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Beinn Mhor Bivi - 28.09.2022

28/9/2022

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A fantastic time trialling out my new Alpkit Elan bivi bag on top of beinn mhor, aird ranish, north lochs. After having a look at the weather, I could fit in a quick overnighter between my shifts at work. so all good. A wee 15-20 minute swim over to the usual bay, taking time to maneuver past the kreel ropes whilst making sure that none got tangled on my Lomo rucksack. Then it was around a 30 minute walk over to and up beinn mhor. There is so much to see from up on the hill with the bivi being the ideal piece of kit for the SwimCamp. Bivi'ing under the milky way, seeing a faint glimmer of the northern lights over broadbay, shooting stars, satellites bumbling along, sunset and boats out on the minch were just some of the highlights of my short time on the hill. I'd definitely agree with other bloggers who say that there's a time and a place for a bivi (especially without an extra tarp cover),  thankfully this was the right time and place for me. Was great being able to sit up or lie down in my sleeping bag, on top of my mat with the Elan slightly unzipped, so I could enjoy the views around and/or above. Loved it.
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    I've been a swimmer all my life and over the last several years I've done many challenging open water swims for charity all around our Islands which include the Sound of Barra & the Sound of Harris and both the Little & the Big Minch Channels to name a few.

    Having a real passion for open water swimming, I spend a lot of my spare time looking for and discovering amazing new swim spots around the Islands.
     
    I set up The Hebridean Sea Swimmers group in 2011 for all swimmers that live in or visit The Hebrides and it now has over 1000 members. I regularly meet up with visiting swimmers as I love to freely show off our Islands stunning swim locations.

    SwimCamping and SwimHiking are my new adventures and having such an amazing playground on my doorstep is fantastic, double bagging my kit into the Lomo waterproof rucksack and swimming to an island for an overnight stay or longer is just the best.

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