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Frenchmans cap advice pls 6-Jun-2011 At 4:23:21 PM citationx

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On 6/06/2011 maxdacat wrote:
>Planning a trip there this weekend. Has anybody done it recently or indeed
>at this time of year? I am planning on taking full goretex and a down
>jacket for the evenings but only have trainers for walking in so guess
>i'll be suffering with wet feet. Is the hut likely to be crowded?
>
>ta

Are you talking about just walking there?
I'd look at the long range forecast and see how things are looking. if inclement weather is expected, i'd probably skip it, especially at this time of the year. I doubt the hut would be used. If normal conditions are to be expected (that is, that for one reason or another there HASN'T been sunshining there for the last two months) you can expect quite a long and deep mud wade over the sodden loddens (lodden plains). I have read 60s and 70s bushwalking reports about the acidic/destructive effect of the button grass plain mud on various types of sneakers, esp dunlop volleys. boots and gaiters would probably help.
good luck!