Tour de Ben Nevis, Scottish Highlands - Bike and hike in the mountains with dogs + bothy overnighter
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Two days mountain biking trip with my dogs in beautiful part of Scottish Highlands. The idea was to enjoy a good spring weather conditions at the beginning of May but still avoid midges and other insect which can make life really hard up there later in May and pretty much all the time in summer months too.
To do this hard, physically and technically demanding 45 miles loop around Scottish highest mountain involves a lot of ascent, as you have to cross the hills twice on the way, a few river crosses and some hike a bike sections. It would be possible to cycle this in one long day but with dogs and trailer I spread the mileage into two days. In fact without dog trailer being involved the second day it wouldn't be possible at all with dogs.
The video includes a map with the exact route we took, the times and mileage too and also the surprise! The meeting with special guests in Meanach bothy!
Challenging Bike and hike with Sofie and Tilly filmed in May 2024 in Scottish Highlands.
The whole movie content is a video - report of our story and experience only. Its not meant to be for guiding purposes but just to entertain you + make some memories for ourselves!!!!!!
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The End - Quincas Moreira
Veracruz - Quincas Moreira
Betya - Lauren Duski
In the Sweet By and By - Zachariah Hickman
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Those are two fit and happy dogs! 🙂
Thank you
Great to see you back out again Jonas and great to see your countrymen join you whilst they were enjoying Scotland. My wife and I also enjoyed seeing Tilly back out with you and Sofie. Stay well 👌🏻
Thank you both very much.🥃 ATB from all of us🙂
Excellent stuff, that looked a big trip! I hope the road improved after we met but I doubt that. Great meeting you Jonas you legend, look forward to watching your next adventures! - Kenny
Thanks Kenny, it was good to meet you there and yes it was a little better towards the end. I followed the track right to Mamore lodge where I joined the wee tarmac road.
what a great video and a beautiful trip.
Thank you
Fantastic round trip. Never thought of a bike carrier for the road sections, great idea. Fabulous video.
Thank you. The trailer is a hard work but great help for dogs. You have to plan it well though as you can't use it if terrain is too difficult.
Loved following tour adventures! Hope Sophie's leg is OK.
Thank you. Yes she is fine. It's always the wee crack on her paw which she develop if she runs longer in difficult terrain. I imagine it must be painful so I will try and get her some boots or something to protect her paws. She is not too fat but a little overweight which is a problem when running longer but I only feed her half of Tilly's doses. Thinking about to sterilize her may help her to get a little lighter as she had puppies already and we don't plan to breed her any more.. don't know yet
I love your videos. We have been to Scotland (we live in High Wycombe) every year since 2014 but can't make it this year. Thankfully, your videos can give me a taste of that magnificent place. Thank you.
Just googled where is High Wycombe🙂. Yeah.. its a long way to Scotland from there. Glad you like my videos. Thank you. ATB Jonas
Great video and nice trip. Thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you
Brilliant m8... Glad tae c yees back oot..!!!
Tilly looks like she lovin life.!!!!
All good...
Peace n luv tae yeez awe. 🙏❤️🙏
Thank you Robert from all of us:-]
Great video. Such a beautiful area. That wee minister didn’t look impressed at your drinking! The puppies were adorable, I think you might need a bigger trailer!
Thank you. Minister was drinking too but didn't want to be filmed🙂 I can't pull three dogs, that's for sure.
@@jonashubalekwhiskyandthewildThose ministers are so hypocritical!
@@Jennifer.4 🤣🤣🤣
Enjoyable watch as usual. Well done Tilly.
The trees at Luibelt are always a welcome sight when heading for Meanach. I can remember when Luibelt still had a roof. Wouldnt camp there. It has a reputation.
Last time I was at Meanach the weather was awful. I usually camp but stayed in the bothy. Had it all to myself😊 Years ago it had an upstairs if I remember that rightly.
Thank you. Yeah I heard the scary story about Luibeilt.. I love the area though and Meanach bothy is one of my favourites. Also like to go sometimes to these places in rain in weekdays... no filming, just to enjoy the solitude🙂
@@jonashubalekwhiskyandthewild Last time I was there the rain was so bad it turned all the burns into rivers. Getting to Steall was well dodgy. Too wide to jump and thigh deep water.
I knew you’d keep that cancelled puppy, she’s going to have a great life with you 🦮
How did you know that Michele🙂 Honestly if there was someone good seriously interested at the week 8 or 9 when others were leaving... she would defo went too as that was the plan. However it was too late at the week 11. Somebody texted, it was serious but we took her off the market and kept her..🙂 Just came back from first family caravan trip up Highlands with her and she loved it. She swam first time in wee river btw. Thank you and have a good summer.
@@jonashubalekwhiskyandthewild when I saw someone had dropped out I just had that feeling. It used to happen with me when I bred cats🤣
fantastic episode,
Thank you
That was brilliant Jonas and lovely to see Tilley back out, I enjoyed checking out your route on the map and maybe hike that way one day.
ATB 🥃👍🏕️🍻🙏
Thanks Dave🙂🥃 Kinlochleven - Spean Bridge would be a good hike I think. There are also trains and buses operating in the area so you can easily get there from down south.
Brilliant video Jonas! - love your overnighters with the dogs, fantastic adventure.. ATB Tom
Thanks Tom. Just back today from another trip with girls and guess who inspired me for this route?🙂We cycled up Glen Kinglass! Not from the north along Loch Etive as you did with your wife though.. that looked really hard and a long hike a bike section in your film🙂 We did it from Taynuilt side and then up Glen Kinglass as you did. We spend the night in the old bothy you found at your trip. I mentioned you and your channel in my video🙂Love your films and the routes you explore! Well done! We 've never seen a human for almost two days doing this trail btw. Will be editing the film in next few weeks. Cheers Jonas
@@jonashubalekwhiskyandthewild Looking forward to seeing this one!! - we loved Glen Kinglass but I think you did the route right (unlike us!) by coming up from Taynuilt. I will be keeping my eyes peeled on my subscription feed!
Another great adventure Jonas. Girls looked like they had fun as always. Managed to watch this on the TV as ma dogs were asleep so no barking 😂 Great wee bothy that Mhanach. Had a guid night with Robin a few years ago....Aaaaaaah 🥃
Thanks Kevin, It felt great to be out again! Usually go somewhere at least once a week but this was after long time when I was stuck with puppies in house. Love that area, so much space there..
Superb 👏 👏👏 great to you and the girls back out on adventures...
Thank you
Great video - loved it :-). Hoping to do the route next week 👍
Thank you. Hope it worked well for you.
Looked like a lovely adventure Jonas, nice route, tough going at the end, hope Sophies legs ok... Really enjoyable as always, all the best. 🥃🍻👍
Thanks David. She is fine. There was a wee crack on one of her back paws which was causing a pain. It grew together after a few days. Calcium cream helps on little wounds like that. Cheers🥃
Used to do pretty much that route as part of the tour de ben nevis mountain bike race. Was a great event. Not sure which is worse, the road climb out of Fort Bill to the WHW or the hike a bike after Lubeilt. I think the dog hurt her paw jumping down into the river crossing, had a slip. Great vid, enjoyed.
Thank you. I don't want to show off at all🙂 ..but I cycled up from FW with both dogs in the trailer for most of that hill! It was a torture but the worst for me was WHW section because of stones. The trailer only has quite thin smooth tyres.. There was a wee crack on one of Sofie's back paws which was causing her a pain. It grew together after a few days. Calcium cream helps on little wounds like that. Cheers.
Ah mate, glad you saw at least dome of them!
That trail / road isn't driveable, but it is walkable. Heads to black corries lodge, then the trail ends and you have to tromp through the bogland of Rannoch Moor, you come out next to Rannoch station on the west highland line
Aha... you probably mean the route from Glencoe to Rannoch..
Oh and yeah you should check the ghost story about Lubeilt.
Yeah.. read it. Looks a bit mysterious up there I must admit.
If Tilly could talk, she'd say, they are both nuts. I'm the only sane one. She's such a lady.
Ha ha.. hate to say but Tilly barked once on one Lady on WHW on this trip!!! She was soooo guilty for the rest of the day😁