Sunday 24 July 2011

1st Ever Wild Camp

Last Wednesday I set off from Milngavie about 6.45am to Dalwhinnie. Parked the car and cycled in laden with tent and all the add ons. Arrived near the Bothy at Culra,set up tent had lunch then climbed Geal-Charn and Carn Dearg. The clouds and mist had lifted and the views were excellent. Arrived at tent about 6pm and had dinner!! about 7pm. Went for a walk though in bed by 9.30 and slept sound till 8pm.
Prefer tent as sleeping on grass is a bit softer than the hard board in a Bothy.
Next morning I climbed Ben Alder and Beinn Bheoil though the weather was not as good with mist and cloud hanging around till after lunch. Got back to tent about 3pm, had food then took tent down and packed bags for the cycle back to Dalwhinnie. Set off for home about 6pm and home for 8pm. A great two days, as back in Glasgow it rained. managed to get the best of the weather and good experience for tackling the Fisherfield 6  sometime in the future.

1 comment:

Norman W said...

Well done Les. That's wild country in there. I'm sure you'll enjoy Fisherfield in due course.