Tyndrum

The meet was cancelled due to lack of interest.

 

Which is your loss as that weekend in Scotland had unbroken sunshine. The West Coast had been the place to be in May, especially Skye, which had had 4 weeks with insignificant rainfall and some roasting temperatures (sorry, Keith). The Ed was out in Knoydart performing the spring Tree count and vegetation monitoring (more new species to look up in the books), and the regeneration in some areas is fantastic. Just a little rain on the Thursday before and on Wednesday afterwards (though I was out on Blaven assisting in laying out insect traps), plus clearing low cloud and light showers on the 2nd Thursday, otherwise it was on with the suncream - even the midges were little trouble. The work was done early in the conditions so we had an opportunity for a full circuit of the excellent Ladhar Bheinn before I returned the kit to the JMT base on Skye. While there, just had to go into Coruisk for a couple of days and scramble on the Cuillin, and visit some unusual nooks and crannies. Never seen Coruisk so dry and the Ridge was a procession of people at all hours. The weather broke as I drove out of the carpark at Victoria Bridge for home on the Sunday - perfect!

Dave Bone

 

Keith Williams