Re: TR: Inverpolly

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Richard G. wrote:

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Few photo's posted
www.gosney.plus.com/inverpolly/html/inverpolly.html

Sensational photo's! Many thanks for posting.

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Richard G. said:

Took a trip up to Inverpolly last week, my first time in this area and
hopefully not the last.

Day 1.
Arrived in Inverness on the Caledonian sleeper and drove across to

Ullapool

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and then up to Loch Buine Mhoir, where we put into the water in canoes.
Across Boat Bay and into Loch Sionascaig we camped on Eilean Mor for the
night.

Day 2.
Paddled down Loch Sionascaig and pulled the canoes up the river into

Lochan

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Gainmheich. Made camp on the shore before paddling round to Loch an

Doire

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Dhuibh and a swift walk up Stac Pollaidh.

Day 3.
Rafted a couple of canoes together, made a sail and had a sail along

Loch an

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Doire Dhuibh in the morning. Had a stroll up to Lochan Dearg a'Chuil

Mhoir

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on Cul Mor in the afternoon, weather warm enough for a little dip in the
water.

Day 4.
Back down the river into Loch Sionascaig and paddled up into the

furthest

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north inlet before a portage into Loch a'Ghille. Paddled up Loch

a'Ghille

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before another portage to Fionn Loch. Paddled down Fionn Loch and made a
camp just before Loch Veyatie. Absolutely exhausting day!

Day 5.
Climbed Suilven (Caisteal Liath only) and back to camp at Fionn Loch. A

bit

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cloudy on the very top of Suilven, which was a shame as the weather had

been

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near perfect for the last 4 days.

Day 6.
Weather was grim today. Pulled the boats up into Loch Veyatie, rafted

them

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together and sailed almost all the way to Elphin before the wind got up

too

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much. Hitched back to Loch Buine Moire to pick-up the truck and back

down to

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Ullapool for a welcome shower and a nice bit of music in the Ferry Boat

Inn.

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All in all an excellent trip. Weather really was superb and enough

breeze to

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keep the midgies down. Ticks were in abundance, but just hatching, so

lots

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of very small ones, only nasty moment was removing a little fat one from

my

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brother-in-laws left buttock!!

that must of been absolutly awful for you, I wouldn't of been able to do
that for my brother in law!

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Few photo's posted
www.gosney.plus.com/inverpolly/html/inverpolly.html

Regards,
Richard G.

Wow!

My thoughts too, this is one of my favourite areas, fantastic countryside!

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As someone who has never done the canoe bit - but would love to try it -
that looks absolutely superb! Glenmore Lodge do a similar trip - I must
find out when and how much.

I've never done the canoe bit either but quite fansy it, great way of
finding differant routes into the hills, also must be good for wild camping,
no restrictions on weight, take stuff in like...... a couple of six packs
etc!

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From http://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk. . .

A course based north of Ullapool in the magical area of Stac Pollaidh,
Suilven and the Summer Isles. Link the many lochs with bits of fast
flowing river in open canoes, or paddle out to one of the Summer Isles
if the sea is calm. Better still combine paddling with an ascent of one
the spectacular remote peaks of the area. Accommodation is in chalets,
all food is provided - self-catering for breakfast and lunch, with
dinner provided in a local Inn.

Pre-requisites
None, just a sense of adventure and a passion for wild places.With all
our kayaking courses there is no specific requirement to be able to
swim and you will always be equipped with a buoyancy aid. However,
being confident about falling into and floating about in cold water is
important. For some courses at the start and end of the season and
those that cover white water rescue we can provide dry suits.

We are not offering proficiency awards below 4 Star. We can later
assess 4 Star awards on our intermediate level kayaking and canoeing
courses provided you already hold the 3 Star award in the relevant
discipline.

Duration : 5 days
Dates : 2005 - Aug 21-26 2006 - To be Confirmed
Cost: £440.00

A possible URW Expedition??

druidh

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Duration : 5 days
Dates : 2005 - Aug 21-26 2006 - To be Confirmed
Cost: =A3440.00

A possible URW Expedition??

Sounds a good idea... I had the pleasure of swimming in Loch
Sionascaig last summer, and it looks pretty good for paddling.

Richard Webb

On 16 Jun 2005 03:40:11 -0700, "druidh" <[email hidden]> wrote:

| Duration : 5 days
| Dates : 2005 - Aug 21-26 2006 - To be Confirmed
| Cost: £440.00
|
| A possible URW Expedition??
|

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:24:31 GMT, [email hidden] (Richard Webb) wrote:

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| >Duration : 5 days
| >Dates : 2005 - Aug 21-26 2006 - To be Confirmed
| >Cost: =A3440.00
| >
| >A possible URW Expedition??

Spot the difference.

One must not use anything above ASCII 126 on usenet.

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Usenet - wot's that then? And what's an ASCII 126, some kind of
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http://groups-beta.google.com

druidh

Well - there would be a *bit* of walking. . . . .

druidh

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From http://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk. . .

A course based north of Ullapool in the magical area of Stac Pollaidh,
Suilven and the Summer Isles. Link the many lochs with bits of fast
flowing river in open canoes, or paddle out to one of the Summer Isles
if the sea is calm. Better still combine paddling with an ascent of one
the spectacular remote peaks of the area. Accommodation is in chalets,
all food is provided - self-catering for breakfast and lunch, with
dinner provided in a local Inn.

Pre-requisites
None, just a sense of adventure and a passion for wild places.With all
our kayaking courses there is no specific requirement to be able to
swim and you will always be equipped with a buoyancy aid. However,
being confident about falling into and floating about in cold water is
important. For some courses at the start and end of the season and
those that cover white water rescue we can provide dry suits.

We are not offering proficiency awards below 4 Star. We can later
assess 4 Star awards on our intermediate level kayaking and canoeing
courses provided you already hold the 3 Star award in the relevant
discipline.

Duration : 5 days
Dates : 2005 - Aug 21-26 2006 - To be Confirmed
Cost: £440.00

A possible URW Expedition??

Brilliant idea, i just love the "Off Topicness" of it all, Walking group has
meet in a canoe!
If it was just 2 day i would be up for it :-)

druidh

On 16 Jun 2005 05:15:54 -0700, "druidh" <[email hidden]> wrote:

| Usenet - wot's that then? And what's an ASCII 126, some kind of
| medicine?

http://www.lookuptables.com/

Well the pound sign is one of them I always use GBP.

Above 126 things others may see anything at all.

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Dave Fawthrop said:

On 16 Jun 2005 05:15:54 -0700, "druidh" <[email hidden]> wrote:

| Usenet - wot's that then? And what's an ASCII 126, some kind of
| medicine?

http://www.lookuptables.com/

Well the pound sign is one of them I always use GBP.

Above 126 things others may see anything at all.

Although a large majority of news systems and clients will attempt to do
"the right thing". (There's some son-of-RFC mumble attempting to clarify
this.)

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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:40:37 +0100, John Laird <[email hidden]>
wrote:

| On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:55:15 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
| <[email hidden]> wrote:
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| >On 16 Jun 2005 05:15:54 -0700, "druidh" <[email hidden]> wrote:
| >
| >| Usenet - wot's that then? And what's an ASCII 126, some kind of
| >| medicine?
| >
| >http://www.lookuptables.com/
| >
| >Well the pound sign is one of them I always use GBP.
| >
| >Above 126 things others may see anything at all.
|
| Although a large majority of news systems and clients will attempt to do
| "the right thing". (There's some son-of-RFC mumble attempting to clarify
| this.)

Because usenet (what we are using at the moment) "just growed" like Topsy,
and nobody owns or controls any part of it, it will IMO never work as
anyone would wish. It is IMO a wonder that it works as well as it does.

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Dave Fawthrop said:

Because usenet (what we are using at the moment) "just growed"
like Topsy, and nobody owns or controls any part of it, it will
IMO never work as anyone would wish. It is IMO a wonder that it
works as well as it does.

With respect ....

http://www.ietf.org

Can them what try and define how things should be done be blamed when
others don't comply ?

There is still, however, a lot of junk hanging around that should have
long since disappeared.

Chris

Dave Fawthrop said:

Because usenet (what we are using at the moment) "just growed" like Topsy,
and nobody owns or controls any part of it, it will IMO never work as
anyone would wish. It is IMO a wonder that it works as well as it does.

Perhaps you meant "as everyone would wish". It works just fine for me ;-)

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On 16 Jun 2005 08:08:22 -0700, "Chris Gilbert" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

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| Dave Fawthrop wrote:
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| > Because usenet (what we are using at the moment) "just growed"
| > like Topsy, and nobody owns or controls any part of it, it will
| > IMO never work as anyone would wish. It is IMO a wonder that it
| > works as well as it does.
|
| With respect ....
|
| http://www.ietf.org
|
| Can them what try

The operative word is *try*

| and define how things should be done be blamed when
| others don't comply ?

No but as they do not *own* or have any real *power* over usenet, things
will just muddle on as usual :-(

| There is still, however, a lot of junk hanging around that should have
| long since disappeared.

I suppose you have the right to dispose of other peoples property?

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On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 16:16:10 +0100, John Laird <[email hidden]>
wrote:

| On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 15:57:48 +0100, Dave Fawthrop
| <[email hidden]> wrote:
|
| >Because usenet (what we are using at the moment) "just growed" like Topsy,
| >and nobody owns or controls any part of it, it will IMO never work as
| >anyone would wish. It is IMO a wonder that it works as well as it does.
|
| Perhaps you meant "as everyone would wish". It works just fine for me ;-)

The post propagation system is still as full of holes as a colander. If
you haven't seen some post lost for no apparent reason you are very lucky.

I see things like GBP440 changed to Australian dollars 3440 and such like
much too often to say it works fine.

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In Article <[email hidden]>,"Stuart" <[email hidden]>

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Ticks were in abundance, but just hatching, so lots
of very small ones, only nasty moment was removing a little fat one from
my brother-in-laws left buttock!!

that must of been absolutly awful for you, I wouldn't of been able to do
that for my brother in law!

He owes me and he know it!!

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I've never done the canoe bit either but quite fansy it, great way of
finding differant routes into the hills, also must be good for wild camping,

Yep the camps were pretty exquisite.

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no restrictions on weight, take stuff in like...... a couple of six packs
etc!

Or a 3litre box of a cheeky little red number!!

Regards,
Richard G.

In Article <[email hidden]>,"druidh"

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From http://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk. . .

I didn't mention this bit, but I got pulled out of the Wilderness Scotland
draw at the Outdoors Show last year and this was the trip I won.

See www.wildernessscotland.com/trip-28

Although the trip was run by www.beyondadventure.co.uk, who also organise
similar things.

Regards,
Richard G.

Dave Fawthrop said:

No but as they do not *own* or have any real *power* over
usenet

I disagree with that assertion, Dave. They certainly do not
own it but when the IETF has members from every significant
IT company on the planet I think that they have an awful lot
of power. The Internet wouldn't work at all if the IETF didn't
have any power.

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I suppose you have the right to dispose of other peoples property?

No, but if you want your software to work on the net then you
follow the RFCs. To the letter. Where IETF has failed is in
allowing variants on certain key standards to mollify the likes
of Microsoft.

Chris

On 16 Jun 2005 08:36:33 -0700, "Chris Gilbert" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

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|
| Dave Fawthrop wrote:
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| > No but as they do not *own* or have any real *power* over
| > usenet
|
| I disagree with that assertion, Dave. They certainly do not
| own it but when the IETF has members from every significant
| IT company on the planet I think that they have an awful lot
| of power. The Internet wouldn't work at all if the IETF didn't
| have any power.

You are describing influence rather than power :-(

| > I suppose you have the right to dispose of other peoples property?
|
| No, but if you want your software to work on the net then you
| follow the RFCs. To the letter. Where IETF has failed is in
| allowing variants on certain key standards to mollify the likes
| of Microsoft.

Where influence breaks down :-(

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