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Great pictures, wonderful landscapes , thank you for posting these. Very interesting indeed.Hello all - the subject of mountain bothies turned up last night in the conversation on sotd. Mostly with @Blademonkey - sparked by my mentioning Essence of Scotland - Highland Bothy soap and how it seems very unlikely to smell 'authentic' to the bothy experience. If you are interested - here are some pictures of actual bothies - for those who don't know - a bothy is a rough and ready mountain shelter. Free to use by anyone and looked after by the Scottish Mountain Bothies Association. Locations are as follows - 1,2 & 3 - Guirdil, isle of Rum. 4 & 7 - Staoineag - west central highlands. 5 - Loch Chiaran - west central highlands. 6 - Meanach - west central highlands. 8 - Lairig Leacach - west central highlands. I hope some might find them to be interesting - they are copyrighted and I trust this will be respected. Best Regards - I.
Fantastic pictures Digimonkey. I have only stayed at the one bothy - Craig near Diabeg on the Torridon coast. Great night with a dramenjoying the craic.
Liked the post Digimonkey, i do quite a bit of hill walking and around 80 munros(Scottish mountains over 3000 ft ) have now been conquered,I'm not addicted to bagging all of them though as I like to climb up some of the smaller ones that can be just as rewarding.
I've spent a bit of time in a few bothies but never overnight , luxury compered to digging a snow hole to get out of the weather, twice I had to do that in the Cairngorms caught in a white out.Not good !
I've also did a fair bit of wild camping in the mountains with my Nallo tent although that type of exhibition is now in the past, as the very thought of humphing a heavy pack up a mountain makes my knees wobble.
Nowadays I venture into the mountains with the lightweight gear I have and im able to cover more ground.
Magical indeed, fantastic photograph.You're right mate. A couple of years ago I took part in the TGO - for those that don't know - that's walking across Scotland at it widest point. It takes two weeks. Light weight kit is the way to go. Ultra light - if you can afford it. My tent was a shade under a kilo. Nice. Like you - I can't be arsed carrying stuff uphill any more. I'm too old. I'm not bothered about getting to summits these days - but I do enjoy wandering through the landscape. See attached last summit picture I took - Suilven. We got a weather window and used a bivi on the summit. Magical experience. I
Magical indeed, fantastic photograph.
Wow, you have a great eye for a picture, thanks for posting these personal pictures.@Blademonkey - thank you. I should probably reveal that I am a professional photographer - have been for 25-odd years - but the images I posted tonight are my personal pictures - done just for me. I seldom share them. Shot with a Leica rangefinder on black and white film. I
Superb photo @Digimonkey , I bought a large canvas print similar to the photo you have posted.It was taken up in Wester Ross.I ordered it from a landscape photographer on the Internet based in England. He replied saying instead of having it posted to Glasgow he could bring the print to me as he was heading up to Edinburgh for a few days (great personal touch I thought ).It was good to meet the guy who was a keen hill walker himself, he told me about his day on the mountains when he took that photo and the fear of being struck by lightning. We talked about the great outdoors for a few hours and I thanked him for the 20% discount he offered me on any further purchases. I wished him well as he left for Edinburgh.
The print still hangs proudly on my living room wall and I don't think I'll ever tire of looking at it.
The TGO sounds fascinating. Is there a map of the route? The hardest I've done is the Brecon Beacons, including a hike to the top of Pen Y Fan.
Unfortunately, I'm not out in the mountains as much as I'd like to be. Like many others I'm on the wrong side of 40and can't be bothered with climbing steep mountain sides - my knees in particular don't like it. Nowadays I plan to walk into a bothy/hostel/set up a tent and enjoy being out there e.g later this year a friend and I are going to walk into the Glen Affric hostel from Glen Affric car park, then out the next day. Can't wait!
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