Stay at home

[mountain thyme]

Christmas Carol to Johnny Corbett

You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I’m telling you why…..
Mountain Thyme is watching you frown

She’s making a list
Ticking it twice
Going find out how many Johnny Corbetts done to be precise….

Well this wee corbett today took me to my 50th corbett! So watch out Johnny Boy here I come

Today seen me walking with the Glasgow Walking and Hillwalking Club and climbing Beinn Stacath.

Started the walk from Ballinmore where there is room for at least 7 cars.

dont take this one

take this track next to the small house

Headed back up the road passing two locked gates on the left and took the track up to the left of the first house. Climbed over the gate signposted Private Deer Park and headed along the track.

over the fence

At the farm building headed over the bridge and west up the hill.

over the bridge at farm building

It was pouring with rain and winds of up to 65mph for the majority of the walk.
Cloud level was at approx 500m and navigation was difficult.

wee lochan

We headed in a south westerly direction up to the wee rise at 684 and then continued west up to the summit of Beinn Stacath. The climb was extremely easy all the way but being with a group we had many many stops.

We posed for a quick summit picture at the trig point and then dropped down out of the wind for lunch.

50 th corbett... the map my friend is blowing in the wind

We continued north down towards Ceann na Baintighearna and then east following the fenceposts along the ridge.

looking back up at the crags

crags

The plan was to head to Creag Mhor and down the ridge back to Ballinmore.
However a decision was made to drop south down through the crags before the Bealach Driseach and down to the Allt Fathan Glinne River.

over to stob binnein

On reaching the river we followed it back to the farm building and along the track back to Ballinmore.

back to the farm building

towards ben vane

Back to the car in 6hours 20minutes and soaked to the skin

[Alan S]

Good to see the corbett count shooting up MT some really good reports you have put in lately

[mgmt!]

you on the buckie mountain thyme ??? walking wae the glesga mob !!!! yiv got yer 5 an yer 0 in the rang hawn ya muppet !!! and worst of all, mentioning the c word in november

[Fudgie]

Excellent. I've a walk planned here which I've not gotten around to yet so thats some good information there

[Johnny Corbett]

50 you say? your totals still showing 49. You must have been too busy celebrating your fiftyith on your fiftyith you've forgotten to update, must be senial dementia setting in Crossing the deer fence, naughty naughty. If you're no.1 guide was there he would have taken you along by the river to avoid the deer PS I did 2 Corbetts yesterday so thats another 1 you're lagging behind by

[mountain thyme]

Good to see the corbett count shooting up MT some really good reports you have put in lately

Thanks Alan

:roll: you on the buckie mountain thyme ??? walking wae the glesga mob !!!! yiv got yer 5 an yer 0 in the rang hawn ya muppet !!! and worst of all, mentioning the c word in november

bah humbug

Excellent. I've a walk planned here which I've not gotten around to yet so thats some good information there

cheers fudgie.. do the circuit... its meant to be nice. we never seen a thing as the weather was that bad

50 you say? your totals still showing 49. You must have been too busy celebrating your fiftyith on your fiftyith you've forgotten to update, must be senial dementia setting in Crossing the deer fence, naughty naughty. If you're no.1 guide was there he would have taken you along by the river to avoid the deer PS I did 2 Corbetts yesterday so thats another 1 you're lagging behind by

if the number one guide was there we'd still be walking