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  1. coln18

    Loch Lomond wild campi

    Maybe when hes a tad older Lloyd and he can handle all the portages for his old man and can go fetch me the blueberry ales i fell in love with lol. You still working out west mate or you back home in NB.
  2. coln18

    Loch Lomond wild campi

    Thats Ageism, ya olde fart lol
  3. coln18

    Loch Lomond wild campi

    Ha, love it Mary, only a kid could do that......hey since Jamie owns the Loch, do you think he could overturn the camping ban lol
  4. coln18

    Loch Lomond wild campi

    Just back from a nice wee wild camp on the shores of Loch Lomond with my wee 3 year old boy Ross. Temperatures were very low all weekend but i took along my recently purchased Bison tipi and Frontier stove, so the cold wasnt a problem for the pair of us. My only regret was that i didnt take the...
  5. coln18

    Loch Etive

    Ha, we're not quite at that stage yet Tam, a wee table for your beer might just solve the problem, what im really trying to say is that, no grown 46 year old man is getting in my tipi wearing a bloody nappy lol. Plus i have a sneaky feeling that no one else will come to our meets if we are all...
  6. coln18

    Loch Etive

    Burnt my tea towel, theres whisky distilerys with less alcohol in them than that tea towel had, but dont worry Gaz im going to get our Tam a high chair and bib to help him with his major spillage problem lol (think he might kill me for that comment haha )
  7. coln18

    Loch Etive

    Heehee, you know im only kidding uncle Thomas, be good if you can make it mate, you will always be welcome in my wee warm tipi mate, just bring a mop next time lol
  8. coln18

    Loch Etive

    Its a deal Jason, im thinking of selling the house and moving into the tipi lol. Its -1° outside and snowing, but im lying on my campbed in just a t-shirt, these frontier stoves really are the dogs danglies. Big Tony should be coming up too but im afraid the Ayrshire squad look as if theyre...
  9. coln18

    I visited Auschwitz today

    yeah was there in November, did you visit Birkenau Concentration camp as well, Auschwitz wasnt as id imagined it would be with the proper brick built barrack buildings and the gas chamber was smaller that i thought it would be, but Birkenau was just on a huge massive industrial scale, that one...
  10. coln18

    How we roll at bcuk scotland south

    Haha, brilliant Tam, we should so invite those dudes to our next meet. What the hell were you looking for on youtube when you came across that video, on second thoughts i dont want to know lol
  11. coln18

    Loch Doon meetup(pic heavy)

    Come on guys, where all the cracking pictures from last weekend, all i seen was fancy cameras getting clicked but no photos posted tut tut, get yer fingers oot!
  12. coln18

    Loch Etive

    Come now Auntie M, everything will be just fine lol, thats the Scot in you coming out, optimism is a terrible thing, you know it will really be 10 feet of Snow thats dumped on you! Haha. Hope you can make it up to catch up and have a wee blether.
  13. coln18

    Loch Etive

    Planning on a wee weekend away, next weekend (weekend of the 25th january 2013) to Loch Etive, to the usual campsite at the head of the Loch, just before the logging jetty. Directions are simple, pass by the kings house coming from Glasgow direction and take the first left before the Buachaille...
  14. coln18

    Tidal Canoeing Advice

    you should consider posting this thread on song of the paddle forum as well, not done much tidal paddling myself except loch Ryan and Loch Etive and had no problems what so ever, just had to keep one eye on the ferries as john said, but the forth may well be a different kettle of fish. im sure...
  15. coln18

    Loch Doon meetup(pic heavy)

    Loch Ken, we were originally meeting there in the outdoor centre at loch ken, but they charge for pitching and a campervans, so we headed to loch doon instead. For Tony it would be an extra two hours on his journey and at his age it was a bit too much for him, plus the diesel on his zimmer frame...
  16. coln18

    Loch Doon meetup(pic heavy)

    Sounds like a smashing idea Mary, would be a good time for it soon, the south of scotland guys are actually doing some real bushcraft for a change as well, best we get something sorted soon before they get distracted by something else bright and shiny lol
  17. coln18

    Loch Doon meetup(pic heavy)

    No problem Stuart, your always welcome in my wee tipi lol, glad to hear your getting the frontier stove, you do know you get a free gift when you buy one,( 9 free gatecrashers lol), it really is a cracking wee stove for the money, it came down really easy and cooled down outside in no time at all.
  18. coln18

    Loch Doon meetup(pic heavy)

    Smashing meet up with the South of Scotland guys, old faces and new (once we got everyone in the same place lol.....well nearly (tony) Sunset on Loch Doon Stuart (The Genius) F teaching a Marc and Gaz some netting skills The weekend is never complete unless you get a wee visit from Pingu...
  19. coln18

    loch ken

    The tipi was a Bison 6/8 man tipi complete with frontier stove, worked a treat, lovely and warm all weekend and had somewhere between 9 and 11 people in it all weekend keeping warm and cooking their meals, top tent and really easy to put up and take down and handled the wild conditions easily.
  20. coln18

    loch ken

    Great to meet you Marc, glad you had a good time, be great to see you at our next meet. Hi Kat, hopefully you can make the next meet, just got your pm. You wont need your kayak anyway plenty of the boys have their canoes at the meets and your more than welcome to have a wee go. Thanks to all...