The Slackers Week 3 training program
Wasn’t sure if we would be walking today looking out early
a.m it looked pretty grim and the forecast didn’t look like any improvement was
on the cards.
Called the Lads they were up for it as they had all the wet
weather gear.
Headed to McInroy,s point to catch the Ferry @ 10:30am, was
dry but looked like rain wasn’t far away..
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| McInroy,s point Western ferry on a wet Sunday morning |
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| Big Green "The Slackers" go in style |
Arrived at Pucks Glen, (about 5 minutes drive from Ferry
terminal in Sandbank) great news its dry.. so lets get started on the walk.
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| Start of the Track |
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| The follower and 90 Rocks pick a route |
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| Can never get lost in Pucks Glen |
We decided to follow the Yellow intermediate route out to
Pucks glen , which involved an initial semi- steep climb out and up into the
upper forest.
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| Here we go |
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| The follower and 90 start the climb |
After walking for about 20mins we were joined by Basil (the
lost dog)..
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| Basil in his bid fro Freedom |
Basil had made a bid for freedom from his owner who lived in
Kilmun and had joined The Slackers for a brief part of the Journey
before a quick phone call to the number on his tag saw him being
reunited with Malcolm
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| BLT calls in a rescue |
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| Basil is recaptured and re-united with Malcolm |
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After Basil left us there was an emptiness however we continued along the forest track for
approx 2 miles and stopped for lunch at under the shelter of some tree,s
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| Lunch Al fresco |
We started to make our way back to Pucks Glen, this time via
the Waterfalls
by the end of the walk it looked like we had been swimming
in the water falls , we were absolutely drenched.
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| BLT and 90 @ Pucks Glen |
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| The Follower @ Pucks Glen |
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Soaked through we felt the need for a warm fire and some
Beers, so we headed to the Coylet Bar on Loch Eck, they had both, this allowed
the Follower to dry out his Cheenies as his “Millets” (no laffin please)
waterproof trousers had leaked.
After a couple of beers it was time to head back to
civilisation , all in all a great walk, the Waterfalls in Pucks Glen were in
full flow with the amount of rain whilst not good to walk in the raging
torrents made the walk all the more some fantastic .
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| Apres walk @ The Coylet |
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| Coylet |
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| Just what was needed |
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| Chaz and John enjoy a beer |
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| BLT @ firplace |
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| Loch Eck towards Dunoon |
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| Loch Eck towards rest and be thankfull |
