Nice report Boydie,
I'm surprised it was so relatively crowded there. I guess it was the weekend.
I've always been tempted to visit there since I saw a photograph I think by Murray of the destitution road.
Cheers Johnnie
Thanks Jonnie. It was busy on the Friday night, but relatively quiet the other two days. You should definitely go, it's a beautiful place. Cheers for the typo, muscle, lol.
Enjoyed your account of Knoydart trip. Anyone who thinks cuckoos are getting rarer should be made to spend a week there, without earplugs. Remember May 2008, real heatwave weather? I was in Koydart then - magic! Went in from Glen Finnan over Sgurr nan Coireachan, to Oban, Sourlies, Inverie, Barrisdale, and out to Kinlochourn. Reading your story made me want to go back and do it all again
Thank you Biddy. Sounds like you explored the whole area when you went there. Can't wait to go back myself, but probably need to wait until next year for that.
Cheers,
Stephen
A cuckoo with a nest! Very true, no such thing. It's true that there used to be a lot of trees, although maybe not around the tops of the peaks so much, more in the glens. They were felled many years ago for the shipbuilding and other industries, so a lot of the areas in Scotland lost the Caledonian pine forests that they had. They have replaced some areas with Norwegian spruce, which don't have the same level of character. It's a real shame. As for midges, the scurge of northern Scotland without a doubt.
DrJonnie - Jun 8, 2010 5:09 am - Voted 10/10
WildernessNice report Boydie,
I'm surprised it was so relatively crowded there. I guess it was the weekend.
I've always been tempted to visit there since I saw a photograph I think by Murray of the destitution road.
Cheers Johnnie
ps: typo: Muscle ILO mussel
Boydie - Jun 8, 2010 1:20 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: WildernessThanks Jonnie. It was busy on the Friday night, but relatively quiet the other two days. You should definitely go, it's a beautiful place. Cheers for the typo, muscle, lol.
Biddy - Jun 8, 2010 4:01 pm - Hasn't voted
KnoydartEnjoyed your account of Knoydart trip. Anyone who thinks cuckoos are getting rarer should be made to spend a week there, without earplugs. Remember May 2008, real heatwave weather? I was in Koydart then - magic! Went in from Glen Finnan over Sgurr nan Coireachan, to Oban, Sourlies, Inverie, Barrisdale, and out to Kinlochourn. Reading your story made me want to go back and do it all again
Boydie - Jun 9, 2010 7:54 am - Hasn't voted
Re: KnoydartThank you Biddy. Sounds like you explored the whole area when you went there. Can't wait to go back myself, but probably need to wait until next year for that.
Cheers,
Stephen
Boydie - Jun 11, 2010 3:52 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Dang...A cuckoo with a nest! Very true, no such thing. It's true that there used to be a lot of trees, although maybe not around the tops of the peaks so much, more in the glens. They were felled many years ago for the shipbuilding and other industries, so a lot of the areas in Scotland lost the Caledonian pine forests that they had. They have replaced some areas with Norwegian spruce, which don't have the same level of character. It's a real shame. As for midges, the scurge of northern Scotland without a doubt.