Eriba Man

  This entry is about my latest trip in my caravan. It was mainly in the West of Scotland taking in Bunree near Glencoe, the Oban area and finally near Killin. It was a trip lasting 7 days from the 26th of May 2023. I had put together this trip around providing support for my brother who was running the annual West Highland Way Challenge Race, a 95mile route following the WHW starting in Fort William and ending in Milngavie on the outskirts of Glasgow. It is a gruelling non stop ultra marathon. I opted for my base (providing support) to be the Bunree C&MC Site on the shores of Loch Linnhe, just at the entrance to Glencoe. A nice site which proved to be a good choice as it was accessible from many of the official checkpoint. The runners had to register at a hall in Fort William in preparation for the morning start. A pre race briefing at the start point, just at the road to Glen Nevis. And at 1000, the race was off with a field of around 70 runners. The race continued and I navi...

  This is night No.29/2021 living in the caravan. It's also our 4th and final night at the Clachan C&MC Site near Killin.  Woke around 0700 to another nice day. Not quite sunshine, but definitely an improvement and felt dry. It became cloudy occasionally, but it was another fine day weather wise. After an early morning blast on the adjacent hillside, after breakfast and getting things in order, we headed south to a walk I had looked at on Walk Highlands. It was a nice 6 miles circular route in a big forest in the Trossachs. It would be around a 20min drive from here to Balquhidder, the start of the walk. There was very limited parking at the old church (the start of the walk), so parked up at the village hall and, as requested, made a small donation through the letter box for help towards the maintenance of the carpark. I was the only car there. Balquhidder is a fine little village with a variety of old cottages, some a bit dilapidated, others fine places indeed. The new c...

  This is night No.28/2021 living in the caravan. It's our third night at the Clachan C&MC Site near Killin. Another day of fair weather, and at times got quite warm. Only felt one light, and very short shower so another day of fine walking weather. Slept well, and when I got up at around 0700 we went for a walk up the nearby hillside, following a track behind the adjacent holiday chalets. Then returned to the van for a shower and some breakfast before heading out around 0900 for the first walk of the day. Worth noting that all the walks from here involve a short drive as the road which runs past the site is just too dangerous to walk, it is a series of bends on a narrow road with no verges! Headed into Killin, then after the bridge over the falls, turned left and headed a short distance on the South Loch Tay road to walk up a route I had planned on the map in the forest above Auchmore. First mistake was that we headed along a more recent track (the wrong track) which doesn...