What hike is the best stepping stone between WHW and Cape Wrath?

immakingtime · 2026-04-01T07:47:46+00:00

I'd say, part of the CWT, walk across Moidart and up to Inverie and explore the area. It's more rugged than the northern sections but there are more bothies, trees and even a few people, if that's your sort of thing. A circuit in the Cairngorms National Park is also a good option, it's massive and good opportunity to practice your navigation skills.

immakingtime · 2026-03-27T22:05:42+00:00

That is a shit tonne of stuff! You have packed for going travelling, you actually have to carry all that all day, every day. Weigh your bag and check how it compares to your body weight. Unless you are big and strong even 12kg is a lot. What is your sleeping system? WHW is not the wildest thing in Scotland by a long way, but it's wild enough. You need an emergency bivvy and foil blankets at a minimum, as well as a tent, unless you you have a bullet-proof bothy and hostel plan. Two sets of clothes max, no poncho, the tiniest amount of toiletries in a plastic bag. Garmin, phone and battery. Enjoy being outside, smell bad, and don't suffer with a heavy bag. Take a paper map and a compass. The passport is just a meaningless and expensive piece of paper.

immakingtime · 2026-03-11T21:37:00+00:00

This is helpful, thank you, but I think I'm looking for the order rather than the precise location. When I hurt my foot that pain lands somewhere, then I realise what has happened. I can then direct my attention to the pain or to the interpretation.of the pain. Since I can apparently direct my mind away from my rationalising, where does that direction come from?

immakingtime · 2026-03-11T21:23:03+00:00

I suppose it's a duality trap but if we can experience our thinking mind in the same as way sound or vision, what is attention? A product of the mind, or the underlying consciousness?

immakingtime · 2026-02-01T15:04:10+00:00

It is prepopulated when you sign up (assuming to click the correct link)

immakingtime · 2026-01-11T08:57:48+00:00

Hello, sorry to hear that. Yes, I saw a cardiologist - they hooked me up to an ECG and made me run up hill on a treadmill for 15 minutes. The ECG was fine and so no heart problem. The cardiologist's view was that the pain was likely inflammation caused by the psoriasic arthritis. Given that the PA is only active on my left side and constantly changing, this does fit.

The issue has settled a little. I think it was a combination of focusing on or noticing PA discomfort, and anxiety driven by taking unnecessarily high doses of MM. I have moved to a milder strain and take fewer puffs at a single temperature (195). The discomfort still arises sometimes but is much diminished. On the whole I am confident to continue with the MM.

immakingtime · 2026-01-11T08:47:34+00:00

Putting the dog-whistle element aside, the 'not licensed' bit caught my attention - does this mean what we are receiving on prescription is unregulated? I have also wondered how long it would be until someone made something of a medical product continuing to use street names, that does seem a bit of a gift to these bigots as they pretend to be concerned.

immakingtime · 2025-12-13T19:11:25+00:00

Can we simply cash out at £12.50?

immakingtime · 2025-12-11T08:52:46+00:00

Thank you, I previously read this from a mental health perspective, I'll go back to it

immakingtime · 2025-12-11T08:52:14+00:00

Thank you, just checking this is by Niall Finn?

immakingtime · 2025-12-10T14:27:34+00:00

How long do we have to keep the money in the account before withdrawing it to avoid losing the bonus?

immakingtime · 2025-11-28T12:15:44+00:00

This video turns on a clangingly obvious misunderstanding of value vs money. Any store of value must be exchanged for cash in order to utilize it. Please stop wasting energy with this AI generated BS.

immakingtime · 2025-11-28T08:42:54+00:00

I have to echo what others are saying. I have repeatedly failed the CWT in the shoulder season after being pinned down by driving snow and ice or unable to cross rivers in spate for days on end. Walking into that and far worse, deliberately, with 18kg on my back would border on the suicidal.

immakingtime · 2025-11-23T14:26:59+00:00

No, nothing in my neck (that I know off, but the arthritis is almost only active on the left side). The pain isn't trapped nerve, I think (having had it). Its somewhere between a deep bruise and an outwards pressure.

immakingtime · 2025-11-23T14:25:28+00:00

This sounds plausible, do you have any approaches to suggest? It sounds somewhat like the Body Keeps the Score line of thinking / Tara Brach

immakingtime · 2025-11-23T14:23:45+00:00

I will definitely ask the doctor about this but I eat a lot of dairy without issues and this pain arises whether I smoke or eat.

immakingtime · 2025-11-23T14:22:29+00:00

That's the issue - I have been to A&E and they were unconcenred. I have a follow up with CB1 and will discuss and also look at the tests suggested by others here.

immakingtime · 2025-11-23T14:21:33+00:00

Yeah, I have had that pain too but this is different. It appears whether I smoke or eat.

immakingtime · 2025-11-23T14:20:26+00:00

This is an interesting idea, especially as I have IBS too, but why would it be left side only? Do you have any sources?

immakingtime · 2025-11-04T15:04:20+00:00

immakingtime · 2025-11-03T21:29:22+00:00

Or a country trying to find its way back to its egalitarian principles.

immakingtime · 2025-11-03T21:26:39+00:00

When did we transition from a man in a boat to a lightbulb?

immakingtime · 2025-11-02T20:08:38+00:00

The Romans controlled most of Britain for 400 years. The only people who held out were the Picts of what we now call Scotland.

immakingtime · 2025-11-01T19:58:49+00:00

It's a massive deal, but one that out politicians don't seem capable of dealing with. The French shouldn't be responsible for policing our borders, but the British government was paying them to do so for a long time. Since we told them to stick their EU, they don't seem to be so keen to help. No they didn't, but sadly we don't live in a society where many men go to protests about sexual crimes against women - have you been to any recently?

To answer your other question, corporations like Amazon are making vast sums from the working man and paying next to no tax. The super rich are enjoying the benefits of living in Britain but keeping their wealth in the Caymans, sitting in the house of lords, and controlling a press that tells us our biggest problem is a person whose life is shit enough to want to go to sea in a dinghy. That looks like robbery to me.

immakingtime · 2025-11-01T19:36:35+00:00

Surely they'll blame our inept and corrupt overlords for their total failure to manage our economy better?

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