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That sounds pretty epic. That road closure was the A82, the road to Fort William up to Inverness. Was on it on Sunday and it is quite a busy stretch as It is the only road to Ben Nevis. Couldn't quite believe my ears when they said about a 190 mile diversion! You would be better off just switching the engine off and admiring the scenery.

Just a couple, and these do not do it justice at all... Sunset over Glencoe on route to The Clachaig Inn (Probably the best pub in the world...) The view as we entered the 'Lost Valley' - We had to walk/climb for about an hour or so to actually get into this and honestly, this picture does not even begin to explain the vastness of the surroundings:

Snow was only really at the summit at the weekend, Wasn't much at all. We camped between Glencoe & Kinlochleven. Would love to walk the WHW. Might have to wait til the kids have grown up.

Glencoe, as I mentioned in the OP, or Glen Nevis. Hundreds of peaks all around the 1000m mark, which when they are towering over you lit only by moonlight, they really are intimidating & dramatic.

Agreed, not sure I could live there. The wildlife really is something else. Around the campfire, listening to Owls a matter of feet from us was amazing. On the walk into the 'Lost Valley', we saw a wild dear just over a ridge, on closer inspection, there was infact 42 dear, literally right in front of us. We spent about 30 minutes slowly following all these dear. An amazing sight.

ALERT: Totally disregard the above information.

Air in pipes. God damn. I'm wrong. I'll stick to wire and scalextric.

It's probably barely changed since you stayed all them moons ago. As said above, I have heard that the midgies can cause right problems but thankfully it was a little too chilly for them to come out. The weather over the weekend couldn't have been better really! Although it was rather cold overnight, the days were superb. Did somewhat catch me out waking up on Saturday and hearing the gentle patter of snow on the tent, walking to the shower block in moderate snow, coming out of the shower block 20 minutes later and there was not a cloud in sight and it was actually warm. Strange weather indeed.

I have always said once you have seen one hill or mountain, you have seen them all. The idea of trudging through all sorts of weather up a hill or mountain to see a good view for a few minutes was somewhat lost on me. Anyhow, I was offered the chance of spending the weekend up in the Highlands and with it only being 4 days I thought it an ideal opportunity to see what all the fuss was about. Now, SSOTN has gone and fallen in love. The place is absolutely outstanding and anyone who has never been, get up there! The sights, the people, the pubs, the ales... Everything about the place is absolutely superb. Camped out near Glencoe on the edge of Loch Leven, and was just in total awe of the place. Had a gentle breaking of my Hill Walking cherry by walking to the 'Lost Valley' and took the shirt drive up to Fort William to take in the sights Glen Nevis has to offer and caught a glimpse of Ben Nevis too. I am now going to start to slowly assemble my camping/walking gear and making a proper effort to get a tad fitter so I can take the hills with a bit of confidence.Anyone been to Glencoe or near? If ever you do, check out the Clachaig Inn, once a regular haunt of Jimmy Saville and genuinely the best pub I have ever visited. Some of the ales on offer really were special. Sheephagger's Gold being my pick of the bunch. If anyone has any tips on walking, climbing, other places up there to visit, where to get gear and what gear to get then let me know, as I already can't wait to get back there now.

Both links give me 'could not load movie' on my iPhone...???

I'm with you on that. I rate our Danny very highly indeed.

Just about to board a plane, hopeful that when I land I shall be greeted with the news that Cardiff have spanked Wet Sham. So grateful its not us right now.

I go back to being a father of two in close season.

I was told 55,000 including Club Wembley (which was 99% Saints Fans).

If an album is £5 I buy. If an album is £12.99 they can pop my nutsacks in their mouth if they think I'm going to part that much of my hard earned cash. It is because everything is such a rip off that torrents are booming.

They can't offer Premier League football.

And I knelt at thy feet of my lord, to honour and worship thy ground he lay foot upon. For he not just gave me life, but my lord is my life.

What a really good read. I suddenly like Guly (a little bit).

Interesting. I have been on Demonoid with no probs this evening...

I actually read it in a real life newspaper. I did try to put a link but I kinda struggled.

I'm losing count now. Can someone ref and tell me the score? Or does Dulldays want to get the white flag out?

4-0. @dulldays: It's all gone quiet over there!!!!

SSOTN 3-0 Dulldays. EASY EASY EASY EASY EASY!

SSOTN 2-0 Dulldays. OOOOOSH.

In that case, I'm in. Poll...? Mods...?