Meet Report
15th to 17th April 2003 - Achmelvich
The week before Easter was full of clear blue skies and temperatures
approaching a balmy 20c, surely this spell of tropical weather couldn't last
for the Easter weekend at Achmelvich. The laws of weather that dictate it
breaks down just prior to an EMC meet were however well and truly turned on
their head on this occasion as the sun continued to shine as 14 people pitched
up at the superbly situated Achmelvich campsite. As this campsite had a no
dogs policy, our canine loving members had an alternative meet at Ullapool
campsite.
Most people arrived on Good Friday, however some lucky people had
the good fortune to have been on holiday all week, these people being
namely, Kenny, Alison, Anne and Gillian as well as Lesley who
managed to spend the glorious week in the Outer Hebrides. I feel
these people should really suffer some sort of penance for their
outrageous good fortune with the weather, a week at Butlins perhaps!
With the fine weather there was a real mix of activities over the
weekend. In some people the sun brought out the "lets have a long day
and make the most of it" attitude while in others it was "lets go to
the beach and er sunbathe". Most fell somewhere in between, but for
long days the prize surely goes to Tim who started at Elphin and after
climbing Canisp decided to come back over Suilven, well it`s on the
way back after all! Kenny and Alison climbed at Reiff and reported
excellent conditions, but bemoaned the fact you couldn't get a bar meal
in Lochinver after 8pm on Easter Saturday, the fact they had run out
of food only compounded this situation and then they couldn't light
the stove, but then they had been away all week so I didn't have too
much sympathy and certainly didn't offer any food! On the subject of
food Gillian attracted quite an audience while cooking mashed potato
in the pitch dark, at least we think it was mashed potato, whatever
it was she enjoyed it.
For most people Corbetts were the order of the day with Cul Mor,
Cul Beag, Canisp, Glas Bheinn, Foinaven, Meall Horn all seeing
ascents over the weekend as well as the token munros of Ben Mor Assynt
and Conival. A fabulous weekend...
Alan R