West coast advise please

[jambo]

Originally Posted by blueboy758

I would love to try some wild camping round the islands.
I camped on the garvallachs once years ago... I returned last your and the flys really did spoil it. Think they were some type of horse fly and miges!!

So is it un-orthodox to put the dive kit in for ERR ?? 😁😁😁

No do it they'll be time and if you don't you'll regret it.


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[blueboy758]

Yeah, I usually get some for tea around lunga area.

Has Tobermory just taken over it ? You had to phone a guy for the number when I used it in May. Hopefully that will make it easier to use.

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by blueboy758

Yeah, I usually get some for tea around lunga area.

Has Tobermory just taken over it ? You had to phone a guy for the number when I used it in May. Hopefully that will make it easier to use.

My mate lives in Tob so I've asked him to check if the THA website is up to date .

[blueboy758]

Excellent. It is handy having air there and even better some self service. I've not done the tapti and really want to get to that

Has the OP got a short list of possible camping spots yet ?

[GordyP]

Originally Posted by blueboy758

Excellent. It is handy having air there and even better some self service. I've not done the tapti and really want to get to that

Has the OP got a short list of possible camping spots yet ?

If you wait till mid summer I've had great dives on the Tapti with basking sharks in attendance. Always good seal action on that wreck.

[blueboy758]

Fingers crossed this year. I have a week booked in August. Staying on the tip of ardnamurchan ! Would I possibly bump into you ?!? 😁

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by GordyP

If you wait till mid summer you will get eaten to death by the ninja midges

Originally Posted by blueboy758

Staying on the tip of ardnamurchan

Good luck

[mick]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Good luck

Indeed we got driven out of there a few years back by the bliters 😳

[blueboy758]

Originally Posted by Jeff

My mate lives in Tob so I've asked him to check if the THA website is up to date .

Did you have any luck Jeff ? Would be good to know as I'm back up diving week after ERR.

cheers.

[Jeff]

Apparently its waiting for a part to be fitted ,,, this week or so. Kath gave me a phone number for the guy who currently owns it and is upgrading for THA to take it over. He's Steve Barlow on 07831 225425 and worth checking with hin in a couple of weeks.
If you speak to him tell him its Kathryn at Tobermory Post Office that gave you his details ;-)


In case you haven't got them
Tapti: N56 33.690 W6 37.859
Aurania: N56 36.140 W6 19.457
Thalia : N56 28.048 W5 31.118
Labrador: N56 17.467 W7 10.150

Have a great diving trip - we are up there next weeknd and expecting sun, flat calm and 18deg hahaha

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Apparently its waiting for a part to be fitted ,,, this week or so. Kath gave me a phone number for the guy who currently owns it and is upgrading for THA to take it over. He's Steve Barlow on 07831 225425 and worth checking with hin in a couple of weeks.

If you speak to him tell him its Kathryn at Tobermory Post Office that gave you his details ;-)





In case you haven't got them

Tapti: N56 33.690 W6 37.859

Aurania: N56 36.140 W6 19.457

Thalia : N56 28.048 W5 31.118

Labrador: N56 17.467 W7 10.150



Have a great diving trip - we are up there next weeknd and expecting sun, flat calm and 18deg hahaha

Well it was this week Jeff. I'm up next week so here's hoping. Enjoy your trip. 👍



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[Jeff]

Originally Posted by jambo

Well it was this week Jeff. I'm up next week so here's hoping. Enjoy your trip. 👍



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Everyone I know who gets up there any week before me regales me with tales of sun, dolphins and desperate (seeking old baldy men) bikini-clad girls

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Everyone I know who gets up there any week before me regales me with tales of sun, dolphins and desperate (seeking old baldy men) bikini-clad girls

Aye, you should have been here last week, the fish were jumping in 't boat🙄

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Aye, you should have been here last week, the fish were jumping in 't boat🙄

What in deepest Yorkshire !!


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[blueboy758]

Excellent. They will come in very handy.

Fingers crossed for your weather mate.

Itching to get out ! 😊

[Wrekindave]

Bit of a delay in putting this up but here we go,
We set out at 3am in the morning on a 400 mile trip to Easdale in this:Attachment 113393

Wondering what the hell we were doing but fortunately we were greeted with this when we finally reached Easdale 10 hours later.
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We spent the weekend in the company of some great people during the Rib Rendezvous and the weather was kind to us. It was useful to gather some local knowledge about the surrounding area and gather some locations for camping later in the week.

a few pictures of the Rib rendezvous:
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Thanks to all that attended the weekend, Tony for organising and Trish at the Garrach Mhor, and hopefully I will be up again next year. Will post some pictures of the following week up next.

[Wrekindave]

try again!
Bit of a delay in putting this up but here we go,

We set out at 3am in the morning on a 400 mile trip to Easdale in this:



Wondering what the hell we were doing but fortunately we were greeted with this when we finally reached Easdale 10 hours later.



We spent the weekend in the company of some great people during the Rib Rendezvous and the weather was kind to us. It was useful to gather some local knowledge about the surrounding area and gather some locations for camping later in the week.

a few pictures of the Rib rendezvous:





Thanks to all that attended the weekend, Tony for organising and Trish at the Garrach Mhor, and hopefully I will be up again next year. Will post some pictures of the following week up next.

[Wrekindave]

We set off on the Monday from Easdale heading south in pretty blustery conditions and headed for a cove on the northern tip of Jura that had been recommended to us.

if you look closely you can see our tents on the bank.
Beautiful sheltered spot with seals popping up every few minutes in the bay, Otters playing around in the rock pools and almost every direction you looked you would see deer or wild goats staring back at you!
We spent 2 nights here before heading up to Tobermory and the comfort of a hotel for a couple of nights!

On the Friday we headed off out again, The weather was beautiful and the sea calm, We headed anti clockwise round Mull checking out different bays before heading over to Lunga and Staffa

We then headed up to the northern tip of Col to a spot recommended by another ribneter to camp for the night

Fantastic beach and the water was crystal clear, you can see the seals playing in the water.

We headed back on the Saturday to Easdale and then on our long journey back to Shropshire.
A fantastic experience that I hope to repeat next year.

[jambo]

Looks as if you really enjoyed 'The West'. Great pics of places I know and if get good wx are hard to beat. Glad you enjoyed ERR. See you next year.
J


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[jeffstevens763@g]

Great pics and a very nice route, we stayed till the following Saturday and cought some of the good weather too.

Cheers