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Fort William
nice place.. got hills.
http://www.winternet-scotland.co.uk/reports/macmountaineering/latest.htm <-- big ones
Outward journey: Monday 24 March 2008
0729 BIRMINGHAM N ST ------> 1150 GLASGOW CENTRAL (4h21') VIRGIN TRAINS VT6030
GLASGOW CENTRAL ------> GLASGOW QUEEN ST (30') I think we have to walk this
1221 GLASGOW QUEEN ST -----> 1606 FORT WILLIAM (3h45m) FIRST SCOTRAIL SR0605
According to the timetable: Sunday 23 March 2008
XXXX ABERYSTWYTH ----------> YYYY BIRMINGHAM N ST
for the ordered pairs f, f=(XXXX,YYYY)
f= (1234, 1711), (1534, 1958), (1715, 2217)
Pick one.
Return journey: Saturday 29 March 2008
0742 FORT WILLIAM ---------> 1128 GLASGOW QUEEN ST (3h46') FIRST SCOTRAIL SR0609
17' WAIT
1145 GLASGOW QUEEN ST -----> 1235 EDINBURGH (51') FIRST SCOTRAIL SR9775
29' WAIT
1205 EDINBURGH ------------> 1758 BIRMINGHAM N ST (4h53') CrossCountry XC2817
According to the timetable
1833 BIRMINGHAM N ST ------> 2122 ABERYSTWYTH
Going
- shigs (got train ticket omg!!)
- pthag (also have train ticket. £47.25 is the price of PRIVILEGE)
Warnings
http://wikitravel.org/en/Fort_William
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/he/fort_william_forecast_weather.html
Proper mountain forecast - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/loutdoor/mountainsafety/westhighland.html
Avalanche forecast - http://www.sais.gov.uk/page_lochaber.asp
http://www.mountaineering-scotland.org.uk/safety/nevis_bearing.html "if you get any red scotish mud/pete on your boots, scrap it off asap because its acidic"
Shigs Is Concerned About the Law
Wild camping is aloud with some restrictions
- be 100m away from roads
- not in enclosed fields
- try not to drink low land water (full of sheepshit but i dont need to tell you that)
- remove ALL traces that you've been there
- no more than 2 or 3 days in one place
- http://www.outdooraccess-scotland.com/default.asp?PageRef=3.2.1.1.
Manifest of Requisitions
^2 denotes it can be shared or what shigs has 2 of, shigs has these things so another form of notation would be redundant.
- Ruck sack for taking stuff to fort william ^2
- walking/day bag, smaller bag to take essentials up the mountain *2
- canoe bag ^2
- map ^2
- compass *2 (note that a very strict guy in a floppy hat and sandles may tell you that you need your own of the above 2 items)
- water bottle *2
- whistle *2
- fuel (enough for about a week) ^2
- stove ^2
- cooking pot ^2
- tent *2
- sleeping bag *2
- gloves *2
- very good boots! (got ma scarpas :D) *2
- waterproofs, that includes coat, trousers, preferably gaitors too *2
- warm under garments *2
- penknife *2
- torch(i've got like 4) ^2
- camera ^2
- game sense *2
- food stuffs, energy bars *2
- first aid kit, bandages, plasters, antiseptic cream
- fully charged mobile phone, if you've a spare mobile battery bring it.. *2
- hex stove and dry fuel ^2
- brew making kit with waterproof matches ^2
- dried biscuits ^2
- boiled sweets ^2
- High visability jacket for pthag (har har har)
Sights and Sounds
- Ben Nevis
- Oban distillery
- The Monty Python Castle
- ?Tobermory (distillery)
France
Going abroad is fun, unlikely to be much more expensive. Performing anti-EU subterfuge to avoid undermining of British sovereignty.