Bike, Hike & Wild Camping | Ben Alder Forest 4 Munros

A Wild camping adventure into Ben Alder Forest: Kev and I set off from Kinloch Laggan for a bike, hike and wild camping trip into the remote Ben Alder Forest to bag four Munros, Carn Dearg, Geal-Charn, Aonach Beag and Beinn Eibhinn. Kev brings along his new Lanshan Flame's Creed tent, that he's never pitched before.
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[@ScotlandsMountains]

Nice one folks - enjoyed that - had a fair few puncture and misadventure on the old MTB over the years too 😖 Look forward to the next one ATB M

[@WalkWithWallace]

It's a pain like. New puncture resistant Marathon Plus mtb tyres should arrive today. 🤞🏼

[@sgurr_a]

Flame's Creed - what a name to live up to!

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cracking name for a tent. Looked the part too.

[@ScotsWildcamper]

Good one Robin ,yeah Kev adds to your video great stuff. Only ever done 1 munro at a time once i head doon the knees don't want to go back up the way.

[@WalkWithWallace]

Aye good to break it up a bit and he's a good lad. I've had knee bother myself in the past, touch wood they've been okay. 🤞

[@KingPlastik7]

Great video. Kevin wins best supporting actor.

[@Kev_Russ]

Cheers 😁😊

[@WalkWithWallace]

Just found a rake of comments that have slipped through the net. You been bothying recently KP?

[@KingPlastik7]

@@WalkWithWallace Hi Robin, hope you are well mate. Yes, been on a few bothy trips recently. This year I've done Camban, Meanach and Bendronaig. I don't do bothies in the summer, so had a few good weekends away. (:

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@KingPlastik7 I'm good mate, just over a bout of the Rona but should be out again in a week or two. 3 fine bothies there. Was a few years now since we all met in Shielin of Mark. 😁

[@ClaireIona]

Wonderful vlog Robin, it’s wonderful seeing how much you’ve grown 😊 looks like a brilliant day!!

[@ClaireIona]

😂😂😂😂😂 you looked like dad with you hat half hanging off 😂

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@ClaireIona I know, I noticed that too. 🙈

[@richardinman5913]

Class. Keep em coming, only just latched onto you guys but love watching your adventures.

[@WalkWithWallace]

Nice one chief, cheers. 👍🏼

[@RODPIKERDRONESUK]

Great video and footage very well done lovely job cheers

[@PaulMessner]

Smashing video again Robin. They keep getting better and better. How would you compare the Lanshan to the SMD? Is the Lanshan worth a punt?

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Paul. 😁 The Lanshan's porch is huge in comparison to the SMD and it wasn't flapping like the SMD in the 15-20mph winds. I didn't pitch it very well mind you. The inner looked pokey and not as well appointed. For around £70 though, it's definitely worth a punt for a backup/2nd tent. Kev said that a chap uses one in the Alps no bother.

[@PaulMessner]

@@WalkWithWallace thanks for the info mate. I am tempted to pull the trigger

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@PaulMessner I'll get Kevin to add his 2p's worth, he usually reads the comments anyway. But I'm tempted myself. Tent daft. 😆

[@Kev_Russ]

@@PaulMessner There is lots of videos on the lanshan 1 Paul, not many on the upgraded version apart from this yin. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip7QhIuMl6hgitE I would say the Lanshan 1 is similar to Robin's tent, the Lunar solo. The upgraded pyramid version which I bought is meant to be similar to the MLD Duomid, without the quality material of course. For the price tho yi cannae argue.

[@MUNROSnCORBETTS]

Great film Robin, Thats a trek and a half with or without a bike! Theres no doubt in my mind Kev would have stayed with ye if you got a flat tyre LOL!

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Peter, aye he would have stayed at the car waiting for me. Lol. Nah I'm sure he would have. 😆

[@gerrymcveigh]

Robin, a pretty cool way to get the mountains (even if there was a shit bit ;-) Yep that hydro scheme looked pretty dreadful and hopefully will merge into the landscape more as it is obviously helping to save the planet ;-) Enjoyed Kev's takeover and his 'Flame's Creed' - might be worth the price for the name alone. Looked like a great trip - it was very clear despite the lack of sunshine. A pump might be on your Christmas list? Take care :-)

[@WalkWithWallace]

Haha, cheers Gerry. I'm fitting new puncture resistant tyres to the bike this weekend. 😄 But I should really bring a pump and spare tube too.

[@janie3706]

Great video Robin enjoyed watching!👍👍👍

[@ontheadventuretrails-scotl9389]

That toggle was laughing at you! Nice one guys...I used to work on Ben Alder Estate, great area. :-)

[@WalkWithWallace]

😆 Everything was laughing at me. Puncture, hole in the ground, toggle and the wind. What did you do, gamey or something?

[@ontheadventuretrails-scotl9389]

Walk With Wallace 👣 Wasn’t going to say anything about the puncture lol lessons learned. 😀👍

[@johna7862]

Quality vid. You pair could huv yer oan reality tv show!

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers John, but don't put ideas in our head. 😂

[@Kev_Russ]

🤣

[@natalieminnis]

Great video and great double-act! I'm definitely gonna look up that Flame Creed tent, for next summer as Ali Exp goods take a while to arrive.

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Natalie, think Kev waited around 3 weeks, so not too bad a wait time.

[@lacingtrails420]

Loving the videos, slowly going through them. Top man!

[@WalkWithWallace]

Thank you kindly. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos. 😁

[@mountain_del1863]

As always, a very enjoyable video lads. Can’t get out just now myself so this is keeping me sane. 👍👍ATB

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Derek, hope you're out sooner rather than later mate. 👍🏼

[@mountain_del1863]

@@WalkWithWallace cheers mate

[@OutdoorIntrigue]

Great stuff again mate. I liked Kev’s take over! 😂 Glad the pillow worked out, I always take a pillow these days. Been using the sea to summit ones and they are decent and light.

[@WalkWithWallace]

Thanks again, will have to give him a regular spot now. 😂 I had a Naturehike pillow which I think is a copy of the Sea to Summit. Wouldn't go without a pillow now, used to use a jacket stuffed in a buff, but just not the same.

[@anthonypayne1]

Great adventure Robin, the hole of doom? Ha Ha! Thought it was only me that found uneven pitches Lol! Hope the pillow made up for it! Atb Anthony

[@WalkWithWallace]

I've yet to find that perfect bowling green pitch. The pillow is excellent. Worth the extra 90g in weight. 😁

[@outdoorslifestyle2900]

Cracking vid Robin and that tent looks a bargain too. Thanks for sharing ATB Steve

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Steve. 😁

[@zeena3411]

Oh my God im so happy i found your channel!! Im going to binge watch during quarantine so thank you so much for this! What you're doing is actually something ive been dying to do for the longest time, i aspire to bike and camp around Scotland, im full of fear about it and your videos are pumping me up to make it my GOAL to do Glasgow >Aberdeen biking/camping as soon as this whole period is over!!!! Thank so much Wallace! ❤️

[@WalkWithWallace]

Ah nice one Zee, absolutely nothing to fear and I hope you get out when this nightmare is over. Any questions, please just fire away. 👍🏼

[@zeena3411]

@@WalkWithWallace you're frigging awesome dude! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TeddyWandererCamera-Bear]

Hi Robin, it looks like you and Kevin had great time. That wind was really blowing your tent up there! The walk looked good, I am pleased you passed some other people on bikes that had a pump:D It would have been a long walk back otherwise ! Thank you for sharing Atb :D Teddy

[@WalkWithWallace]

Thanks TW, that was kind of lucky. 😁

[@BorderRambler]

Nice little adventure Robin , took some great looking summits in on this one . Cant believe you don't carry a pump or a tube lol . Kev's tent looked a belter for the money . atb Dave

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Dave, I've been lucky up until then. So will be packing tools, pump and a spare tube from now on. 😁

[@ootnboots]

Good video mate, i've still to do they 4 ..I wouldn't fancy pushing the bike out from there ..enjoyed that Robin

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Stevie. 👍🏼 Don't face plant like the last time. 😉

[@alanmethven4437]

Hey Robin, just like your recent Fisherfield trip we were there just before you two although we cycled in from Dalwhinnie, camped by the bridge just before Culra for two nights and bagged the 4 munros on the Thursday 2 weeks ago. Daft question but why don't you carry a spare inner tube, I had to change mine before we even made it out of the car park at the start of the trip but had no problems after that.

[@WalkWithWallace]

Hi Alan, that's a bit spooky. Where you off to next? 🤔 To be honest, just a bit of complacency. That's a new bike that I use to commute to work on too and I just haven't got around to buying spares for it yet. The puncture was broken glass, probably from cycling to work and not the bike and hike.

[@alanmethven4437]

@@WalkWithWallace Not sure Robin it will either be the 3 Glen Dessary munros or one of the Torridon duos, depends on weather and available accommodation, my friend is down to 14 munros left to do so we are running out of options.

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@alanmethven4437 ah nice. 😁 Is he hoping to finish this year?

[@alanmethven4437]

@@WalkWithWallace Not likely Robin, will be next year I should think.

[@Kev_Russ]

Brilliant video mate. 👌 Another top trip away likesay. 👍 There needs to be a Kev's take over part from now on like. It adds that special kind of something more eh, abit of je ne sais quoi. Abit of passion & essence of life that's been missing all these years eh. 😁😎

[@WalkWithWallace]

😂 As long as we can fit that big head of yours in the frame. But aye, it was a nice touch, to see a different perspective from your goodself. 😉

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Haha nice one guys. Loved Kevin's takeover haha! Still got these to look forward to! Cheers, Kris.

[@WalkWithWallace]

Did you ever get yourself a tent?

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

@@WalkWithWallace Still not yet! Its on my shopping list though!

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@ScottishMountainGoat nice one mate, in time for autumn or probably next year? I've just purchased a drone, swap tips? 😂

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

@@WalkWithWallace Nice! Which one did you end up going for?

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@ScottishMountainGoat got the Mavic Air for its size. Which one do you have again?

[@acteon-nature-wildlife4507]

Hello superb video congratulations nice video Actéon nature

[@dannypettigrew5738]

Nice one robin 👍🏻👍🏻

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Danny. 😁

[@WyeExplorer]

The dams Robin are nothing like the Victorian legacy.I agree ugly! Nice ride in for your over-nighter. I like that as I do the water from the top. Good going on all fronts. Mark

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Mark, It's a difficult one, need green energy for sure and they're less intrusive than wind turbines. 🤔

[@3WalkingPoles]

I agree - toggles could be better. It's getting more interesting with increase of midges' density. :) It looks like a great trip!

[@WalkWithWallace]

Fiddly things aren't they. We were okay with the midge, wind has its uses.

[@HaroldGoodfortune]

Great stuff, lads👏🕺

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers Harold. 😁

[@HaroldGoodfortune]

Btw, what stove do you use?

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@HaroldGoodfortune it's a Speedster stoves alcohol burner designed to house my Alpkit MyTi 650 pot.

[@HaroldGoodfortune]

Cheers. Will check it out

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@HaroldGoodfortune he'll make a pot stand for any pot if you send him the measurements, but he stocks stands for the more popular pots. www.speedsterstoves.co.uk/

[@james-kinnear]

Bike vs Walk in question. How long did the the potential faceplant section take to negotiate Robin? Also with that amount of bikes parked by Culra, how busy was the parking spot at the road end in Dalwhinnie?

[@WalkWithWallace]

Hi James, the boggy section is only around 1km, so it would add around 10 minutes or so to your journey. I couldn't see the Dalwhinnie parking area when driving past, I imagine it would have been busy though.

[@james-kinnear]

@@WalkWithWallace Thanks Robin, food for thought. Hadn't thought of coming in via A86 by bike before. cheers for the effort you put in btw

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@james-kinnear cheers James, it's a nicer approach to be honest. More interesting than the Dalwhinnie approach.

[@smujiodome]

Great video Robin. I have been wondering about that track for a while. I walked it many times in the past but have been thinking of cycling up to Loch Pattack so that’s good information for me if they have changed it all with the dam etc. Re the flat tyre. I use Schwalbe Marathon Plus 37 mm tyres on my cycle cross bike and with about 3000 off road miles on them I still have not had a puncture. Neither has the wife in hers. They have a Kevlar band in them and are virtually puncture proof. atb.

[@WalkWithWallace]

It's a more interesting and varied route than Dalwhinnie. So it's recommended, even with that short boggy section. I had Marathon P's on my old hybrid and I got around 1 puncture a year. Are they decent enough for road and off road use?

[@smujiodome]

Walk With Wallace 👣 I only ever use them off road. Usually on the canal or land rover tracks. I’ve never used them on really rough ground. I have a good road bike for the road but I won’t go on the road these days and I never will. There’s a thing between the motorist and the cyclist and I point blank refuse to have any stress when I’m out cycling. I don’t commute so it’s only ever for leisure.

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@smujiodome I cycle to work every day, but don't mind having MTB tyres on my bike.

[@smujiodome]

Walk With Wallace 👣 I’d give them a go then. I’m not sure what size they start at but mine are 35 mm and they were ok on the Lin if Dee to Geldie lodge track. I think if you put about 50 psi in them they would roll very well on a road. Definitely worth it for the puncture proof aspect not to mention the durability. Oh and that Dalwhinnie road is a real slog isn’t it? I have walked that loads of times. Never ending.

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@smujiodome I'll be buying a set soon me thinks. Having cycled the Geldie route, I wouldn't go much more off-road than that. The Dalwhinnie route never changes, same scenery all the way along. 😴

[@southwesterncamper4848]

Great video guys. How long did this take from Culra? Taking the camp out the equation

[@WalkWithWallace]

Cheers mucker, taking the camp out of the equation it took around 7-8 hours.

[@southwesterncamper4848]

@@WalkWithWallace I was just looking in the Munro book and was thinking of doing practically the exact same thing next year, but camping at Culra and doing Ben Alder and Beinn Bheoill the next day 😊

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@southwesterncamper4848 its a fine area, first time I camped on Ben Alder after doing Bheoil. Next day done the 4 and cycled back out to Dalwhinnie.

[@rifs7464]

hi robin. should l buy flame's creed lanshan 1 tent for 3 season ? thank you.

[@WalkWithWallace]

Hi mate, they’re good tents for the money. The 2021 edition is a bit more spacious than the original having the same dimensions as the single skin Pro 1.

[@rifs7464]

@@WalkWithWallace thanks

[@alistairthow1384]

# leavenotrace!, jobbie?

[@WalkWithWallace]

Valid point, but what do you do when nature calls? We do it responsibly.

[@alistairthow1384]

@@WalkWithWallace #buryyirslurry

[@Kev_Russ]

@@alistairthow1384 Who said it wisnae buried like? 🤔 It was proper well buried, deep & mixed in with the soil of the land so much so that there wisnae any trace likesay ken eh. 😏

[@Kev_Russ]

@@JagerScot-01 😂 cannae beat a guid jobbie in the wild. Good for the soul. 😁💩

[@WalkWithWallace]

@@JagerScot-01 😂 😂