TR: Elvis on Schiehallion

"Graham Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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If you were on Schiehallion today please let me start with
an apology, not only did we take up half the car park, we
had 3 Elvis look-a-likes and a number of Viking warriors
climbing the hill ! It was the annual company charity hill
climb and this year we had 34 people successfully summit
on Schiehallion raising about £5000 for the National
Autistic Society. Well Done to all my colleagues and their
families who attended, most of whom were on a hill for the
first time ever. Ages ranged from 6 years old to almost 60
and all had a great time ~ we even made some other walkers
on the hill smile as well !

Well done to you too! It would have made me smile to see the
Elvi walking by, singing "Lord, you gave me a mountain", one
of his lesser known gospel numbers.

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For the record, the new John Muir Trust footpath from the
car park makes this hill even easier by taking a slightly
longer but less steep approach to the ridge.

Is this a pay and display?

KRO

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Mind you, I was suprised at how popular Schiehallion was
when I was

there

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and that was out of season!

Still a very popular hill. there must have been another 40
to 50 on it on Sunday in addition to our 34. Not the place
for solitude !

cheers Graham

"KRO" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Graham Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote
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For the record, the new John Muir Trust footpath from
the car park makes this hill even easier by taking a
slightly longer but less steep approach to the ridge.

Is this a pay and display?

No, it's just a regular car park, albeit a bit small for
the kind of attention that Schiehallion attracts in mid-
summer. It does have a toilet with running water, though,
which is handy!

Regarding the path, it's much better than the mess of the
old route but it's a lot like the walk up to the local
supermarket - smooth, hard, and with a few steps
occasionally. Had I known, I'd have worn trainers.

It's not as bad as Great / Green Gable, which is the only
Lake District hill I've been on. If they all have that kind
of stonework then it'll be the last as well.

Colin