Station Times Weather
50 years of Lochearnhead Edition 15th August 2012 - Volume 1, Issue 4
Views from a Movie
The West Highlands
Windy higher western areas at first. Thundery showers.
How Windy? Southerly typically 25 to on higher western summits 30mph, or for a few hours after dawn perhaps 40mph.
How Wet? Showers, mainly afternoon when in places they may merge into an hour or two of heavy rain; risk thunder.
Cloud on the hills? Extensive morning, but summits increasingly clearing. Cloud extensive on higher areas in the morning. However, the base will rise, clearing summits widely by early afternoon, especially Lochaber, but cloud will form below 600m near rain.
As the minibus drove away we were left standing at the side of a road, with no idea what lay behind the tall misty mountains we started to walk. It was the start of an adventure (until we stopped 100yrds later to tighten the straps of our bags) we walked and stopped and walked some more and stopped even more!. The hills in Scotland are energy destroying. As we walked on the scenes didn’t change much, pretty much all we could see was sheep and hills and clouds and sheep and hills and clouds.
Sunshine - Air clarity? Bursts of sunshine, mainly Lochaber in morning. Good visibility developing, although a haze and extensively foggy on higher slopes in morning. How Cold? o 11 C (at 900m) o 19 C (at Station)
Dinner Menu Starter: Soup
Main: Cottage Pie Sweetcorn Cabbage Served with Gravy
Dessert: Treacle Sponge with Jam and Custard
OOOO Lunch!!! The mountain experience was so much we all felt so relieved when we got to the Loch (as the walk was tiring) even got to sleep in the clouds – so much fun! Christian After a long morning of hot tea and rain we set off on an adventure to the peaks of Scotland with our rucksacks filled with underwear and socks along with tents, food and Trangias. We hiked to a loch which you could not see until you were 2 meters away. After surviving a long, wet and rainy night we set off after tea and a ‘mars bar’. It was all downhill on the last day and the sun came out. We even arrived at the minibus before the other team. Oscar Horwood
Catch This! Rachel manages to 'catch' a shuttle cock at end of her game in the most unusual manner. Getting it out again was just as hard as catching it with the racket