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Name that Corrie!

Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Wed Sep 22, 2021 6:36 pm

OK, if no-one else is going to bite....
Coire a' Boidach / Coire a' Chairn / Coire na Ba (and the original one is Coire a' Bhinnein)?
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby BoyVertiginous » Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:31 am

jmarkb wrote:OK, if no-one else is going to bite....
Coire a' Boidach / Coire a' Chairn / Coire na Ba (and the original one is Coire a' Bhinnein)?

Apologies for the delay, was away for a few days (hence all the clues to try & conclude it before I left).

Correct on all counts, over to you :clap:
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Mon Sep 27, 2021 10:56 am

Thanks! I did need quite a few of the clues before the penny dropped......

This one?

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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby BoyVertiginous » Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:57 pm

Coire Leacachain, between Meall na Teanga and Meall Dubh?
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Tue Sep 28, 2021 1:43 pm

BoyVertiginous wrote:Coire Leacachain, between Meall na Teanga and Meall Dubh?


Not there, but you are on the right side of the Great Glen!
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:41 pm

Not far from a recent photo on this thread.....
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:52 pm

...between two Corbetts.
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:01 am

...with similar names...
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:17 am

Still no takers for this? It's in the NW Highlands.
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby BoyVertiginous » Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:47 am

Coire Toll an Lochain?
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:59 pm

BoyVertiginous wrote:Coire Toll an Lochain?


No, not there! Further north....
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:52 am

There is another photo of this corrie in a recent compleation thread!
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Mon Oct 25, 2021 9:02 pm

jmarkb wrote:Thanks! I did need quite a few of the clues before the penny dropped......

This one?

P1970643small.JPG


Could this be Bathaich Cuinneige, between Sail Gorm and Sail Gharbh on Quinag?

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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby jmarkb » Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:16 pm

HalfManHalfTitanium wrote:Could this be Bathaich Cuinneige, between Sail Gorm and Sail Gharbh on Quinag?


Yes, at last!
Well done Tim - over to you.
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Re: Name that Corrie!

Postby HalfManHalfTitanium » Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:57 pm

Thanks jmarkb!

What is the corrie beyond the foreground ridge?
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