htrider wrote:

whitestone wrote: This time we had the bothy to ourselves. There was no coal left and what wood there was was pretty damp but I found a couple of boy scouts to rub together and before long we had a reasonable fire.

Sorry Bob I used the few bits of dry stuff on the 23rd.... I left a few bits in a lattice stack next to the fire to help them dry, not sure if they were still there when you visited....

I vote for a meet up in Kielder at some point this year to allow a bit of cross border action. I'll post up dates in the '19 bam thread, all welcome

I may be up for that depending when and if your happy to have a bimbler whose in his own little world most of the time

The bothy book indicated a few visits between yours and ours so I doubt you put us at any disadvantage. There wasn't much dry wood at Kershopehead either.

Currently not stopped at Wainhope, Roughside or Green. Don't know how big the other two are but we stopped by Green and it's massive with three rooms plus a wood store.

Roughside is a 2 story house with plenty of room. Bit of a boggy trail to get there and appears to suffer from sporadic visits by bawbags, given the various signs around the area. Haughtongreen is another nice one, but quite small.

I vote for a meet up in Kielder at some point this year to allow a bit of cross border action. I'll post up dates in the '19 bam thread, all welcome

I could well be up for that if I can drag myself in to the land of the sociable for a change though currently really unfit following about a month of vertigo that finally seems to have gone.

Gonna head down to Newcastleton on Saturday actually all being well. Have the last week in March off for a 300 mile adventure down there

Green is a very nice bothy, good size, even had some phone signal there.
Not tried Wainhope though need to try and get there before the end of March this year when it closes for the summer.

Trying to catch up on my BAMs for the year before it never happens! 8/8 in August with my favourite riding buddy in Glen Quoich:





Short write-up on blog:
http://highlanddrifter.com/bam-2018-august

9/9 in September with adult company for a change! A short ride out from Dinnet to a hilltop bivy on Cnoc Dubh, which is a lovely spot with views of Loch Kinord one way and Lochnagar the other.





Another brief blog write up:

http://highlanddrifter.com/bam-2018-september

Purely admin for the sake of completeness and proof when I get round to ordering a badge for last year

October near Ryvoan:


http://highlanddrifter.com/bam-2018-october

November near Midmar:


http://highlanddrifter.com/bam-2018-november

December near Ballater:


http://highlanddrifter.com/bam-2018-december

BAM July 6/6 Completed – I started in February

Part of a bigger trip through the empty quarter of Mid Wales from Neath to Mach (and back)

Will write that up sometime, in the meantime spent Friday night just above Trap in the bivvy bag. A brilliant clear night after ham and boiled potatoes in the pub below. Enough of a breeze to be midge free !

Wrong year!

Sorry - my fault for resurrecting last year's due to my OCD!