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Dromochtor Munros day 2

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Overnight the temp dropped down too a cool -10.1c I woke snug and warm to find inner frozen inside and out,likewise the outer too 🙄,time for the first brew of the day  But you could see it was going to be a stunning blue sky day….snow,big hills,comfy pack and blue skies always make the soul happy  In nearly every direction you looked you could see the tracks of animals rushing around trying to take on food and water in the meagre daylight hours of a Scottish winter  After a few brews and breakfast we got packed away,the frost nipping at finger ends as I wiped the frost from both sides of the inner,i then packed it away separately,Outer wiped down and stored away too,we were on the move for more views In the distance you could see a large inversion,sadly this very slowly made its way towards us,but didn’t arrive till 4 pm luckily  For most mountain folk this peak does not need naming,but for others it’s Schiehallion,another of the Munro peaks Today there was only one new Munro and it w

Wild camps 2023

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Another years wild camping comes to an end to add to the the many that have already passed by.. Camp 1  795m 👇👆 (2 pics) Kirkfell So the first of the year was 20th Jan and took us too the dramatic Wasdale valley,a walk up to Pillar and a great stroll across and up to Kirkfell summit for a nice pitch on snow,the next Day we walked over Great Gable then back down to the green valleys Camp 2 800m 👇👆 (2 pics) Hart crag Next camp was 12th Feb and was on Hart crag as i took a lad from walk around the Fairfield horseshoe   Camp 3 760m 👆👇 High Raise 25 th Feb saw us do an extended Kentmere horseshoe and a camp on High Raise (2 pics) Camp 4 25th March700m 👆👇👇 Wetherlam   I took a lad around the Coniston fells, in not the best conditions,that finally saw us dropping of the summit area to camp out of the worse of the wind and rain  (3 pics) Camp 5 7th April 750m 👇👆 (2 pics) Mamores The first Scotland trip took us too the Mamores for two nights the first camping low Binnein Beag    Camp