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Re: Cul Mor ... or frustratingly less

Thanks Emma and rockhopper -well worth a bit of discomfort.

And yes, recently moved from Ayrshire to a house on the old hospital site - now 18 minutes closer to Glencoe.

OD
by old danensian
Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:18 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Cul Mor ... or frustratingly less
Replies: 4
Views: 1170

A Centurion on Little Wyvis

No, not a Roman legionnaire lost in time and place, on an eternal search for the Eagle of the Ninth. Neither was it a cosplay gathering of re-enactors plotting their invasion of Garve before occupying Inverness. Instead, it was me. Last month I completed my first century of Corbetts on its unassumin...
by old danensian
Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:25 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: A Centurion on Little Wyvis
Replies: 1
Views: 264

Cul Mor ... or frustratingly less

I’d booked a single room with a view, preferably offering a double aspect. It was spacious, yet sparse. It was private, clean and the embodiment of en nature . It was definitely well-ventilated. As for the view, I shouldn’t criticise. Self-catering was the order of the day. With neither ‘mods’ nor ‘...
by old danensian
Fri Sep 29, 2023 3:31 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Cul Mor ... or frustratingly less
Replies: 4
Views: 1170

Sgor Mor - tale of the unexpected

$matches[2] Sgor Mor – passed frequently, but never really paid the attention it deserves. Apart from stretching the legs and taking advantage of my final free day, I plead guilty to not expecting a great deal from the outing. And anyway, I had to escape early to make sure I wasn’t caught by the ov...
by old danensian
Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:43 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Sgor Mor - tale of the unexpected
Replies: 0
Views: 410

Re: Mullered - XXXX hot with a very unpleasant after taste!

An entertaining and suitably self-deprecating cracker there Graeme - good job Luna can't read or she'd be worried about getting home safely. Schoolboy errors eh! I seem to recall coming off Beinn a Chrulaiste one claggy December Sunday and wondering why we could see the Blackwater and not the A82 - ...
by old danensian
Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:44 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Mullered - XXXX hot with a very unpleasant after taste!
Replies: 23
Views: 8355

Carn Liath and Culardoch - to endure or enjoy?

It’s been almost a fortnight since this trip and I’m still in two minds about how to write it up. Sometimes I know, even before taking my first step, what my angle is going to be. Often it becomes apparent as the day progresses, following an encounter, an experience, or an observation. And then ther...
by old danensian
Sun Jun 25, 2023 4:48 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Carn Liath and Culardoch - to endure or enjoy?
Replies: 2
Views: 561

Re: A Dash For The Beinn Bheula Blues

Graeme Don't worry - my hometown loyalty to Donny is undiminished - especially now we have Grant McCann back. The soft spot for City is just part of a long list - while at university in Leicester I was a regular at Filbert Street, and look what happened to them at the other end of the table this sea...
by old danensian
Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:41 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: A Dash For The Beinn Bheula Blues
Replies: 3
Views: 467

A Dash For The Beinn Bheula Blues

I had to drop off the other half at the airport for lunchtime, then needed to be home for a certain big game’s kick-off in the evening. This weather couldn’t be wasted so, what might fit the bill? Beinn Bheula lurked above Lochgoilhead, a corner I’d not visited before. Just perfect, provided the ret...
by old danensian
Tue Jun 20, 2023 4:06 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: A Dash For The Beinn Bheula Blues
Replies: 3
Views: 467

Beinn a Choin - Simply Satisfying

A grassy horseshoe, an apparently spectacular setting, and barely ninety minutes from home – what more do you need? Well, the weather’s been so much of a given recently we’ve become complacent. So, I worried when arriving at Loch Arklet to see all the surrounding hills shrouded in mist and scarcely ...
by old danensian
Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:53 am
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Beinn a Choin - Simply Satisfying
Replies: 0
Views: 354

A Pair of Corbetts Show Signs of Age: Morrone & Creag nan Ga

With a promising weather forecast on the horizon this was going to be a quick dash and grab to get some much-needed hill miles into my legs. Eleven years ago, a fortnight after moving house, I’d driven to Glen Shee and knocked off six Munros in the day. With the passage of time, I knew that would be...
by old danensian
Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:47 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: A Pair of Corbetts Show Signs of Age: Morrone & Creag nan Ga
Replies: 0
Views: 314

Drawing a veil over Meall Lighiche

Originally, this report wasn’t going to see the light of day. However, hindsight and time have reminded me that other forays into the hills have been described on a warts-and-all basis. So, … My excuse for the day’s debacle (and temporary absence from WH) was this was the first time I’d been on a hi...
by old danensian
Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:54 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Drawing a veil over Meall Lighiche
Replies: 0
Views: 323

Re: Our friend Alteknacker

Meeting Allan on a WH meet was always rewarding - Glen Shiel, Glencoe, Skye to recall just a handful, and most recently we camped alongside one another on the beach campsite in Knoydart, where we shared recollections, observations and our different battles on the slopes of Sgurr Coire Choinnichean, ...
by old danensian
Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:36 pm
 
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Our friend Alteknacker
Replies: 52
Views: 14359

Sail Mhor: Home of the Lonely Goatherd

There are times when clag is a blessing. The “wet, thick blanket” lying across the whole country, and that a 737 takes ten minutes to climb above, absolves your guilt of staying bed and accepting that it’s going to be a retail or d-i-y day. The “inversion clag” keeps you cool in the early part of an...
by old danensian
Fri Aug 26, 2022 2:28 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Sail Mhor: Home of the Lonely Goatherd
Replies: 1
Views: 661

Beinn Liath Mhor a Ghuibhais Li: Drive-by Bagging

As we pass, some are anonymous, amorphous humps on the skyline. Innocuous shapes have become familiar on a head-long dash for matters more majestic further up the road. Others present a short, steep but reticent face to the carriageway, their tops close, but reluctant to claim the stature of those s...
by old danensian
Mon Aug 22, 2022 12:12 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Beinn Liath Mhor a Ghuibhais Li: Drive-by Bagging
Replies: 1
Views: 574

Re: Compleat at last on An Teallach. 5Ws an H (and a bit of

Eloquent, emotional and evocative - it's great to read a report that has been crafted with so much thought and that will have made connections with so many people reading it, whether they have compleated or not. The day was a fabulous one to have shared with you and your family, and epitomised so mu...
by old danensian
Fri Aug 19, 2022 9:47 am
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Compleat at last on An Teallach. 5Ws an H (and a bit of C)
Replies: 27
Views: 4829
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