Come to Scotland, Jim.  We have proper hills. 

It's Suilven, in Sutherland.  Beautiful part of the country.  Not my picture by the way.

Unlikely wrote:

It's Suilven, in Sutherland.  Beautiful part of the country.  Not my picture by the way.

I may well have to go and conquer that sucker.

Best bit about walking in Scotland is the isolation. You can die here no problem and nobody would know. When I moved up here I remember in the news a fighter jet was doing under-radar flying and it had gone missing, and although presumed crashed nobody knew exactly where it had gone down. Some guy out walking found the wreckage a few days later. I suppose satellites are better now but still.

davyK wrote:

That mountain shot is proper LoTR stuff. Amazing.

Taken by a photographer called Colin Prior.  His stuff is all over the calendars and postcards around here. 

https://colinprior.co.uk/

That said, you don't have to be Colin Prior to get a good photo of Suilven.  It's magnificent.

Unlikely wrote:

you don't have to be Colin Prior to get a good photo of Suilven.  It's magnificent.

Have you done it? How difficult/long is the hike?

This might be of interest, Jim.

Went here a few weeks ago. I've not really been out discovering near where I live, but I try and pop out each weekend now.

It says Gran Canaria on the top of the post there, but I'm not convinced the bottom image isn't from somewhere within Jurassic Park.

Well I think we aren't actually following a trail here.



Had 4 days of rain so there was quite a bit of water in the river, must have missed the trail at some point. Didn't help that after rain there's often a chance of loose rocks falling down so we had to climb over those as well. There might have been a lot of cursing and almost crying from my side. I was just getting so tired and my mind kept imagining snakes between the rocks.

Found the trail again later when we couldn't go any further. Saw the waterfall at the end (there usually isn't one). Never want to do this again.

Yeah there were some pretty views, but not sure if I'll do something like that again. One of us could have easily fallen, there's no phone reception, and since there's a government shutdown there are no rangers around (you have to fill in your name at the start of the trail, but if no one is checking than that's not much use). Let's not talk about the insurance situation (we are insured but it'll never be as good as in the EU).


Took the easy way back to the car though, was pretty tired by then and the sun started to set. Think B said we walked about 16km in the end.

What a view, great pics Nina.

Looks like you could continue the Pacific North West all the way to the East Coast. No need for planes. I'd need to do the Pacific Crest first though, that goes from San Diego all the way up the the Canada border.
If I hadn't talked myself into an irrational fear of mountain lions, I definitely would do that.

nick_md wrote:

What a view, great pics Nina.

If it wasn't for things like this I don't think I'd enjoy America as much tbh.

Here's yesterday's views, took the Jeep into the desert.





Last one is in Coyote Canyon, where we got stuck 3 times when we decided to drive in there with the Chevrolet Cruze about a year and half ago. First time it was a mom with a 4x4 suv that helped us out (and all the kids that she stuffed into that car helped too), then it was a group of teenagers with kitted out trucks and buggies that helped us out, last time we got stuck we had some people help us with no luck, so we called the only local telephone number we had (a hospital) and asked if she could help us with a towing service. Had a guy show up in a complete Call of Duty stickerd truck. Limited Edition.

So we had to go back with the Jeep. To validate that choice. And we couldn't find the spot again. Assuming there were flashfloods as it looked like the path was changed. Ah well.