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Bha e at t Iuchar nuair a toiseachd mi a'coiseachd cnuic ......
Any time i Ceilidh on Ghlinne Liomhann (Glen Lyon) i think of "Raibeart Caimbeul nan Ghlinne Liomhann" or Robert Campbell of Glen Lyon ,5th Laird of that line and Captain of the Argyll Militia levied on Glencoe on Feb 6th 1692 .
They carried out the murder of Clan Iain a Fraoich and it is said when he died in Bruges in August 1692 a drunkard and pauper that "he had Glencoe in his face".
His home was Chesthill Glen Lyon under Creag Mhor or Meall na Aighean
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- Meall na Aighean Ghlinne Liomhann
I also bless the memory of the Stewart sisters especially Alexandra Stewart died at the age of ninety five in 1991, one of eight sisters, the majority of whom lived to over ninety and one, Jean, to over one hundred. When Alexandra died she was widely believed to be the last native Gaelic speaker in Perthshire. In ‘The Daughters of the Glen’ she paints an evocative picture of life in Glenlyon and some of the characters who lived there when she was a young girl, it is worth a read although it is in Beurla / English.
I chose to climb on Saturday the Ghlinne Liomhann Cárn Mairg, simply cause there are four peaks on her and that was the tally i wanted to spear for the day without traveling to far afield
Bha an latha tioram ach sgothach ...when we started out it was dry but dull and it being 8am when we left the car it was very quiet as we headed up the slighe
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- An rathad suas
This Glen was home at various times to MacGregors ,Stewart's and Campbell's there handy work is to be seen in the remain's of sheilings which are widespread in this Braigh na Albainn
We made grand time up the druim with views back to "An Ghlinne" the wind was SW and sparodically clearing the tops ... until i reached 1st base
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- An druim
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- Air a Mhullach
Tha e neonach an "trig point"
.... strong winds up here !
It is a quick drop N / NE and by the time we were round the back of An Sgorr the wind had started to clear the cloud off
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- Meall is Meall moran :D
This top gets the prize for the strangest cárn myself and "an cu" have come across to date .........
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- Cárn Neonach
Uill bha an Gaoith laidir is fuar ..the wind was strong and cold so we pushed on toward Cárn Mairg making grand time and keeping "an cu " under restraint as the "caoraich" or sheep were proving an irresistable pull if you pardon the pun !
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- Loch Tatha is Cárn Mairg
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- Sith Chaillan
We had good clear views to Sith Challain and indeed met a fine fella at the cárn, David who had this one counted as his number 200 ,a good craic was had over tea and biadh before the push onto Meall nan Aighean
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- Meall nan Aighean /Creag Mhor
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- Air cuil Carn Mairg
On the summit of Meall nan Aighean my 100th munro above the old country of the Caimbeulaich i congratulated myself and thought of Robert and Alexandra .......
A cheud sgeul air fear an taighe,
Is sgeul gu làth' air an aoidh.
Cheerie an drasda
