Here’s some of the pictures. Click on any picture below …. you will probably a a zoomed image showing more detail. The location map feature is not available here.
TGO blogs for following years include OS maps of the route which no longer work on the original Google’s Blogspot posts.
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2 May TGOC |
Night train to Scotland William's Pack
Freddie at Glasgow
Morar Hotel
Morar hotel - bedroom view
PM arriving at Tarbet
Bob adjusts his pack - Tarbet
Tarbet - round to the sheep fold
Looking East from Tarbet along Loch Nevis (tomorrow's munros!)
West to Morar (loch Morar + loch Nevis) - Egg/Rum Skye on horizon
Ridge above Tarbet looking south
Sourlies centre & Carmusrory behind left
Finiskaig River & path
The way up is behind you!
Lochan nan Breac - the storm comes
Lochan nan Breac -Trailstar under gale force winds
Path up & over Unndalain to Barrisdale
River at Barrisdale
Skiary Loch Hourn
Skiary Loch Hourn
Greenhouse at Skiary Loch Hourn
Water at Skiary
The morning after the storm Skiary
Loch Hourn near Skiary Loch Hourn
Looking west along loch Quioch from rouate up to Gleouraich & Spidean ridge
Gleouraich looking west
Gleouraich looking west to Spidean
Gleouraich looking east
looking west to Spidean
near Kingie
Near Kingie
Not a good start! Path Poulery to Garrygualach
Path Poulery to Garrygualach
Path Poulery to Garrygualach: Garrygualach
Glengarry forest: Greenfield
Hariy coos: Greenfield
Laggan Locks South Laggan
Caledonian Canal
Caledonian Canal
Culachy Falls
Glen Tarff bridge 1
Glen Tarff bridge 2
Upper Glen Tarff
Stove that smokes
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Winter House
Doe Dam
Lost sheep
Joining Allt Odhar
Strohelairg Lodge
Strohelairg Lodge
watching hare
River Erskin
River Erskin - Coignafearan Lodge
Night time snowfall Monaliadth
trackless (again) in Monaliadth
trackless (again) in Monaliadth
on track again in Monaliadth
Kingussie
Monaliadth from Kingussie
Speedy IOW Colin from Dumfries powers towards Feshie
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Glen Feshie
Glen Feshie - bothy
Glen Feshie - horse symmetry
Glen Feshie
Glen Feshie -Eidart bridge
Upper Geldie Burn
Geldie Burn
Mar Lodge near Braemar
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Braemar menu
New Feet!
Bridge of Dee
Camp Balmoral
Balmoral forest
Lochnagar
Charles and Brian after a night a Gelder Shiel bothy
Deer near source of Water of Mark
To the source of Water of Mark
Queen's well in Glen Mark
Queen's well in Glen Mark
One of many chicks in the heather near Tarfside
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Kitchen St Drostans - challengers and volunteers
Crossing river Esk at Tarkside
Glen Esk - Tarfside to Edzell
Glen Esk - Tarfside to Edzell Dave & Diane overcome by heat
Riverside walk near Edzell
Edzell
North Water Bridge Camping
St Cyrus beach
The Other Side - St Cyrus
St Cyrus
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Montrose Camping
Thursday Celebration Dinner
Thursday Celebration Dinner
Tarbet sheep fold
Looking west from Tarbet loch Nevis
sourlies bothy and camping - late risers?
Path up & over Unndalain to Barrisdale turnis into raging torrent
One heck of of a route for your first few days! All that weather in Knoydart and still a great route – how on earth did you cross those rivers?
What an achievement! – A nice route through the Monadh Liath too – looked a bit chilly…
Will you be back for more then?
🙂
O rivers! Bloated streams! Raging torrents! You probably remember the routine Alan when you wore leathern boots – 30 min to go through the process – sort out the positioning, psych-up to doing it, then decommission the gaiters, remove the boots with their special lacing system, the socks and on with those never changing Crocs, stow the gaiters and socks, tie the boots together, attach somewhere (for me around the neck), then tentatively shuffle while facing upstream and leaning into the flow and feeling for foot places with walking poles. Then, assuming a safe crossing, drying off and replacing Crocs with boots.
Trouble was this day one bloated stream followed another. I probably spent half the day dressing or undressing. Eventually, tired and frustrated, I realised my feet and boots were quite wet and so I started to wade in without changing, without the careful evaluation and psych-up session and this was my downfall. Full immersion. Not exactly unpleasant – and thankfully everything was tied on from specs to walking poles so I didn't lose anything.
After going through all the planning. Then following the plan and thinking about it day after day during the walk and in my dreams it is hard to imagine not doing it again with another similar plan.
Is this addictive? Or why do most people do it again? (and again?)
It's like heroin.
You'll be back!
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Try it with plimmies – so much less faff!