Sunday 26 February 2012

Spot the difference

The mission for yesterday was Beinn na Lap by train. It's something I've been keen on for a wee while, and in fact February seemed to be the ideal month, partly because there's a bit more daylight, but mainly because the SYHA website made it clear that the cafe at Corrour station was opening again then.

This is a fair consideration, because although the hill itself only takes about three hours, there's seven hours between the train that takes you there and the one that brings you back. So it was reassuring to check the relevant page on the Friday night...






There was accordingly chagrin aplenty when we alighted from the train on the way up, and saw this notice stuck to the Station House door:


Still, it was a good day out regardless. Report to follow, once I've dried out and warmed up.

;0)

8 comments:

  1. A three-month wait for a cuppa? Ah, that's nothing man - I asked our Ella to make a brew way back in 2008 and we're still waiting :-)

    Still, you're an outdoors man, a mere cafe-closure should be a minor inconvenience (though perhaps not a trifle) for you. I'll bet you can conjure up all sorts of scrumptious victuals from bracken, heather and snow.

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  2. Oh, and while I'm on here...

    what time-zone are you in up there? I posted the previous comment at 21:27 pm but the comment time-stamp is 01:27 pm

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  3. Er, hold on and I'll check whereabouts GMT has gone. In the meantime, although I did of course have my thermos flask at Corrour, and tea per se wasn't a problem, the absence of any heating - or indeed a door - meant it was still a coldish wait.
    :0/

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  4. Hmmm. Well, the settings claim that the timestamp should be right, but we seem to be resolutely sticking to Pitcairn Islands Time.

    At least it's exotic.

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  5. I wonder how many of the local ales you could have had waitin' on the train?

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  6. Indeed. If we'd known the place was going to be shut, we could have stashed a carry out nearby when we got off the train. And a stove. And some towels and down jackets.
    ;0)

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  7. Sounds more like Beinn na Lapland. I look forward to the report and expect to see more of the mountain than when I was on it in a pea-souper last year.
    Alen McF

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    1. Don't hold your breath, Alen. It was wet enough that my camera seems to have expired altogether now.

      :0/

      Perhaps a night on the radiator will assist!

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