Category: fungi
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Traversing over the pinnacles of Liathach, Torridon, Scotland – September
Liathach day. We got up early-ish, had breakfast, and drove to the starting place for Liathach. We set off at 7.50am. I tried to keep my trepidation under control – I had always looked at Liathach with a little fear, and reading descriptions of the route we were taking that day had never changed this.…
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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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Wind and rain over Meall a’ Bhuachaille, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
It was another very windy day. We took the track that goes through Glenmore Lodge, stopped to appreciate the greenish water of the An Lochan Uaine, then headed up the ridge from the Ryvoan bothy after first having a look inside. It was another sloggy ascent up to the first top of Meall a’ Bhuachaille;…