Bit Windy T'other Night

In message <[email hidden]>, AndyP
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Was anyone out camping in the rough weather last Tuesday night? Someone
today told me that tents and awnings were getting trashed on the site
their friends were at in North Wales. If I hadn't by chance noticed a
weather forecast of "severe upland gales" pinned at Lin of Dee I'd have
been getting blown about somewhere on the top of Ben Macdui. Even
though the weather didn't look at all bad early evening and the forecast
wasn't up to date having been printed on Saturday I decided I might as
well play safe and pitched at the bottom of the Lairig Ghru, just below
the tree line in the Rothiemurchus. Still turned out to be a very windy
night but the tent managed to survive pretty well.

Probably lucky you weren't on Ben MacDui. The wind reached 108 mph on
Cairn Gorm.

Chris Townsend said:

In message <[email hidden]>, AndyP
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Was anyone out camping in the rough weather last Tuesday night? Someone
today told me that tents and awnings were getting trashed on the site
their friends were at in North Wales. If I hadn't by chance noticed a
weather forecast of "severe upland gales" pinned at Lin of Dee I'd have
been getting blown about somewhere on the top of Ben Macdui. Even
though the weather didn't look at all bad early evening and the forecast
wasn't up to date having been printed on Saturday I decided I might as
well play safe and pitched at the bottom of the Lairig Ghru, just below
the tree line in the Rothiemurchus. Still turned out to be a very windy
night but the tent managed to survive pretty well.

Probably lucky you weren't on Ben MacDui. The wind reached 108 mph on
Cairn Gorm.

Aaah, an Argos tent would have survived it. They are brillint. Unless you
pitch them side on to the wind as I have found....

"Chris Townsend" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Probably lucky you weren't on Ben MacDui. The wind reached 108 mph on
Cairn Gorm.

Still, look on the bright side, it wasn't very wet to go with it and the
moon came out a couple of times. It was very nice on Braeriach last
Saturday night but unfortunately I was too tired to appreciate it having
had little sleep on the overnight coach and then suffered a bit in the
heat of the sun on the walk up from Glen Einich.

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Was anyone out camping in the rough weather last Tuesday night?

Yes, I was. I was in the cheap'n'cheerful family tent in Porlock, and
inspection of the field on Wednesday morning revealed that my tent was
the only one being gently flattened. For those who want to know,
Freecamp are not recommended as a make of all-weather tents.
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In message <[email hidden]>, AndyP
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"Chris Townsend" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Probably lucky you weren't on Ben MacDui. The wind reached 108 mph on
Cairn Gorm.

Still, look on the bright side, it wasn't very wet to go with it and the
moon came out a couple of times. It was very nice on Braeriach last
Saturday night but unfortunately I was too tired to appreciate it having
had little sleep on the overnight coach and then suffered a bit in the
heat of the sun on the walk up from Glen Einich.

I was up on Ben MacDui on Monday and the weather was excellent with good
views. It was starting to get chilly though with a cool west wind and a
summit temperature of 10C.

Chris Townsend said:

I was up on Ben MacDui on Monday and the weather was excellent with good
views. It was starting to get chilly though with a cool west wind and a
summit temperature of 10C.

That's warm up there - IIRC the mean annual temperature at the Cairngorm
weather station is 2C!

Jim Ford

In message <[email hidden]>, Jim Ford
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Chris Townsend said:

I was up on Ben MacDui on Monday and the weather was excellent with
good views. It was starting to get chilly though with a cool west
wind and a summit temperature of 10C.

That's warm up there - IIRC the mean annual temperature at the
Cairngorm weather station is 2C!

But not in August!

"Chris Townsend" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I was up on Ben MacDui on Monday and the weather was excellent with

good

Quoted message said:

views. It was starting to get chilly though with a cool west wind and

a

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summit temperature of 10C.

I was enjoying views over that way from Ben a'Bhuird at the time & then
on to Ben Avon. Anyway, a quick question: There was a metal spike in
the ground by the side of the path up Ben a'Bhuird towards the top
sticking a few inches out of the ground with a circular metal head a
couple of inches in diameter with a small central area that looked maybe
like some kind of sensor. Any ideas what it was?

AndyP said:

I was enjoying views over that way from Ben a'Bhuird at the time & then
on to Ben Avon. Anyway, a quick question: There was a metal spike in
the ground by the side of the path up Ben a'Bhuird towards the top
sticking a few inches out of the ground with a circular metal head a
couple of inches in diameter with a small central area that looked maybe
like some kind of sensor. Any ideas what it was?

I've seen those dotted around the Cairngorms and wondered what the were.
I'd be interested in any replies>

Jim Ford