a walk in the campsies

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gazmc2

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Oct 5, 2008
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Grantown-on-Spey
a few pics from my walk thismorning in the campsie hills.

i was trying to get to the dumgoyne(if thats how you spell it) hill but am new to this & didnt know where to start, still unsure what is private land & what i'm allowed to walk on, was always waiting on someone coming out & chase me away....never happened tho so that was good.

i forgot to lift cotton balls b4 i left the house so i struggled to start a fire as everything was soaking with the snow, had carried my own fire wood & everything....no coffee for me then....was lookin forward to a cup aswell, was going to use snow for the water but it wasnt to be.

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my destination, a hill in the capsies.
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already bleary eyed & not even above ground level.....well it is just past eight in the morning after a 50 min drive!!
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about half way up, getting there.
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pics dont show how steep it was but here's an idea.
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had to result to an energy drink due to my inability to start a fire for a brew....embarrasing but i'll learn.

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never made it to the top, commence the slagging now!!!
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my descent route!!
 

Toddy

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That's still a fair old hike :)

Basically, in Scotland it was never really an offence to be somewhere "just for a walk".
If you have been reasonable, i.e. not walked through a growing crop, or disturbed beasts, left gates open, cut down trees, wandered into folks front gardens and sat down and had a picnic, and paid heed to things like it's shooting season and there are folks out on the hill/ moor doing just that, there should be no problems.
All that happened was that Scottish Law enshrined the legal Right of Responsible Access in the statute books :approve:

If this worries you at all, Scottish Natural Heritage have really good weatherproof handbooks that explain the whole thing. And, they're free for the asking :cool: The book is The Scottish Outdoor Access Code.

The website is :-
http://www.snh.org.uk/

there's an on line rough guide here
http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/access/KnowCode.pdf

and you can find your local access officers here
http://www.outdooraccess-scotland.com/default.asp?PageRef=1.2.

Oh, and thanks for the photos :D

atb,
M
 
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gazmc2

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Oct 5, 2008
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Grantown-on-Spey
thanks toddy, i sort of knew we can access most places up here in scotland, i think its just me not being used to it......paranoia!! Was good tho & hope to get out more. Ta for the links & i think i'll go for one of the handbooks to keep my mind at ease when im out?

Cheers greasemonkey, i was aiming for another part of the campsies but happy with where i ended up.
 

Mikey P

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Nov 22, 2003
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Can see the Campsies from the bedroom window (through the condensation... :rolleyes:) - look great under a duvet of snow at the moment.

Off out with the dog and the missus for a walk near Loch Lomond tomorrow and then some Grade II/III winter climbing with a mate on the Cobbler on Sunday - forecast looks excellent so I've been sharpening my axes!

For those of you who are not aware of them, two excellent websites for scottish hillwalking information:

Avalanche Info at: http://www.sais.gov.uk/

and Weather at: http://www.mwis.org.uk/

Two avalanche deaths already lately so worth checking before you go out ...
 

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