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Thank you very much! It was a fun one to do. Just subscribed to your good self as well!

Ah thanks mate, appreciate that so much. Take care and have a great Hogmanay 👍

You too!

Glad it is appreciated!

Ah, brilliant! I hope you get some good weather. There's so much to see and do. Hope you have a wonderful time!

@ I will Do even if it’s shit weather !!! The entire thing will be absolutely phenomenal believe you me :)

Ah, thank you! It's a great wee place (and I hope you get better weather than me!)

Thanks, Jonas! I've just watched your last video of the bothy trip aafter the corbett on the bike - loved it!

Thank you very much! It was a lovely place and I feellucky to be able to get out there and enjoy it. Thanks for tuning in (really, it is much appreciated).

Hello and thank you very much! Kearvaig has been on my list for some time and I'm hoping it's my next one. Guirdil is an amazing one to visit even though the bothy holds no heat at all. There were two nice chaps who stopped in for one night of the 10 I was there - other than that I had the place to myself and, if the bothy book is anything to go by, no one had been there for the 2 weeks prior to my visit.

@scottishtones Kearvaig remains the best bothy I've visited so far and I'm sure you'll love it. I'm definitely looking forward to visiting Rum and esp Guirdil Bothy although I hope I won't have the trek in the dark and that very deep burn crossing 😀 I'll also remember the 4 season sleeping bag 👍

I'll need to schedule Kearvaig in very soon for I still have itchy feet! The burn crossing is a little sketchy at times but there's a few places upstream that make it easier (just not in a weather warning). Hope you have a lovely time!

Ha! Thank you! It was the one jumper I managed to keep dry throughout. Fisherman vibes are an unexpected bonus!

I'd have loved a silky! It was a toss up between that and a pair of gloves. The silky is still a priority though!

The distress calls would have haunted me and put a downer on the trip. Was chuffed to see it reunited :)

Thank you! It's been a while since I've been able to get out and film but chuffed to know that at least someone likes them!

Thank you very much!

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Thank you very much! I'd recommend a camping hatchet, certainly. It's good for most things to prep for fire. There's not too much available wood at this bothy, so if you can I'd say definitely bring some in with you.

Ah, it must be interesting to see how it has developed and changed around there since! Do you go back to visit often?

Thank you! I hope you have a lovely stay if you're heading along there soon. A good one to bring loads of fuel into and get nice and cosy.

@scottishtones Ok thanks good thinking. As some years ago we stayed at Mark Cottage loch Long. I spent most of the night looking for driftwood and fallen branches. By the the end of the night it was a full house. Anyhow thanks for your reply.👍

It certainly has its corners of magnificence. Thank you very much and have a great day.

Hope you had a nice time - I've been off-radar so have only just picked this up.

@@scottishtones no worries. Just spent a couple of nights down in Galloway. Stayed on White Laggan and Tunskeen bothies and had them to just me and my mate. Amazing!

It's a cracking place in the winter - definitely keep an eye on the weather. The store in Durness sells coal and the main room in the bothy heats up really well with some coal. Hope you have a lovely time!

Hullo and thank you! With tents it depends on what kind of experience you're after. Super lightweight bivvy bags are excellent choices if you want to cut down on weight and you're reasonably certain you'll be happy sleeping in the bothy. With them you want to make sure you've a tarp or something similar to put keep things dry at night (the overall weight for this set up is still low though). I like to go with a two man tent as it gives me plenty of room for my bag and, in the event of wild weather, a little room for comfort when the outside conditions aren't great. Ensuring it's waterproof and well made are the only other things really. It's easy to spend a load of money on these things - I got a realatively cheap Vango tent when it was on sale and it's never given me much in the way of bother even in some fierce weather.

Taking the tent is always the right choice. Craig tends to be a bit quieter, I've found. The number of rooms makes it feel a little more private as well. If it turns out to be busy then there's some good camping to be had near the bothy or by heading straight down to the beach where a few ruins can be used as windbreaks if the weather is really bad. If you do go then I hope it's a lovely time!

Thank you very much. Glad to hear you're easing your way back into the hills, too.

It's a cracker and, as far as bothies go, not very busy. Looking forward to seeing/hearing how you get on with it!

From the ones I know, Strabeg would be the answer but it's a Stac Pollaidh kind of answer as it is so far north. I'd then maybe go for Craig Bothy in Torridon - mainly because of the views back down the path to Lower Diabaig are absolutely gorgeous and I did some sunset shots from the car there once and always remember it fondly. There will be plenty closer by too, these are just the ones that spring to mind and I do tend to go to the slightly further away ones.

@@scottishtones Torridon's not a bad drive for the scenery trade off. I'll check out Craig Bothy. Thanks!

Absolutely spot on. I love it for an introduction to climbing and to those who are looking to start enjoying the landscapes a bit more too. The summit views are incredible and so are the little nooks in the path on the way up. Atmospheric and what a view. (When I climbed Ben Venue recently I was a little stunned by just how small Ben A'an looks from the summit though!)

@@scottishtones I think its only competitor in the climb:view stakes is Stac Pollaidh, but as that's about 7 hours from the Central Belt it loses out.

Absolutely! This place, to be fair, is totally sheltered by the overhang and high slopes. I reckon it might even be a belter in the rain.

Thanks, Ursula! I spotted it while scouting with the drone. Was about to send it back to me and as I rotated it was just there. All said and done, I wouldn't mind being on a lilo in the sunshine either.

It's a nice wee swim and it's sheltered from the worst of the gusts down the Loch too. There's a wee tearoom at Inveruglas (closes at 4pm) which is a fine way to warm up afterwards. Hope you enjoy it!

Ha! Nowhere near as much as I'd like - plus this was only a short trip from Glasgow at least!

Ah, thanks very much. They're great wee places and making videos sometimes gives me the energy to explore - glad you enjoy them

Yup! Sometimes I get a bit annoyed about it, but when I expect to take stuff out then it mutes the annoyed response. :)

It's not bad place to be snowed in (Especially if you have coal with you). I think I'll be heading back there in Winter on the off-chance I get lucky and get some snow again!

Hullo! Thanks for the feedback - I've had the odd question about camping spaces recently so will definitely be including it in videos moving forwards (and kind of touch on it in my next one). Thanks again!

Yup. Plus, popping them on to go to the toilet is far better than sleepily putting the boots back on. I tend to strap them to the outside of my pack as they're unlikely to suffer serious damage regardless of what they're subjected to!

Thanks, man. Should have the planning one out in the next week or two as well. Aiming to get a hill or two in, then a bothy, then maybe a couple of camping ones.

It's some location, eh? I've yet to go there in summer but I bet it's even better!

Thanks very much!

As the rocks suddenly fell away, there was definitely an involuntary noise as my lungs realised what was going on.

Hullo! Ah, glad/hoping you found it useful. To the bike I'd say yes. The track is pretty well made the whole way and the river crossing is only an issue if there's been very heavy rain. There is one boggy stretch immediately after the river which might be a little bit cumbersome with a bike, but the track looks like it'd be great for it. There's some flat ground to the side of the bothy (the left side as you approach it) which looked like it could happily take a few tents.

My favourite bit, too. If anything, that was my time to shine.

You're not wrong... (with a stopwatch)

Thank you, sir. It's a good wee spot and very peaceful. I reckon I'll go back and explore a bit more when time allows too. Hope you get out to it soon.

Thank you! It was a nice trip. somewhere I've driven past without much thought before too. Good to be making them again and glad (and thankful) you enjoyed.

The scenery is lovely there. One of the most peaceful ones I've been to (the lack of wind those days may actually count for that).