Lonely in the Cairngorms

[pigeon]

None of my wee pals were out today so keen to get out it was Johnny no mates time again,destination Cairngorms.Forecast a bit dodgy with MWIS saying storm force winds likely on the plateau Still could always get to Beinn Bhreac and bail if it was too bad.

Derry lodge

wee cairns ,a yomp up through wet heather from here till a path is reached then easily onto Beinn Bhreac

good view to Beinn a Ghlo'

Beinn Bhreac cairn with Beinn a Chaorainn in the distance

Chaorainn and Chaorainn Beag

tors on Beinn Mheadhoin

Derry Cairngorm and Macdui

Bynack Mor

Beinn a Chaorainn cairn

over to Beinn a Bhuird

hutchison hut,bottom left of pic

Allt Glas Mor,only ever going to end up with wet feet

Turned out ok in the end,still windy but nowhere near as bad as i thought it would be,the plateau between the hills was boggy but nowhere near as bad as i thought it would be, but the crossing of the Allt Glas Mor turned out to be a bit of a nightmare ,walked up and down the banks for about 20 mins before taking the plunge into the knee deep fast flowing water Apart from that a good day ,clear skies mostly and another 2 'Gorms gone ,only 3 to go

look back up Glen Derry

[UncleSimes]

Great report and photos, Pigeon, much appreciated as I'm planning to head up Glen Derry myself on Wednesday. Looks like I need to be prepared for wet feet, the Allt Glas Mor is definitely in spate!

I would love to download that photo of the Hutchison Hut that you posted, any chance you could email it to me? If so then drop me a pm and I'll reply with my email address. I tried to right-click and save the pic directly from the website but no joy. Thanks in advance if you can help.

[pigeon]

Got a few pics of the hut Unclesimes,send me your email in a PM and i'll try and send you them(need to get my other half to do it as i'm hopeless with computers )

[Meatball]

Good luck linking the remaining three! Hehe

[tina bonar]

Nice photos.We had our cuppy at the cairn on Meall Chuaich yesterday and were just admiring the fresh snow in the Cairngorms.We have a few more than 3 to do there....

[Gavin99]

I was getting slightly jealous reading that until I got to the river crossing bit

[mrssanta]

I was getting slightly jealous reading that until I got to the river crossing bit

was just thinking the same! Looked like you got a good day for it as well

[jonny616]

Well done. Weather looked good. Grammy, me and a few others had a torrid time up there.

[Alastair S]

Nice one - and pretty damn rapid too (unless you biked up to Derry Lodge that is)! 28.5 km in 7 hours. I managed just 20 km in 6 hours yesterday.

[Ian Bayne]

AW ye poor wee soul Looks like I missed a good day out Was the weather as bad as MWIS made it out to be the photos on the ball good report.

[Collaciotach]

Sue Lawley ,Sue lawley ,Sue lawley

Good report Pigeon

[gammy leg walker]

Nice to see what jonny 616 & I missed.

[PeteR]

Another couple in the bag then pigeon

I'd looked at going to the Cairngorms on the saturday or sunday to pick off a stray Munro, but the forecast suggested it was better to stay home (enjoyed a clagfest/bogfest on the Monday ). Glad to see your pictures proved me right Just goes to prove that you can't trust the forecast. Seriously though, glad you got some good weather and views at the weekend. I certainly enjoyed my trip on this two.....although I managed to keep my feet (and legs) dry when I did them That burn looked ferocious Glad you made it across ok.

[rockhopper]

Another good trip, pigeon - glad the weather turned out so much better than over here in the west ! Going on your own does have its benefits esp on flexibility. For deeper river crossings I just carry a pair of flipflops and poles to steady me - so far they've worked........(touch wood). You're steadily climbing up the numbers, at the rate I'm going you'll zoom past shortly - cheers

[arabgarry]

Did thee two yesterday. Claggy so could see faff all from both tops. Struggled across burn then dog refused to cross so had to go back for him Good day's walk tho