We were working in Upper Glen Affric recently, setting up long term monitoring sites high on the upper slopes.
A helicopter had dropped off a load of fencing equipment last month, and “all that remained for us to do” was cut it up and form it into the experimental enclosures we were building for a study we are doing for the Forestry Commission. Much brutally hard work ensued, predominantly in the cloud – just our luck…
It was confirmed that everyone was knackered, both the ‘fencers’ and the folks working on the deer population assessment – tough terrain around these parts, with a couple of bonus Munros (A’ Chralaig and Mullach Fraoch-choire) for the lucky(?) surveyors dispatched to the upper reaches of the site. That said, it was reported that at least 3 folk (Dave, Pete and Lacey) had enough energy left to go swimming in the river one evening – brave, or perhaps just borne out of necessity (the An Teallach mountaineering club hut we were staying in – Strawberry Cottage – has now shower!!)…
