We headed into fort William on saturday morning to pick up a few last bits and bobs and then headed on our way out of the city. This was by far the busiest road I'd ever cycled in so we stuck close together and took it easy.Most lorries as caravans were great at overtaking us, … Continue reading Fort William to Oban!
We managed to spend an entire morning lounging around at the bothy, the weather was gorgeous so we say out in the garden with breakfast and cuddles whilst our still dirty laundry hung over the walls. (I think we need something stronger than travel wash to get the marsh land out of my socks!) We … Continue reading Faff Day!
We spent yes day night at the base of our walk over the last 4 Fannichs and had a surprisingly good sleep! I think I was in bed by maybe 9?The next morning we packed away slower than we probably should have, had brekka and headed up Beinn Liath Mhor on a long and relatively … Continue reading All the other Fannichs!
We met with the other 4 hillwalkers and Jaz's friend at 9am tuesday. (It was meant to be 8:30 but we were late - the camping spot was just too pretty!!!)The ascent up to the saddle of the hill was a bit gruelling as the weather was phenomenal! Blue skies wonderful sun, and too much … Continue reading Stac Pollaidh
So we ended up spending Monday driving down to Loch Inver, getting MORE pies, and then eating them over at achmelvich beach in not so grand weather!There was a spattering of rain for the majority of time we were there which put a small downer on the pies. With the tide in we also had … Continue reading Sunsets and Beaches
We're in Tongue with the Hillwalking club! Yazoo!We were actually tad nervous about seeing everyone as I think we went slightly insane spending a week together in the car!It's been so nice to see everyone, tongue is the flattest area I've ever seen in Scotland and it's riddled with bog! Most of yesterday was spent … Continue reading Towel Day, Ben Hope, Sock wrestling and Goodbyes 😦 😦
We woke up on friday to the attack of the midges, camping near the river is never a great idea!The whole day was planned around getting pies for lunch an then heading up to to gue so we basically set off in the direction of a castle to fill a few hours.It was wet and … Continue reading Loch Inver to Tongue
Thursday standing rock ullapool view Achmelvich nice midgey camping will update late
After a pretty rough night on the side of the road we decided to spend the next day faffing and just working out our plans for the next week. All our gear was sodding wet as were our tents! Therefore we found a cosy spot in a cafe in Ullapool and spend an afternoon grabbing … Continue reading Wednesday Faff Day
After camping at the bottom of the hills, (and having a wonderful sunset followed by a dry night) we set off at 7am to climb 5 of the Fannichs.After only 4k or so we realised that Apryl hadn't found the bag of chocolate we'd prepared for the day! The idea of a long day with … Continue reading 5 Fannichs
