Corran Bunkhouse Weekend

Last Friday night a group of 20+ Westies headed for Corran Bunkhouse, for a weekend of outdoor activities (or indoor for the Sunday climbers at the wall in Kinlochleven).

Friday night was spent hatching plans in the Corran Inn, a 50 yard stumble across the carpark from the bunkhouse. By closing time, having reveiewed the poor weather forecast, there were two distinct groups: one tackling a loop from the bunkhouse, the other driving to Kinlochleven to tackle Christine’s long, low level circuit past Luibeilt bothy.

Saturday morning was grey and wet as predicted. Charlie set off early for a ferry run across to Ardgour, while everyone else got ready for the day ahead. After the usual procrastination we were all still there when Charlie returned from his run. Group photos were then taken and we set off mid-morning. The loop from the bunkhouse took in the low lying hills around Onich, together with a bit of the West Highland Way. Clare did a fine job of navigating us through the cloud for the day and delivered us back to the accommodation about 4pm, ready for tea and cake. The Kinlochleven party arrived back a couple of hours later, with Christine’s retro running attire a little worse for wear and Muffy’s buttocks apparently not working any more!

Saturday night was given over to food, drink and good company. Some highlights; a great meal from the numerous cooks; Steffen’s tricky quiz; Dave trying to sing the entire quizbook to a variety of tunes; DJ Charlie’s eclectic mix of music; some of the dancing (Christine & Dave – I have video!); and Muffy’s detailed explanation of why her elapsed running time was much longer than ours.

Sunday was a slightly slower start, trying to spot Chris on the marathon coverage while re-hydrating. Various groups headed across the ferry, out to the climbing wall or home for a Sunday rest. The run at Glen Scaddle proved to be a bit longer than planned (particularly for those that ran up the road rather than taking a car), but very enjoyable none the less.

Thanks to everyone for a great weekend, but particularly to Steffen for organising and to all the cooks on Saturday night. Looking forward to Loch Ossian already.