tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post2795172019037346920..comments2024-03-27T00:02:28.418+00:00Comments on Alex and Bob`s Blue Sky Scotland: Sgurr Coire Choinnichean.Knoydart.Last Part.blueskyscotlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-51215536238005655932013-05-01T11:44:05.928+01:002013-05-01T11:44:05.928+01:00Hi Ann.
I'm sure you will love it when you go...Hi Ann. <br />I'm sure you will love it when you go. Its a lovely village. Myself and Alex are pretty spoiled when it comes to wilderness areas. As we are not doing the 3000 footers anymore, (Munro's)but just walk the unfashionable lesser hills these days we rarely see anyone on our trips. It just came as a bit of a shock to discover other people around and a busy campsite. It was an exceptionally good spring that year and a rare heat wave which would draw folk in from hundreds of miles around.<br />We be wild mountain men now. Log cabins and bear wrestling is the nearest we get to a good time.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-5690253366505146842013-04-28T04:16:20.886+01:002013-04-28T04:16:20.886+01:00Enjoying your blog. I hope to go to Knoydart in 20...Enjoying your blog. I hope to go to Knoydart in 2016. I must admit that I discovered this area by researching my ancestors and discovered they left this area in 1786 on the Ship Macdonald for Glengarry Canada. They were Donald Macdonald and Catherine Macgillis. The computer may mean more people arrive on the doorstep of Inverie but compared to living in a city the size of Melbourne Australia; Inverie looks remote to me. Blogs like this just stir me up into making this trip to Scotland happen. Thanks for sharing your treks.annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650818099160322943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-46038556343241438752012-06-12T13:39:40.038+01:002012-06-12T13:39:40.038+01:00Fun, honest report of what looked to be a hot trip...Fun, honest report of what looked to be a hot trip.<br /><br />I've still not been to Inverie - only walked into Barrisdale - but I think I'll leave it until the 'off-season' for tourists in the hope that it will be quieter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-6737373060357163952012-06-06T00:31:30.880+01:002012-06-06T00:31:30.880+01:00Cheers for the local view guys.I was a bit worried...Cheers for the local view guys.I was a bit worried about adding that part as it is a lovely village and as you say folk are not going to turn down an opportunity to make money if its on the doorstep.A lot of highland villages have little to keep the young people there due to a lack of job prospects for them.<br />I try my best to write an accurate description of any area I visit but as its only an outsiders viewpoint passing through it may not always be the same as a locals point of view.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-58944464157496403192012-06-05T12:34:30.510+01:002012-06-05T12:34:30.510+01:00I've lived in Knoydart for 10 years, and I agr...I've lived in Knoydart for 10 years, and I agree with Jim that Inverie has changed hugely over that time. Much of this is down to private enterprise, with residents providing what visitors want (high-end accommodation nowadays). You're right, it shouldn't be marketed as a wilderness any more, but I suppose it sounds better than a "luxury hot-tub destination". I sometimes worry that it'll turn into Disneyland, and I suppose, to some people, it already has. I find the whole tourism / wilderness issue fascinating: we don't really have the capacity of the big parks in America, so you inevitably run into conflicts (ie a stag group being in the same place as you when all you want is a quiet evening). Inverie is unique in that it is theoretically hard to get to, and therefore remote: but it's actually only a ten-minute speed boat ride from the train station.<br /><br />I would echo above sentiments about finding your own wilderness: you only need to walk 10 minutes out of Inverie, strike off the road, and you could walk all day without meeting another person.<br /><br />Great blog; really enjoyed reading it.Tommynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-12821509246722646582012-06-05T09:53:44.122+01:002012-06-05T09:53:44.122+01:00I've lived in Knoydart for 7 years and have no...I've lived in Knoydart for 7 years and have noticed a steady but noticeable increase in summer tourist traffic to the point of saturation, mainly around the village and to a certain extent on the Munros and the "walks in" from Glenfinnan and Kinlochhourn. We get journalists here every summer writing wholly inaccurate "Last wilderness in Europe" nonsense for glossy magazines and newspaper supplements. For truly wild places head to northern Scandinavia. Having said that, there are still plenty of quiet corners on the peninsula - I'm not going to tell you where they are - and Knoydart in winter has a completely different feel. I prefer life here in winter than I do in summer.@KnoydartJimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-26636731326818976772012-06-03T00:49:01.258+01:002012-06-03T00:49:01.258+01:00I've still been going out every day walking bu...I've still been going out every day walking but have been sticking to firm, dry surfaces. I'm hoping this break doesn't make me more cowardly though... I was just starting to do a bit better!Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-23744820192282715172012-06-02T01:00:24.398+01:002012-06-02T01:00:24.398+01:00Hi Carol.
The main thing is dont rush it too much....Hi Carol.<br />The main thing is dont rush it too much.Relax.Years ago I had a freind who was super driven and could never sit still.Even after she broke her leg she used to hop up and down the street most nights to keep her good leg and body at peak fitness.She ended up falling over and making it worse.A cautionary tale!blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-61369450352407254552012-06-02T00:47:26.514+01:002012-06-02T00:47:26.514+01:00How dare you! She,s 27 Jim.Your taking the piss no...How dare you! She,s 27 Jim.Your taking the piss now and mis-reading wot I rote:)<br />Also,although a lovely place, Inverie, when I was there at least, felt more like a tourist destination village rather than an Isolated wilderness.<br />Clyde Muirsheil Regional park feels more empty and remote even though its right next to Glasgow. <br />As to the last comment...Tell that to the people working in the salt mines :)<br />I,ve got my confrontational sod head on tonight after watching Punk Britannia on TV:)blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-84129246241177473122012-06-02T00:43:48.042+01:002012-06-02T00:43:48.042+01:00Very humorous post as always! ;-)
I'm hoping ...Very humorous post as always! ;-)<br /><br />I'm hoping to be in Knoydart in September if my arm gets better in time!<br />CarolCarolhttp://www.mountaincowardadventures.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-5910342969927283442012-06-01T20:41:14.411+01:002012-06-01T20:41:14.411+01:00I love the detail and humour you put in your posts...I love the detail and humour you put in your posts Bob.<br />I'd forgotten what sweat rashes were until I got dehydrated. My last sweat rash was a double shift on the Coke Oven lids around 1970.<br />Poor old Keira Knightley will never know what she's missed. I didn't know though that she was approaching 60, ugly and skint. Beauty is in the eye of the beholden Bob.<br />Some fantastic scenery in this series of posts Bob.<br />I think your right about it being a remote wilderness. I just think that more and more people are coming to realize that the more outdoor time they get, the longer they'll live.<br />Cheers, Slainte,Scholl,NostroviaThe Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-36621107445001506772012-05-31T09:28:47.396+01:002012-05-31T09:28:47.396+01:00Cheers Gavin.
Yeah, I spent a night in Barrisdale
...Cheers Gavin.<br />Yeah, I spent a night in Barrisdale<br />must be 10 to fifteen years ago.That bloody generator started up just as we were going to sleep right outside the window.We got about 2 hours sleep when it stopped then the Cockerel started as it was mid June and light around 3.00 am.We had a tiny tent but the midges were shocking.<br />We got up at 5am for a 12 hour day on the hills completely shattered.<br />Good Fun though.blueskyscotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373718369702364265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429013260986201371.post-25698848420684919252012-05-31T08:42:06.346+01:002012-05-31T08:42:06.346+01:00I agree completely, Knoydart, spectacular though i...I agree completely, Knoydart, spectacular though it is, is consistently missold as Europe's last great wilderness. And it's not just Inverie. I made my first visit to Barrisdale after being inspired by McNiesh and his rather purple prose which gave no hint that the icy bothy had a noisy generator right beside it, or that in the adjacent house the shepherd would be using the electricity this produced to watch satellite TV! We camped anyhow, and the memory of the moonlit walk in down the shores of Loch Hourn, with snow almost to sea level is one that will always be with me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12158098044713574248noreply@blogger.com