Up them mountains!!!

[adeejaysdelight]

To be honest Nick, I have never even given a thought to leaving my car behind. I camped the night before I climbed Nevis. My mate and I spotted a good sight over a river and railway about a half mile from the road. So I parked and we got the gear out. We decided to do two runs instead of breaking our backs. I ended up leaving the key in the car overnight. It was a beautiful Mx5 and I did not even consider going back to get the key when I realised.


Scotland is far more remote that anywhere in England. The population is only 5 million, and the land mass is over 3/5ths of that of England, which has a population of over 53 million. Its apples and pears.


I really noticed this when I did my tour of the lakes in the spring. There were roads everywhere. Road junction, town, village, junction, 7 miles of road and then the same again. When you look at a map of Scotland, up in the hee'lins, the villages are big distances apart and the road between them is "the" road. That's it. Its very easy to feel detached from civilization. I love that. There are parts of Scotland closer to the Arctic than they are London. It may be a small country, but it does not always feel that way when your out there on your lonesome.