tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post8051091298534616669..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Maps don't tell the whole storySir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-90542621489948512082014-11-27T09:56:31.140+00:002014-11-27T09:56:31.140+00:00High Horse - don't I know it!High Horse - don't I know it!Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-5954193412728216512014-11-27T09:54:36.002+00:002014-11-27T09:54:36.002+00:00Blonde Two - In Scotland climbing deer fences shou...Blonde Two - In Scotland climbing deer fences should not really be necessary but route choices and planning tend to be less specific with Scotland's pooicy of open access and lack of footpaths shown on maps, so every now and then you find yourself perched, up on high, straddling these structures. They are not as difficult as you may imagine.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-8117573255562718462014-11-27T09:47:43.114+00:002014-11-27T09:47:43.114+00:00That's often the problem with shortcuts - they...That's often the problem with shortcuts - they turn out be longcuts!High Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466287570979256689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-5217882514371238842014-11-27T07:01:25.568+00:002014-11-27T07:01:25.568+00:00That description sounds like some kind of army cha...That description sounds like some kind of army challenge. I would have be stumped by the deer fence I think!Blonde Twohttp://twoblondeswalking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-35592257540874816242014-11-26T10:43:34.805+00:002014-11-26T10:43:34.805+00:00Alan R. - That is one of the problems in Scotland ...Alan R. - That is one of the problems in Scotland where Public Rights of Way are not marked on the map because they have free access, so the only marked paths tend to be stalkers paths which often end up in the middle of nowhere having brought the shooters to their general location.<br />---------------<br /><br />bowlandclimber - I stayed at Gerry's. I waited ages for him to return from a "golfing" trip to open up, and he seemed to have spent more time in the 19th rather than playing golf, but he was a good a host and quite a character.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-48994318445179985102014-11-25T10:59:47.198+00:002014-11-25T10:59:47.198+00:00Your post brought back memories.
Stayed at Gerry&#...Your post brought back memories.<br />Stayed at Gerry's a few times many years ago. I walked miles over Munros in the area, drank beer in the pub with ex Lancastrian Gerry, listened to music into the early hours, met Irvine Butterfield [another down to earth individual] who had just published High Mountains of Gt. Britain, have the inscription to prove it. <br />A bygone era.<br /><br />The gorse reference also reminds me of a time whilst developing a local bouldering crag and falling down the slope, my spotter had missed me,straight into the middle of a gorse bush - ouch ouch and much laughter. Provided a name for the eventually successful problem - Just Begorse.<br /> I know it's corny.bowlandclimberhttp://www.bowlandclimber.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-7610942566815448992014-11-24T13:25:49.752+00:002014-11-24T13:25:49.752+00:00Funnily enough on this years Challenge from Torrid...Funnily enough on this years Challenge from Torridon we came down a marked path (on the map) which should have brought us down to Achnashellach railway. It ended up in thick bush, forestry, wet, boggy and overgrown. We ended up in somebodies back garden who kindly lets us through. He said it used to be “The” old route but hadn’t been in use for years.<br />I felt like a Chindit.AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.com