Who wants to go to Mallaig next Saturday?

[Lianachan]

Originally Posted by wullie m

Don't know what that south shore is like to walk, it would bring you to Sourlies Bothy, not great & a bit ratty unless it's changed.
I have taken the Spanish John to Inverie and walked to Sourlies that way, ended up at the train at Spean Bridge. Rough country, a pub at either end, nothing in between. wullie.

I've not been in to Inverie yet, although I intend to. I know the Glenfinnan - Spean route quite well, as I've had at it from both ends but have never set out to walk it all in the one sitting. The Loch Arkaig and Spean Bridge area I know particularly well (I did a chunk of my childhood there). I'll have to take a metal detector and a shovel if I'm going along the south of that loch, eh?

[wullie m]

I don't think it's much walked Lianachan. Did the south side of Lock Arkaig yonks ago, a nightmare of boulders and tall heather, had to sleep in a wee Argo shed in Glen Camagoury, worst ever walk, had to climb the hill to make progress. Even the keepers had never done it. A night in the wee electric bothy and train hame. Invermallie might be worth the metal detecting. Old Davie Cameron who last lived there, left thousands in a biscuit tin under one of the stair treads. It went to a nephew in Spean Bridge. He was born at Glenmallie, now a ruin, apparently his mother moved there after she married, from Locheil side, she had a big family and never left that house till they carried her out in a coffin. Commando Bar was our HQ for years, Hughie the manager a great guy, and wife Amy. Ex polis (Slider) owned it then.

wullie.

[Lianachan]

Originally Posted by wullie m

I don't think it's much walked Lianachan. Did the south side of Lock Arkaig yonks ago, a nightmare of boulders and tall heather, had to sleep in a wee Argo shed in Glen Camagoury, worst ever walk, had to climb the hill to make progress. Even the keepers had never done it. A night in the wee electric bothy and train hame. Invermallie might be worth the metal detecting. Old Davie Cameron who last lived there, left thousands in a biscuit tin under one of the stair treads. It went to a nephew in Spean Bridge. He was born at Glenmallie, now a ruin, apparently his mother moved there after she married, from Locheil side, she had a big family and never left that house till they carried her out in a coffin. Commando Bar was our HQ for years, Hughie the manager a great guy, and wife Amy. Ex polis (Slider) owned it then.

wullie.

I only have limited experience of the southern shore of Loch Arkaig. I've camped where the Allt Camgharaidh, up near the west end of the loch, flows into it. Did that a couple of times, accessed by boat from the other side. I was only joking about the metal detector, I don't have one and don't fancy one (plus, I bet that French gold wasn't in the ground for more than a fortnight!). Like everybody else, it's the north shore I know better. Used to cycle to Tigh Nan Saighdearan and back to Spean quite regularly when I was a wee laddie. Loch Arkaig, I think, is one of the most beautiful places in Scotland. I mean, have you seen it in google street view? It even looks stunning there!

[wullie m]

Superb loch Lianachan, it's never been hydro'ed, home of big arctic char. Do you mean the wee gable end with a window?
The small schoolhouse at the end of the road, is where Norman MacLean, scholar & comedian, attended,when he was evacuated from Glasgow to stay with his grandfather during the war. Gramps was the keeper at Glendessary. Himself and his cousins were a wild lot, the teacher couldn't cope, and MacLean was sent to his other grandparents in Uist.
Re' the forked purses of Prince Charlie, I heard a story of a lame cow on the north shore which was found to have a Louis D'Or jammed in the hoof! I suspect Cluny took quite a bit! wullie.