Tag: Glen Coe
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Plan B up the Wee Buachaille, Glen Coe, Scotland – September
The forecast was for light rain and wind. We decided to try going up Buachaille Etive Beag (the smaller of the Buachailles in Glen Coe). The plan was to walk up the Lairig Eilde pass and then to go up the Buachaille from the southern end of the ridge. We set off, and was soon…
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Mushroom foraging and rainy days in Lochaber, Scotland – August
The forecast for the day was for rain, and indeed it rained for most of the day, clearing only later in the evening. We tried walking a path that cut through from Glen Coe to the south bank of Loch Leven, then walking back along the road a bit until we found a forest track…
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Arriving in Glen Coe, Scotland – August
The day after our walk over Sca Fell and Scafell Pike, we awoke to a grey morning. Then it started raining. Eventually we decided to head to Scotland. Stopping at a supermarket in Carlisle which had a good price for fuel, we drove until we reached the Red Squirrel campsite in Glen Coe. We found…