I have climbed more this last fortnight than I have all summer and it's been great. I love climbing in the Autumn - the crisp skies, the rock still holding onto any summer warmth and the breeze keeping the midgies at arms length. Yesterday, we headed up to Stone Valley and never saw a soul all day. The wind certainly kept any biting things away and when the sun disappeared we were grateful of down jackets and multiple layers.
I was sad to see that the Poca Buidhe Bothy is now closed to all visitors. How many people actually know what the Bothy Code is? Actually, thinking about it how many people know what the Countryside Code is? Yes, we could probably take a pretty good educated guess but ....
