Tag: Scotland
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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…
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Exploring the Bone Caves (Creag nan Uamh), Assynt – August
As the weather was forecast to be rainy, we took a short walk up to the so-called ‘Bone Caves’ near Inchnadamph in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. The bones have been removed, but you can explore the caves and imagine how various people and animals might have made use of them over the ages.
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A rainy and windy day in Flowerdale, near Gairloch, Wester Ross – August
Another poor forecast, so we decided to try to get some practice scrambling with rope protection. As we got to the area of An Groban, the rain became quite heavy, so we tried to take what shelter we could find, against a slightly overhanging rock.