Dingwall
I have moved onto Dingwall Camping and Caravan Club site and managed to get my MSR Hubba tent up in between the rain showers.
Camping
Oban Campsite
The Oban Camping and Caravan Club site is a converted walled garden.
It started raining last night at about 10pm and looking at the puddles on the grass, this morning, it has rained all night – I am posting this from a car park in Oban (with 3G) and it is still raining.
As I have 3G here I have posted a full sized version of the Loch Lomond panorama here.
New kit
I received some new kit today from Alpkit – a larger titanium mug, to complement my current MSR titanium mug, in my lightweight backpacking cooking kit..
New equipment for 2013 Alpkit MytiMug
Backpacking Photos
The pitch by the lake edge had been cleared of the fallen tree that was there on my previous visit – so I could again pitch in among the trees close to the water.
The weather today was bright and sunny which gave me a chance to air my down sleeping bag over my tent whilst I was having breakfast. My rucksack was not a light as it could have been this time, as I added the luxury of a small folding stool to the load.
looking back over the lake towards where I was camped
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Camping
What a difference a week makes – see here.
Diana and i have been working today on the Branston Business Network stand at the Big Tea Party in Branston. Once we had packed up I got Diana to drop me a few miles away from the Woodhall Spa campsite so I could walk in the last bit and camp out over night. After last weekend it seemed a pity to waste a good weekend and not go backpacking.
Old Man of Coniston – photos
The start of the day – setting off from the car park.
Jeremy having a rest
Low Water – a good place out of the wind to have lunch. click on the above image for a larger version
Coniston Water
Jeremy heading up into the cloud and onto the summit.
When we reached the summit there was no way we could camp there – like Richard and I did last year. What we should have done then was head home – but we thought we could find somewhere out of the weather to camp.! That however did not work out.
We did however have a great day in Lakes. We had an excellent walk to the summit of the Old Man of Coniston in good company. The variable weather gave plenty of good photo opportunities. And we all got home safely with a lot of wet kit to dry out!
There was a chance for one more photo before getting back to the car. There was a lull in the weather at just the right moment.
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