Tag: rain
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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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A very mixed weather day on the Linn of Dee circuit, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
The weather kept changing from sunny to rainy and back again on this 16-mile, 8-hour walk along glens that took us north up Glen Dee, which meets the Lairig Ghru at the Pools of Dee, from the southern end. We started walking from the Linn of Dee car park, and early on, we came across…