Whilst not related to snowsports please heed this as a warning whilst walking/camping...
Last night I was camping off a lay-by in Glen Shiel near the 5 sisters. Around midnight I was woken up be the sound of breaking glass - some git was breaking into my car whilst his friend(s?) were waiting in their car.
What to do? Camping alone - make a noise/confront them. Unlkiely to work as you stand a good chance of getting a kicking (or stabbed these days) so I tried to put on my shoes and sneak up quietly to get their number plate. My tent was 150-200 metres from my can so do not think they knew I was there.
I was too slow and the thieving bas*!rds took off.
I called the police in case there happened to be a patrol car in the area but was asked to go to the nearest station to give a statement - where was the station... Inverness - a 90 minute drive away., Not much of a deterrent to that sort of scum.
All in all the window/door is insured (£100 excess) but they also took walking boots + superfeet insoles, oakley shades, cd's among other things. The really worrying thing is that nothing was on show so were these people cruising around looking for something to do?
I can't think of any lesson to be learned by that as my car was secure (until they hurled a large rock through the window) and was not advertising anything of value.
Do take care when leaving your cars overnight - I will certainly think twice about 'wild' camping instead of using a campsite in future.
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