Arran in August

"Denis" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Hello,

I am part of a group of french scouts (18-21). We are
planning to visit the Isle of Arran during the second week
of August, for a 5-day roundtrip walk. Overall, the Island
seems beautiful, and there are certainly many places to
visit. I was wondering if there are any particular places
you would recommend ? We will not be in a hurry, and shall
go out of our way for spots or events worth seeing.
Goatfell seems to be one of these places. Any other
suggestions ?

Thanks, Denis

Hello Denis

We did a walk over the high ground near Lochranza in
the North of the island, returning along the beach to
the hostel.

Arran has a good bus service so going out of your way is
easy.

--
Adrian

check out my site for some ideas....

www.hughspicer.fsnet.co.uk

hit the Arran links...

"Denis" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hello,

I am part of a group of french scouts (18-21). We are
planning to visit

the

Quoted message said:

Isle of Arran during the second week of August, for a 5-
day roundtrip

walk.

Quoted message said:

Overall, the Island seems beautiful, and there are
certainly many places

to

Quoted message said:

visit. I was wondering if there are any particular places
you would recommend ? We will not be in a hurry, and shall
go out of our way for

spots

Quoted message said:

or events worth seeing. Goatfell seems to be one of these
places. Any

other

Quoted message said:

suggestions ?

Thanks, Denis

* The air of uk.rec.walking was filled with the
delicate perfume
* of violets, as Denis <[email hidden]> descended
on a shaft
* of golden sunlight, and announced:

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recommend ? We will not be in a hurry, and shall go out of
our way for spots or events worth seeing. Goatfell seems
to be one of these places. Any other suggestions ?

Watch your navigation, Denis! I basically got lost on the
complex ridge system around Goatfell a couple of years back.
The mist was coming and going, and it was windy so I didn't
want to get my map out of its case to unfold it (how do
others deal with this?). I didn't try too hard to find out
where I was, and kept going on the principle that I was
bound to hit the coast at some point!

Enjoy your visit!

Regards: Jim Ford

A big thank you for all these answers, they will prove very
useful this summer.

Have a nice day !

Denis

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:28:58 +0200, "Denis" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Hello,

I am part of a group of french scouts (18-21). We are
planning to visit the Isle of Arran during the second week
of August, for a 5-day roundtrip walk.

If you're camping, then make sure you have plenty of
industrial strength midge repellant, full body midge
nets, etc.
:-(
S.