Station Times
50 years of Lochearnhead Edition 14th August 2012 - Volume 1, Issue 3
Weather
Explorers Discover Scotland is Hilly!
The West Highlands
Bursts of thundery gales higher slopes.
rain;
How Windy? Southeasterly, in the range 35 to 45mph gusts up to 65mph.
How Wet? Bursts of heavy rain from time to time particularly afternoon. Risk of thunder. Generally most rain on mountains accessible from and south of the A85.
Cloud on the hills? Cloud base will vary; lowest and most persistent Loch Lomond NP, where cloud may often be below 450m and rarely above 750m. Elsewhere, breaks may develop to higher summits, particularly N Lochaber, but still below 600m at times.
Sunshine - Air clarity?
The explorers went on a 3 day hike in the mountains as a part of their Chief Scouts Diamond Award. This meant they had to plan the route, decide what kit they would need to take, the food they wanted among other things. They worked so hard on this trip, when they returned they were unable to give us a complete interview but they did manage to give us these quotes before disappearing to the depths of their cabin: ‘The hills in Scotland are very hilly’ – George After stepping into an exceptionally deep highland cowpat ‘I thought it was a stone’ – Lewis Hold aloft a sheep’s skull ‘What make of animal is this?’ – Ciaran Very heavy packs, because we had to carry our tent, Trangia and food. We found a ram’s head and stag antlers – George, Adam, Ciaran, Alex, Rachel, Chris & James It is believed the Explorers on whole the explorers had a good time!
Wheels and Paddles
The occasional glimpses of sunshine. Hazy throughout the day, and widely foggy across the hills, especially south. How Cold? o 10 C (at 900m) o 19 C (at Station)
Dinner Menu
The kayaking after lunch was great fun but it made your arms ache the best bit was capsizing others. Harry and Adam were teaming up on Steven our leader who splashed and tried to tip us in but luckily I stayed up unfortunately Adam went under!
Starter: Soup
Main: Chicken Casserole New Potatoes Green Beans Cauliflower
Dessert: Rhubard and custard
The trip was quite pleasant because we were going downhill; we had a slow race to see who could go the slowest without falling off their bike or putting their foot down! Joe was the super snail, we had a worlds slowest crash! – Rufus Patrol J In the morning the cyclists went up hill and it was very hard work, we fell off lots of times – Harry Patrol K