Gibby82 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) Did The Saddle and Sgurr na Sgine at the weekend. The Saddle was a lot of fun but hard work, some of the most enjoyable scrambling I’ve done. Legs were wiped after the descent from there, had to drag myself up the second. We came down from from the imposing but unforgiving Faochag and it was a couple of hours of miserable fucking pain, my steepest descent yet. A few (extortionate) pints in the Cluanie Inn helped dull the pain but feeling it today. Stunning part of the country, hoping to get back up that end again this year at some point to tackle a few more. Edited June 27, 2022 by Gibby82 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 How did you find the section between the damn wall and getting back to the road, I’ve heard that even on a dry day it’s bog factor is off the scale. I can't remember it being a problem tbh. It was 8 years ago now but I think we took the service down beyond the dam then rejoined the outward path without too much of an issue. It was after a few days of scorching weather mind you. Faochag 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibby82 Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said: Vowed to sack off hill walking and move to the Low Countries during that descent, absolute hell, though mostly over it now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishBhoy Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Day of the Lords said: I can't remember it being a problem tbh. It was 8 years ago now but I think we took the service down beyond the dam then rejoined the outward path without too much of an issue. It was after a few days of scorching weather mind you. We came from the left hand side down the ladders but mainly the same route. Maybe just the weather we had that day, but if you weren’t falling knee deep in to the bog you were ankle deep in a stream. I would quite like to go back and complete the horseshoe on a clear day, I struggled to enjoy it after adding 2 hours on to the walk. On the way back we stopped at the chip shop in Arrochar as a reward for such a tough day. The place was rammed and they said it was a 20 minute wait for a sausage supper. Usually wee chip shops in places like that are great, so I didn’t mind waiting. When it came the sausages were about an inch and a half long, and the batter was so hard I physically couldn’t eat them. Obviously I never went back, but when I was going to do The Cobbler last month I noticed it had shut down. Did anyone else use that chippy before? All the signs pointed to it being an excellent chippy, and maybe I just got them on a bad day? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Vowed to sack off hill walking and move to the Low Countries during that descent, absolute hell, though mostly over it now.I hated it with every fibre of my being first time round. Second I just did the saddle and came back via the dyke then back to the ascent path. f**k ever dealing with that again [emoji23] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) Went inversion chasing on Beinn a' Bheithir yesterday. The risk of which is never popping out the top and so it came to pass that on one of Scotland classic days out I saw f**k all - although still managed to get burned. 75% thoroughly enjoyable walk with easy scrambling and easy ridge walking which I swore I would return to for the views until that fucking interminable walk out. Maybe if I can do a two car job I'll head off the West Side of Sgorr Donuil. In better news the red squirrel was midge free, they have a food van that does cheap but high quality butchers meat food and the Clachaig is always fun. Edited July 17, 2022 by invergowrie arab 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Driesh for the 13th fucking time on Saturday [emoji23] Though this time it was part of a long held plan to start at one end of Glen Clova and walk back to the start over various tops to the Airlie Monument. 15.5 miles and 1250m ascent which is not bad. However after the 6 mile point it's pretty mundane stuff and not a walk I'd be doing again. Mlions of flies, searing heat and plenty of nettle stings up the Scorrie path didn't help. Oh, and sunburn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 (edited) Won the race against the rain on A' Chralaig and Mullach Fraoch-Choire today. Another hugely enjoyable Kintail ridge walk. They are all good. The walk out isn't half as bad as made out either. Edited July 23, 2022 by invergowrie arab 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 12 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Won the race against the rain on A' Chralaig and Mullach Fraoch-Choire today. Another hugely enjoyable Kintail ridge walk. They are all good. The walk out isn't half as bad as made out either. Aye those are tremendous hills, although the trauma of finding a used dangermouse stuffed into the latter's summit cairn still lives with me I think we retraced to the sub top in the middle of the ridge and descent that. The track out wasn't too boggy at all - certainly nowhere near as bad as the one out from Ciste Dhubh along the road. Pretty much all of the Kintail hills are good days out. The only ones i didn't enjoy were Fhada and A'Ghlas Bheinn, probably because i was knackered after walking for 4 straight days, that and my mate's shortcut route between the two being absolutely fucking ridiculous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Central Belt Caley Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Done Ben Nevis a few weeks back and didn’t manage the CMD Arete as it was very misty on the day so didn’t fancy getting lost, need to get back up and avoid the Tourist path like the plague! Was Ben More and Stob Binnein for me at the weekend. Only seen 3 other people the whole 6 hours I was out for. Weather was brutal but enjoyed the challenge of Ben More and its interesting ascent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 44 minutes ago, Central Belt Caley said: Was Ben More and Stob Binnein for me at the weekend. Only seen 3 other people the whole 6 hours I was out for. Weather was brutal but enjoyed the challenge of Ben More and its interesting ascent One of the worst slogs going - I did those hills 2nd time round from a start point further east along Glen Dochart (near where you start for Sgiath Chuil) and it was sooo much better... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Went up Ben Lawers today (and Beinn Ghlas) and I have to say being blown about in strong winds and being battered by rain was worth it for the amazing view at the summit[emoji23].In seriousness, a few parts were quite tough but a thoroughly enjoyable walk all in. Next hill on Monday and I can't wait.Exactly two years on and I did the same hills again. Great view from Beinn Ghlas but my Lawers curse struck again when the cloud came down when we were about twenty metres from the summit. Very, very windy up there today made it quite a tough walk. 4.5 hours to scale both summits but we made it back to the car in two hours. I'll sleep tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 I bagged the ‘Glenshee 6’ yesterday to take my tally to 80/282. I’ve just seen the weather forecast for this weekend and oh boy are we in for a good one. Need to decide where to head. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin_Nevis Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 1 minute ago, jamamafegan said: I bagged the ‘Glenshee 6’ yesterday to take my tally to 80/282. I’ve just seen the weather forecast for this weekend and oh boy are we in for a good one. Need to decide where to head. Looks like a total scorcher. I'm off to Kintail for both the north and south ridges, plus the north cluanie circuit. It's been 8 years since i was on them and they were all done in shite weather so i'm looking forward to actually seeing stuff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marly Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 11 hours ago, jamamafegan said: I bagged the ‘Glenshee 6’ yesterday to take my tally to 80/282. I’ve just seen the weather forecast for this weekend and oh boy are we in for a good one. Need to decide where to head. Ibrox? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Ibrox?£31 quid to sit in the bigot den surrounded by 51000 knuckle draggers on a glorious day, knowing that I could have spent the weekend bagging hills, wild swimming and tanning some #cans in the sun instead? I’ll pass! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinatoon Bairn Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) Typical that Sunday is the day I was planning to go somewhere Not sure what to do for my next walk, was up Aonach Eagach two weeks ago which took me to 46 munros. Keen to do a 4 munro route to take me to 50 and Ring of Steall has caught my eye. Any other suggestions? Edited August 9, 2022 by Chinatoon Bairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Just got back from a few days up north with the Mrs. I've recently got her into camping but I think hillwalking is a stretch too far for her anytime soon, so need to content myself with some hill porn from down below. With more time I'd have liked to travel further north, but we had a nice tour around between Ullapool & Dornoch, a wee day out in the pishing rain in Stornoway, and down to Gairloch & Loch Maree on the way home. The north west is absolutely stunning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swello Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Zetterlund said: Just got back from a few days up north with the Mrs. I've recently got her into camping but I think hillwalking is a stretch too far for her anytime soon, so need to content myself with some hill porn from down below. With more time I'd have liked to travel further north, but we had a nice tour around between Ullapool & Dornoch, a wee day out in the pishing rain in Stornoway, and down to Gairloch & Loch Maree on the way home. The north west is absolutely stunning. Up there with best car park view anywhere that one at the head of Glen Docherty - I still stop there every time I pass. 1 hour ago, Chinatoon Bairn said: Not sure what to do for my next walk, was up Aonach Eagach two weeks ago which took me to 46 munros. Keen to do a 4 munro route to take me to 50 and Ring of Steall has caught my eye. Any other suggestions? Grey Corries (with Stob Ban) is a brilliant summer epic and would get you to 50 in a memorable way. I parked at the old tramway (NN255789) and walked into Laraig Leacach bothy the night before to shorten it a bit. Ring of Steall via Steall meadow is also a classic. Doing either when the cloud is down is a crime 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marly Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 4 hours ago, jamamafegan said: £31 quid to sit in the bigot den surrounded by 51000 knuckle draggers on a glorious day, knowing that I could have spent the weekend bagging hills, wild swimming and tanning some #cans in the sun instead? I’ll pass! Aye me too. Going to Glen Tilt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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