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Celebrating World Photography day with NTS at Glencoe

Bike-packing Scotland’s Western Isles

My photograph was used in the refurbished Glencoe Visitor Centre

Day 16: 2019

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Warning: htmlspecialchars(): charset `wp:image {"id":6769,"linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0038.jpg"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0038-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6769"/></a><figcaption>Dropping in to the Canyon.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The wind did start to make itself known at the summit nearer lunch time, but I still didn’t resort to a jacket. Some of the clouds that whipped over the summit were also becoming darker in tone. The sun still found its way through in between the clouds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6774,"linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0062.jpg"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0062-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6774"/></a><figcaption>Waterfalls everywhere.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6771,"linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0049.jpg"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0049-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6771"/></a><figcaption>Gushing over Glencoe.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I decided early afternoon to head to the cafe and get some food. I walked to the top of the Canyon to take the direct route down, but as I was strapping in, I heard the radio buzz into life. They were discussing the Main Basin T-bar. It was going to be down for at least half an hour, maybe more.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6772} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0052-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6772"/><figcaption>The route down the Canyon.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I thought it best to walk back up and grab my bag before sliding down the very slush Canyon, with waterfalls gushing underneath the snow.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6781,"linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0093.jpg"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0093-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6781"/></a><figcaption>Looking back up the Canyon, including another waterfall.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I grabbed some soup at the cafe and had a drink. It was so hot you worked up quite a thirst.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It wasn’t too long before the news arrived. The Main Basin T-bar is down and won’t be back up.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And that was it. The 2018/19 season was over!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6770} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0042-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6770"/><figcaption>Prime suspect - the squeaky wheel on the T-bar.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>While it was disappointing to have the last day cut short, I had no complaints. We have made the most of the season, and I am lucky enough to have had 16 days on my season ticket, making it worth while even in one of the worst snowless seasons I have experienced.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The snow we had been riding on had lasted and only come from a few falls earlier in the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I feel it was kind of fated too, as I still have that annoying thing called work waiting on me and it means the decision is made for me.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6783} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0099-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6783"/></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3><strong>Final Fling</strong></h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Glencoe is of course still open for business, they have bike events going on and Easter sledging is still planned for Monday. But, for skiers and snowboarders, we now just have to start wishing for a mega snow season next winter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big thanks to all the friends and fellow Glencoe regulars who make the place what it is, and of course to all the staff who make it all possible. You pulled it off despite the conditions you were dealt this season. Thank you.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>See you all next year.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I now need to find something else to do this summer.<br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6782} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0094-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6782"/><figcaption>See you next season Glencoe Mountain Resort.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image -->' not supported, assuming utf-8 in /services/webpages/r/u/ruanaich.com/public/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/carousel/jetpack-carousel.php on line 507

Warning: htmlspecialchars(): charset `wp:image {"id":6769,"linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0038.jpg"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0038-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6769"/></a><figcaption>Dropping in to the Canyon.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The wind did start to make itself known at the summit nearer lunch time, but I still didn’t resort to a jacket. Some of the clouds that whipped over the summit were also becoming darker in tone. The sun still found its way through in between the clouds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6774,"linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0062.jpg"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0062-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6774"/></a><figcaption>Waterfalls everywhere.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6771,"linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0049.jpg"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0049-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6771"/></a><figcaption>Gushing over Glencoe.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I decided early afternoon to head to the cafe and get some food. I walked to the top of the Canyon to take the direct route down, but as I was strapping in, I heard the radio buzz into life. They were discussing the Main Basin T-bar. It was going to be down for at least half an hour, maybe more.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6772} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0052-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6772"/><figcaption>The route down the Canyon.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I thought it best to walk back up and grab my bag before sliding down the very slush Canyon, with waterfalls gushing underneath the snow.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6781,"linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0093.jpg"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0093-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6781"/></a><figcaption>Looking back up the Canyon, including another waterfall.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I grabbed some soup at the cafe and had a drink. It was so hot you worked up quite a thirst.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It wasn’t too long before the news arrived. The Main Basin T-bar is down and won’t be back up.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And that was it. The 2018/19 season was over!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6770} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0042-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6770"/><figcaption>Prime suspect - the squeaky wheel on the T-bar.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>While it was disappointing to have the last day cut short, I had no complaints. We have made the most of the season, and I am lucky enough to have had 16 days on my season ticket, making it worth while even in one of the worst snowless seasons I have experienced.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The snow we had been riding on had lasted and only come from a few falls earlier in the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I feel it was kind of fated too, as I still have that annoying thing called work waiting on me and it means the decision is made for me.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6783} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0099-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6783"/></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":3} --> <h3><strong>Final Fling</strong></h3> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Glencoe is of course still open for business, they have bike events going on and Easter sledging is still planned for Monday. But, for skiers and snowboarders, we now just have to start wishing for a mega snow season next winter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big thanks to all the friends and fellow Glencoe regulars who make the place what it is, and of course to all the staff who make it all possible. You pulled it off despite the conditions you were dealt this season. Thank you.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>See you all next year.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I now need to find something else to do this summer.<br></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":6782} --> <figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="http://ruanaich.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Glencoe-Day16-0094-1024x768.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-6782"/><figcaption>See you next season Glencoe Mountain Resort.</figcaption></figure> <!-- /wp:image -->' not supported, assuming utf-8 in /services/webpages/r/u/ruanaich.com/public/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/carousel/jetpack-carousel.php on line 508

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