
7 day expedition with Gordonstoun school.
The school yacht sailed us to knoydart from plockton, I then got off with the first 6 girls, we walked from barrisdale bay across to inverie.
The rain was relentless and the group were tired, river crossings became higher and finding places to camp became very difficult to find.
Once in Inverie the yacht moored and the 1st group got back on the boat and the other crew then joined me.
Unfortunately the rain and wind was becoming increasingly stronger so I chose to do the same route back and camp at the Barrisdale Campsite, that night at about 2am the wind increased to the point where I woke the group up and got them into the bothy and just managed to rescue the tents.
the next day the wind was really strong but luckily the yacht was able to moor but we had a huge river crossing which took a lot of careful management and key decision making to get the group through it.
Area :
Loch Eil To Glen Shiel (Incl Knoydart)
The Great Glen to the east, the A87 to the north and the A830 to the south separate this area from its surroundings and enclose an area of high mountains and low glens. The highest mountain is Sgurr na Ciche (1040m) and further north the South Glen Shiel Ridge is formed by a whopping seven Munros! Also in the area is The Saddle (1010m) which is home to the classic Forcan Ridge. Peaks in the mountains list are all above 900m.