I have been on and to be fair they have only just started. Anne Marie and I set of on Tuesday and called at the ledge on the way up. We had a good hours climb and worked quite hard….well i did. It was quite late when we parked up, Anne Marie had made some spag bol for tea which was very nice. The others weren’t coming until about 10:30 so we had a bit of a lie in. This was my first hill for ages 7 weeks in fact, but the biking and swimming had kept up my fitness. It was a nice we hill good views of hill that weren’t really familiar to me. Coming down was a bit hummocky. I collected some wood on the way home and Anne Marie had a breakdown.
Reiff Climbing
Ronin a’ Mhill: Pinnacle Area
Moonjelly VD *** ✔️✔️
Diagonal Crack VD ✔️✔️
Slanting corner MS ✔️ second ascent
Skel S ✔️
Midrieff S✔️ second ascent
As everyone went home early from the official Reiff meet I rebooked my camping slots and drummed up support for another weekend. I was joined but Jeannie, Dianna, Irena, Anne Marie and Helen.
We had a good climb on Saturday and as the rain came in on Sunday morning we retreated to the cafe’s of Ullapool.
Arriving at the sea cliffs
Midreiff S
Diagonal Crack. There was much more exposure than it looks from the photos.
Rob Roy Way: Day Four
D: 18km. El: 347m. T: 2hrs 9mins
After a great breakfast and a coffee in a lovely coffee shop recommended by Helen we set off initially along a brilliant single track along the river and a disused railway….all was pretty level. Then came the hill. A lot of pushing ….a lot of but then a lovely decent down to Pitlochry. We did it.
Rob Roy Way: Day Three
Killin to Aberfeldy.
D: 41km. El: 529m T: 3hrs [6hrs 13mins)
Today was supposed to be the off road treat and I must admit I was looking forward to the challenge. But due to a combination of Janet’s lack of tent poles- bag left on train and her concern for her knees we had no choice but to go along the road. It was a nice quiet road until kenmore but after that was busy and not really fun. But the weather was good. We had coffee at a hotel part way and a dip in loch Tay. Out accommodation was lush. It was a lovely room and had a pool sauna, steam room and bubbles which we made good use of in our underwear! We had a lovely meal at the hotel.
Rob Roy Way: Day Two
D: 39.75km. El: 461m. T: 3hrs 37mins (7hrs 32mins)
Today was an easier day, we started with a third breakfast stop in Callander, the. Headed out on the road. We started with an undulating road and track along Loch Lubnaig. We had a lovely swim in the loch it was really warm but it did start raining while we were in and didn’t stop until we got to Killin. We had a great lunch and the ride was ace. Janet was struggling a bit with her knees. Lovely hotel at Killin.
Rob Roy Way Day One
D: 52.4km. El: 904m
It started so well. Janet came to mine. We got to the station on time. The train arrived on time but the door to the bike carriage was not working. The guard wouldn’t let us on. So we went into the ticket office and the man there was perplexed. We managed to get on the next train and a change later we were at Glasgow minus Janet’s bag with her tent poles in it. The bag was found at Edinburgh and we continued to Balloch. We were a couple of hours behind schedule but hey ho. Six hours later and some great roads tracks and some interesting single tracks we were at the hostel in Callander. We had fish and chips in Aberfoyle. So at least we had had our tea. The hostel was really nice
Mountain Days and Photo Nights 