Galloway Forest Park Adventure - Tunskeen Bothy!
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- čas přidán 10. 01. 2023
- Are you ready for a wet and wild adventure in the beautiful Galloway Forest Park? Join us as we brave the wet and windy Scottish wilderness, seeking shelter in the windswept Tunskeen Bothy for the night. But the fun doesn't stop there - we'll also tackle the nearby mountain, Shalloch on Minnoch, pushing ourselves across pathless boggy terrain in windy conditions. Don't miss out on this epic trip to the South West of Scotland!
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Nice one Robin. Decent wee bothy that. Sod’s Law it clears when you come off the hill! Always the way!
Cheers
It certainly is mate. 🔥🥃
Aye, had a feeling that might have happened. 👀😆
I love this one ♥
Cheers mate. 😎 👍🏻
Nice 1 Robin.
Good to see you out with my old mucker Robert.
Great trip 👌
Cheers mate, aye Robert is a good lad. It was laugh. 😁
Cracking video Robin. Nice to see you out with Murchie. Thanks for sharing as always! 😀🥾⛰🏴
Cheers Dave. Aye Murchie is good lad. 😁 👍🏻
Cracking!
Cheers TnB. 😎 👍🏻
Nice one, Robin, though it looked hard going underfoot. Thanks to Dr Beeching closing down all the railways in the 1960s, Galloway is one of the few parts of Scotland I've never been to, as I also can't drive. Nice looking bothy - and I'd never heard the story of how it all began there!
Cheers Paul. Bagging these Corbetts I've become used to pathless terrain. Hard going at times until you get a bit further up where the turf is more clipped. Is not the easiest places to get, even driving from Edinburgh.
Nice one Robin! - Down our neck of the woods... been to Tunskeen many a time but never actually stayed the night... good to see it getting used for what its there for.. - ATB Tom
Hear, hear Tom. Its a cracking little bothy. Thankfully there's more people that care about these places than not. 🔥🥃
I just stayed here for my first bothy stay the other night with a mate and it was great we met a man and his dog and it was warm with the fire on, the big saw is the best and you can use the shovel to split wood if you saw a line into it abit, always leave some wood when you leave ! I never knew the history of the bothy before staying so it’s great that it was my first as well as the mba’s back in the 60s
Nice one mate, I was a bit concerned initially as this bothy had a bit of a rep for being a drinking den. Good to hear you had a good stay too.
Nice one Robin, looked pretty wild at times but good to have the comfort of the bothy . Good stuff ..cheers Stevie
Cheers Stevie, cannae beat the fire and whisky eh. 🔥 🥃
Tungskeen looks lovely, and I hadn't heard about it being the first MBA bothy. Very interesting history.
It's a cracking wee bothy. 🔥 Glad it doesn't get quite the same unwanted attention too.
Fair builds up the legs stomping over Galloway Tussocks lol. Always left Galloway for days when the weather up North was pants.
You're not kidding mate. Makes sense coming from Irvine. Quite easy reach for your good self. 😁
Lovely stuff Robinski.. How grim is the weather these days... Every opportunity I have to get oot.. kak.. pishing doon n blowing.. Might just do it Friday.. whatever the wevver... Cheers for sharing Sir. 💪
Cheers Jimski, weather is crap. I hate winter. I'm all about spring me. 😁 Sometimes you just need to get out, even if the weather is sketchy though.
Appreciate your rendition of the King Louis song from The Jungle Book :)
Haha, hope I didn't ear worm you. 🎶 👂🏼
That looked a cosy little bothy Robin, interesting history there too. I loved your painting with light👍👍
Cheers Tony. Need to practice more with the light painting. It definitely it is a cosy bothy. Think the temperature was creeping towards 20°c and the thermometer was at the back away from the fire.
Bog central, but I'm sure the hill would give decent views on a clear day...or an hour after you were there. A great part of the world to explore by bike. Mile upon mile of gravel tracks!
Bog Central, sums up hiking in Scotland. 🤭 Aye seen a few MTB'ers, Greg flew out on the way home with the wind on his back. 🚴
Good stuff! Well done boys! Love Galloway. I think I wouldn't go up that hill in the weather you had. Terrain is soft and hard going in there as you said. I was lucky when I did my trip in Galloway a month ago it was all hard frozen. Bothy looks really good though and worth a visit in any weather🙂 Cheers.
Cheers bud. 😎 Got your vid still to watch. A little birdy told me you were like a kid at Christmas when you went in 🍻. 😂
@@WalkWithWallace Ha ha that's exactly it😁
@@jonashubalekwhiskyandthewild 😁 👍🏻
Minds me of Bearnais . Nice wee vid mate
See why you'd think that. Similar being a single room effort. Bearneas is a wee bit special. Even if I didn't stay over.
OMG very beautiful place, I wanna live here because the air very cool. Good job and stay healthy my friend. Greeting from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
Thank you. 😊 👍🏻
There is something lovely about the Galloway hills... just can't put my finger on it. Would love to explore this particular area, mind you doing a loop on the dungeon hills and lochs last September nearly destroyed me with that boggy relentlessly tussocky terrain, forgiving it is not! Shame Culsharg bothy is in such a state.
I know what you mean, and they're different and more interesting than the Borders hills. The terrain is more akin too the Highlands. Is that the bothy near the Merrick? If so it's a bit too close to the road.
Nice video Robin, brilliant start 😂! Unfortunately no luck with the weather but I assume you knew your chances beforehand 😉.
Haha, you know the score. He takes a lot of gear with him. 🤣 Yeah I knew the weather would be sketchy. 😛
@@WalkWithWallace yeah definitely, but always interesting what is in it 😎
@@StripeyHatGuy he had the bothy lit up nicely.
I remember looking down on Tunskeen Bothy from the summit of Shalloch on Minnoch in August last year. I had walked up from Stinchar bridge, during a week in the Galloway Forest. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Graham. I considered that route, but with the high winds opted to walk into the bothy first.
Well done in those conditions guys 😬 hard going 🏔️ loving the wee bothy 👌 nice wee history lesson 👍 great stuff Robin 👌atb Brian 👍
Cheers Brian. 😎 👍🏻
Beautiful area. Even though it was Baltic.
Shame you didn’t get the views Robin but looked a good one 👍
Cheers Dave, aye you win some, you lose some with the views. 😁
Gotta love the Idahoan mash Robin. 👍🏼
Guid eh, complimented the freeze dried meal nicely. 😋
@@WalkWithWallace Yep, you’ll see it in my last film. If ever you add too much water to the freeze dried stuff you can use it to soak up the excess. Great stuff.
@@dougieranger ideal, you could get quite creative with it too. 🍲
@@WalkWithWallace It would go nice with a sirloin.
That was a nice wee trip down memory lane. I didn't know it was the spiritual start / heart of the MBA but know it was the first bothy I ever stayed in.
It looks like it had a wee bit of TLC since I was there but even at that it was still in a good state a few years ago. I might get Sid back out for a wee trip back again.
How many times does the weather part when you're off the summits? Absolutely sod's law.
Good wee trip out again and good to see. You can't have many more Corbett's to do now?
Ironically I watched yours again to see the bothy. 😁
It is total sod's law eh, as Greg said to me the Galloway Hills are afternoon hills. Haha.
Big countdown is on now mate, 49 to go. 🗻
Galloway hills at their rugged best. I didnae get a view from the summit either! All the best for 2023 Robin 👍👍
Standard. Seems they're best left until later in the day for a view. 😁 You too mate. 👍🏻
Very timely drop Robin. Tried to get the family booked for 2 weeks at Easter in a Highland location (with walking conveniently fae the back porch) 🤫but have been forced by the majority to spend 1 of those weeks somewhere in Galloway. Time to dig the Grahams & Donalds book out for a cheeky read... 👍
Nice one James, hope you get some weather for it. Shalloch on Minnoch was decent, despite the lack of views. Rhinns of Kells was a good hike too. Craignaw is my personal favourite though, the rocky plateau is like something from Torridon.
@@WalkWithWallace Cheers Robin, will take those on board, like the sound of Craignaw but all around an hour's drive from where we'll be. Ps thought you did a vid ages ago where you hated the salmon thingy?! Have been eating through the Firepot sample packs good value for a snack lunch and if one's a wrongun not too much money frittered away. ATB James
@@james-kinnear ha, that rings a bell actually. Can't remember the vid it was in or the brand 🤔 It was okay, if a tad bland. 😁 Firepot are decent actually. 😋
@@james-kinnear flash back, I think it was creamy pasta with salmon from Real Turmat that I didn't enjoy, £9 too a few years ago 😳
@@WalkWithWallace Salmon potato and dill on West Lomond with Ray? Just saw it pop up because Charlie Mc's recent vid from there must have churned the YT algorithm up! #nichechat 😂
Superb video Robin 😍👌🏻…I really enjoyed the trip, even the terrain up the mountain😂..Great fun and great company😁
Cheers
Robert
Cheers mate, it was a a good trip mate not even the weather spoiled it. Need to get a camp in next time. 😁 👍🏻
@@WalkWithWallace Defo mate 😁👍
Bothy looks like it could do with a new coat of white paint compared to how it was six years ago when I was there, but good to see it hasn't had old sofas and armchairs taken it to it like some have had lately.
Yeah that windswept position it must see a lot of weather, could do with a lick of paint.
Good video Robin, I've been in at the bothy often, but never known anybody going up Shalloch on Minnoch from the bothy side. I was up Shalloch on Minnoch during the summer and you get some cracking views up there. We went up from Stinchar Bridge. Atb Glenn
Cheers Glenn, yeah I was looking for a way to combine both. I had done Cairnsmore of Carsphairn first, which I didn't film then met Robert at Stinchar Bridge. Cracking wee bothy. 🔥
Looked a good night away bud. Ma last Corbett doon South tae so would've been handy tae get it. Ach well, Brownie points for ding dong spring weekends away eh. 😎 I'll dae it in better weather 😉
No forget the drone this time. 😉
Cheers Kev, aye it gave you some time to recover annaw after getting the lurgy etc. lol, was so windy I couldn't fly the drone very high to be honest. Got some usuable footage though.
@@WalkWithWallace Aye, back tae normal now. Cough took a while tae shift likesay
@@Kev_Russ good call then. Didnae want you coughing and spluttering in the bothy 🤧 lol
Have not done the Galloway forest yet, but in the next few years I hope to get there.
Definitely worth a visit Ben. 👌🏼
Cannie whack Bothy TV, braw.
🔥 🥃 👌🏼
My neck of the woods👍🏕🏴👌 I remember years ago it had an upstairs, but they closed it off
Aye the MO boy was telling us they closed off the upstairs, fire regulations apparently with the stove. I reckon it's to limit the numbers a bit. 🤔
@@WalkWithWallace decent wee bothy, have you been to whitelaggan, its another good one
@@Colinrussellscottishwildcamper it is like. Not yet mate, on my to visit list. Looks a cracker.