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  1. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    Trip Report The Lairig Leacach in Winter

    Thank you snappingturtle :) Nicely put about nature calling the shots.
  2. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    Trip Report The Lairig Leacach in Winter

    Cheers mate. If we had continued it would have been a 15km return journey on the Sunday through that terrain - not wise unless you're super fit and know the route well.
  3. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    Trip Report The Lairig Leacach in Winter

    I had arranged with my friend Chomp (on this forum) to spend the night at the Lairig Leacach Bothy mid-February, go to Staoineag Bothy on Saturday and then head for home on Sunday. No problem I thought, a bit of snow will be a bonus too! There was much more than a "bit" of snow... As we...
  4. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    BcUK Photograph of 2018 Competition April Heat

    Hi, I took this above the fog on the Ochil Hills, Jan-17. Taken with an LG G5
  5. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    Hello

    Thank you Dreadhead :)
  6. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    The Science of Water

    Great thread and advice thanks. I am a regular walker in Scotland and I'm pretty spoilt for clean water in the hills (obviously). There is always a risk of something dead upstream though so I have considered different solutions and have settled to using a Travel Tap by Drinksafe systems. The...
  7. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    Winter pictures

    Thanks Tony, I actually do a blog, simply as a hobby, to remember my trips. I would be happy to share the text and pictures here as advised! I will dig it out and post it :) Sent from my LG-H850 using Tapatalk
  8. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    Winter pictures

    I've been about and about a few times in winter this year, these ones are of the Lairig Leacach in February, it took 3 hours to reach the bothy where normally it takes half that in more reasonable conditions. This was the deepest snow I've encountered for a while, all stream, rivers, and even...
  9. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    Hello

    Hi Soloman - I was camping near Dunfermline at the weekend, on the top of Saline Hill. Great place and I got some nice conditions for taking some pictures: This was taken from the spot the tarps were pitched:
  10. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    Hello

    Thanks all for the warm welcome. I will find my way about and post some stories and pictures in the near future :)
  11. StinkyTheMagicGnome

    Hello

    I'm from Falkirk and have been walking, bothying, camping etc for a few years now. My motivation is photography where finding locations and camping out to get the best sunsets and sunrises is the aim. That is the aim, but I just enjoy getting out so any photos are a simply a bonus :) I am...