Perthshire

Perthshire wild camping adventure - July 2016

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Another wild camping adventure this time in a favourite area of mine in Perthshire, Scotland. A killer 7 mile (corroborated) walk-in all uphill which, in my current state of (un-) fitness and carrying a heavy pack was way more than my body could handle - proven by the fact that I ended up with man-flu and had 3 days in bed recovering afterwards. This was sort of intentional in a way (not the man-flu) as I was trying to simulate a survival scenario. A scenario where I had to push myself to get to where I had to be (safety, civilization, whatever...) or alternatively just give up - I could have given up and just camped at any number of beautiful spots on the way but wanted to get to the remote lochan I'd spotted on the map. So not being particularly fit meant that it really was a slog and a proper challenge. So I had two nights at the lochan that was everything I'd hoped it would be. An ideal spot for some isolation therapy as I like to call it. Didn't get up to much, just chilled out and did a spot of fishing. I was also trying out my new telescopic spinning rod - a Plusinno 300 3m/9.84 feet version which I was well pleased with (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0113RH8F8). Warning: There is swearing and nudity in the outtakes at the end of the video. Please don't watch if you will be offended by the 'F' word - although I'm sure once you saw the context you would understand my use of the expletive. The nudity is nothing to get excited about, it's just my bare chest as, in the excitement I'd forgotten I had no shirt on. Enjoy and please leave a comment, Andy.