Some thoughts and reports from outings...
Blogs from some outdoor adventures.....
Its been a while since I updated my blog so thought I better get back here and update on whats been happening! Its been a really busy few months at work so apologies that his site has been kept up to date, but I have still managed to get out and aout at the weekends, which has definitely kept my sanity levels low with the madness of work over the last few months!! lo As always , Glencoe has been visited. My first visit here was during a weekend when the forecast was wild so I planned on a photography trip up Beinn a' Chrulaiste. When I arrived , the weather turned out much worse than I (and the forecast !) predicted. So a day was spent lower down on the hill, but still managed to get some nice shots and even getting out and about lower down felt worthwhile... Wee vlog below: My next trip to Glencoe came only a week later and the conditions couldn't have been more different!! Thomas Heaton wa sup in Scotland for a week and we arranged to meet in Glencoe and go up …. you guessed it - Beinn a' Chrulaiste. Given the superb wintery conditons here over the prior week, we knew it was going to be busy on Stob Beinn a Chrulaiste, so we decided to head up the mountain on a route I thought would be a little quieter , and it certainly was! Leaving the house at 3 am I met Tom early and we were hiking before 6am. It tunred into one of those perfect hiking days (not so good for photography) but absolutely perfect winter conditions to do a loop over Chrulaiste a fine day indeed. Link to walk report here : https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=87421 Below are mine and Toms videos from this splendid day on the mountains of Glencoe: It was a few more weeks until I returned to Glencoe and although the above videos give the impression of a fine winter - it had been anything but ! My quarks had gathered dust and I had managed no winter routes, not even broad gully! I always like to get a wee ascent or descent of Broad Gully in at some point in the winter and when a brief wintery spell hit at the ed of March , we headed straight for it, ascending the zig zags to gain access to the Corrie. Always a fine mountaineering day this and what great fun we had, and I was happy that I had managed a route (albeit probably the easiest in the area;)) . Glencoe , whatever the weather or conditions, never fails to disappoint.... Walk report here : https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=88078 and vlog below: some photos....
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