Some thoughts and reports from outings...
Blogs from some outdoor adventures.....
I go through spouts of “bagging” and having (nearly) finished all the Munros, I have spent the last 10 years or so slowly heading up the Corbetts! To be honest I think that these maybe more demanding than their bigger brothers, mainly due to the fact that “clumps” can’t be bagged in one outing!! Another factor slowing my progress , is the fact that as with the Munros, once you are half way through them, the distances involved to reach their bases increases dramatically! Weekends away are required – or 3am starts! I usually see Fort William and Inverness as the cut off points – anything south or east of these landmarks are easily day trippable! However beyond that, then multi day trips are needed…. Added to this is the fact that I am also really enjoying just getting out, the bagger in me is usually curtailed and I’m not too bothered (hence why I’ve had about 5 Munros left to do for about the last ten years ;). As long as I get my mountain fix at least twice a month , then I am sorted… However – every now again I think about getting the hills bagged, and with my buddy off this weekend, I decided to head to the north end of Glen Roy to compleat the Corbetts that are within a day journey from home !! To really compleat will take a few more years and perhaps will never come but hey ho! So up at 6am and I headed for Roybridge. The forecast was ok and early season snow was forecast J The roads were dead and the only people I saw on my 97 mile trip were a couple of gentle policemen in Roybridge, out before anyone elseJ Up the Glen I went and past the point I stopped the last time…. An enjoyable wild camp before headed for Pygmy ridge! That was an enjoyable weekend adventure. Arriving at Brae Roy Lodge around 9am, I headed up the track and to my delight, the sun came out causing me to shed layers…. So much for the cold weather forecast ;) Up past the two chimneys and up Glen Turret. The path was now a boggy track and my plan was to stay low out of the wind by heading up Gleann Eachach to the Bealach and then ascend the hills from there. However this track was a bit boggy so I decided to head straight up on to the ridge between Teanga Mhor and (the first) Carn Dearg. I usually love hitting ridges , but not so with this one. It was peat hag hell! Lots of gloopy peat hags and bogs to negotiate- just glad my boots were waterproof and the gaiters tight!! As I got through the bog the weather closed in and the snow started. Wet snow stung my face and it was a marked contrast between the warm sunny weather in the Glen! However it soon passed and I was stood on the summit in a gale! Some carefully navigation eventually saw me back at the Bealach and ascending the second Carn Dearg of the day! The clag cleared again but the wind picked up, by the time I reached the summit it was rather blowy!! I descended SW and reached the upper reaches of Glen Roy. Enjoying the tranquil Glen weather, I sat and watched some large predatory birds circle ahead whilst enjoying a bite to eat! A fabulous setting and it felt nice and remote. Hadn’t met a soul all day and felt the better for it – some cracking wild areas up here…..
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