Ah, gawd bless yer sir, I'll see you there!

After my TGOC2013 I need to make every effort to attend your wonderful gatherings....and a Cheese & Whine will hit the spot nicely.


JJ

Many apologies but I will be in another part of the mountains that must not be named, so I will be unable to attend

Thank you for your kind invitation! Unfortunately on this occasion, we will have to decline.
I'm sure we'll catch up with you somewhere...

Sorry, your C & W is 12 miles too far south for me.

I'll just have to do my own this year.

Might bump into you later in the walk.

Already excuses.
Change your route!

Seemples!

Too late, sunshine, my route is already in the vetting mincer

Can't wriggle it, would have to start again, but we'll look forward to bumping into you elsewhere, we'll maybe have cake ;-)

Hm, just a bit too North for me - although my route is still "flexible" (ie it has a start and about three mid-points and nowt else).

Will there be a second C&W this year (ie NEXT year) ?

Hi Judith

We had two possible additional Cheese & Wine venues, but the FWA parties' locations would have been wildly different from the Fair Weather locations.

They were also in positions where we believed there were far too many FWA route choices, so Challenge C&W Party attendees might well have been pushed way off their routes for these FWA locations.

Because of this, we dumped these two possible parties.

However! We will of course be having our own Cheese & Wine evenings in these locations, and we will pass these locations on to people we bump into along the way.

I'll keep half a tube of Primula in my pack just in case.

Don't want you to be Billy NoMates - so we'll gatecrash again.

Val, Dave

You are bloomin' lovely!

As is Mr JJ (who had replied earlier!)

Why not walk with us from Ft Aggie to Kincraig? I'll send you our route sheet as soon as it's finished.



xx

OMG! Chalybeate. The source of the World's supply of Irn Bru, the ideal drink to accompany the finest French cheese. No washing your smalls in the Spring, please.

Cannae wait! Won't wait! My original root had me arriving in that self-same spot a day earlier - but I will adjust this to make yr soirée for certain.

As we speak I am channeling an early '60's take, with Blue Nun and/or Chianti in wicker baskets. Accessorised with tinned pineapple, glacé cherries and finger portions of cold "hot dogs". Primula sounds excellent (good call, Judith!), particularly in the tube version. Tinned ravioli is always a favourite. Would a full-on fondue with Cinzano aperitifs cut the mustard? I'm minded to load up the Dansette gramophone with a mix of Mantovani, Russ Conway and (for the adventurous) a dangerous melange of Frank Ifield and Matt Monroe.

For dessert I'm thinking tinned lychees. But am open to suggestions . . .

Yum! Yum!

Excellent Humph. We have some 78's of the Inkspots in the loft, I will put them on my parcel list straight away.

Yes please- been looking at how you get to the C&W from Fort Augustus - bumpy? Will be recceing the site sometime over the winter.I'm assuming you'll be heading to Kincraig via the wolf's lair - beware that sanctuary cannot always be certain in the local bothies- they are sometimes locked. Looking forward to receiving your whole route, so that I can contemplate the amount of pain and suffering.

Hump3, surely you are not going to miss taking the classic 60's prawn cocktail and black forest gateaux?
And don't forget a few doggie biscuits!

Bloody hell. We seem to be going the same way :-)

For once, I might be in the right area at the right time. Still to finalise and get route vetted, but here's hoping.

Don't drink the water!It could well be a bit on the orange side. This will be perfect for those with an iron constitution who require a spot of loosening up after days of a bad diet. (I suspect you may not be requiring much water)
Café akto will be a bit further East in Glen Mazeran. Do call for baconbaps and/or black paws finest beer(baconbaps is NOT the knickname of my girlfriend by the way)

The water should be ideal for Mr Walker's "problem"!

I had planned to camp a mere 2km further SSE that night at Loch na Lairige but I could easily amend this as I haven't submitted my route yet. (Although the FWA location is too far north for me, so I hope the weather is fine!)

I can't guarantee my rucksack will be as well stocked with cheese and wine this time though!

Is there room for a couple of first timers? We'll bring whatever Fort Augustus will sell us.

We'll have to hope for good weather too as the FWA isn't on ours at the moment.

Vicky and Toby (v2 according to the participant list..)

How splendid!

Andy, Kate, Kirsten, Vicky, Toby (first timers are amazingly welcome - the life-blood of the Challenge)

Come on, Judith... You know you want to....

This party just gets better and better. That's twelve of us, plus Judith as a possible, so far...

And then they can all follow you to Kincraig.....

OK guys, we've got sigint that a dozen or so trrrists will be holed up at a secret hideout in the mountain range so secret we never name it. Known eco-activistas will be there; thurr cheese-eating, so could be foreign; and they got wine, so that's confirmed. These nogoodniks are close to a massive turbo power installation vital to the nation's energy security. Git those drones in the sky!

Vicky and Toby claiming to be first timers? Then who the heck was I sitting with in the Fife Arms after the 2013 duck attack?

A careful scan of the list of names will reveal TWO Vicky/Toby combos

Blimey, for a minute there I thought I'd written a message that I hadn't remembered writing or sending! Didn't realise there was another Vicky & Toby - welcome! :) Great names! ;-)

Blimey that's confusing. Two V & T's. Let's just call everybody Bruce

What??

No Sheilas?

I fear the way we'll be referred to is the older Vicky & Toby, given the ages of the V & T no. 2! I'm not sure I'm ready to be referred to as old......!

V&T senior and V&T junior

Job done!

V&T and V&T25 (they are the slightly younger ones) see how I did that. Diplomatic or what?

Anyway, you've done 1 V&T (you decided where you are starting yet?)

This is V&T so you don't get confused!

Ah.....the memories! :) Shame I look like I need the loo! :)

I can live with 'slightly younger'.....allows me to continue my age denial!

Think we're joining you starting in Mallaig....see you in the pub? :)

I have had a greasy premonition...

We're going to be a day behind schedule after one day... leaving four days to be done in three to Fort Aggie....

Deja vu, all over again....

NOTE..You are NOT spending all day in that Pub.

OMG this is shaping up to be Parrty Of The Year oh yea! Do you have a take on probable numbers so far? I only ask because I may have to organise a food-drop of glacé cherries. I am also actively sourcing Prawns Marie Rose. Black Forest Gateau may not travel well - but maybe can be acquired in Ft A.

Any take on "Songs For Swinging Lovers" by Frank? Or should we go for Cliff's second album - "Cliff Sings - And He Certainly Does"?

Love the chance to meet with the multiple Vicky 'n' Tobys. G & T, V & T anyone? A swift snifter? Oh yes, what is the preferred dress code? Only asking. My tailor awaits.

Yum Yum xx xx

Hi Hump3

I make it about a dozen souls so far.

2014 Cheese & Winers may find this article particularly helpful:

LINK

Haha. I'm impressed how much confusion we've caused already.

And it's only going to get worse, we're starting in Mallaig too.

V&T25 !

I really must apologise, you see it wasn't my idea as I had already planned my route and was just having lunch with a certain Humphrey Weightman who suggested that if I tweeked my route I could join your merry bunch for cheese & wine. Well I thought it would be rude not to take up such a kind offer !.

Look forward to joining you space permitting.

Cheers
Ian

I see that this thread is the first to have passed one thousand views! Mr Sloman, I salute you! That Sinclair is a Thoroughly Decent Fellow and will Fit Right In. And is a near neighbour of mine. I understand that he is sourcing an amusing Chateau Latour as we speak.

It's all shaping up to be a perfectly splendid soirée. But ... dress code? Smart/casual I imagine? Only asking . . .

Hi Ian and Welcome!

Both the Fine Weather and Foul Weather locations have been chosen to provide plenty of good camping spots for zillions of Challengers and their guests.

Humph: Dress code is indeed smart/casual, as detailed on the invite at the top of the thread.

Route now finalised to be there! Not sure how I'll pick up a supply of booze yet. The cheese is manageable. Silly question - how do you deal with the empties?

Hi Kirsten.

That's splendid news!



The best solution is to decant your wine into a Platypus Wine Preserver available from the excellent Backpackinglight.co.uk (That's Podcast Bob's outfit). It weighs next to nothing!

LINK

To be honest, any platypus would do.
I mean, you don't carry it for long do you?
Last year, ours didn't even make it to the Cheese and Wine.

The party is getting bigger!

We now have Jaya John (JJJ?) & Barney coming along as well.

Any more for anymore?