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Tidying Up My Drumochter Pass

Tidying Up My Drumochter Pass


Postby pollyh33 » Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:20 pm

Route description: A' Mharconaich and Geal Chàrn, Drumochter

Munros included on this walk: A' Bhuidheanach Bheag, A' Mharconaich, Beinn Udlamain, Geal-chàrn (Drumochter), Sgàirneach Mhòr

Date walked: 04/06/2013

Time taken: 8.5 hours

Distance: 34 km

Ascent: 1872m

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Red and blue balloons all over the place! Time to get a walk planned to get those mucky pups tidied up. :crazy:

With Geal Charn summited yonks ago it was time to head back and bag the other three. I had attempted this a few months ago but the realisation that I can't walk on water meant that a bit of cross dressing and an alternative walk up Meall Chuaich was done instead :lol:

No problems this time. Up over Geal Charn and onto the other three in near perfect conditions saw me complete this lumpy group in under 6 hours and that included an awful lot of fannying about trying to take photos on the self timer. The quality of the photos is pretty poor due to a 30feet drop off Stac Pollaidh last month - the camera, not me! :lol:

Only met one person, lovely Gordon from Livingston who was going in the opposite direction. I agreed that if he was back at Balsporran by the time I headed back for my bike I would give him a lift back to his car. He was and I did :thumbup:

Next bit of tidying up was across the A9. Having previously had a yomp on snowy Carn na Caim with GLW, Alan S and Tomyboy73, it was time to head up to A'Bhuidheanach Bheag. Not the most enjoyable walk but easy enough I suppose- definitely more fun in the snow :D

Thought about GLW and the boys all along this walk and felt quite emotional especially when I was standing at the summit thinking I have just equalled Gammy's munro count on the same walk that I first ventured out with him!! and then received a text from Rocket Ron saying GLW had won WROTM!!! Jeezo I was in floods of tears!!! Happy tears in there too though :D
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Re: Tidying Up My Drumochter Pass

Postby gammy leg walker » Wed Jun 05, 2013 8:37 pm

pollyh33 wrote:Yippee got even with GLW!!!


Lets see who gets to 150 1st then.xx
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Re: Tidying Up My Drumochter Pass

Postby Alan S » Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:27 pm

gammy leg walker wrote:
pollyh33 wrote:Yippee got even with GLW!!!


Lets see who gets to 150 1st then.xx


Me :lol:

Well done polly, top effort :D
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Re: Tidying Up My Drumochter Pass

Postby pollyh33 » Thu Jun 06, 2013 1:22 pm

Alan S wrote:
gammy leg walker wrote:
pollyh33 wrote:Yippee got even with GLW!!!


Lets see who gets to 150 1st then.xx


Me :lol:

Well done polly, top effort :D


Cheers Alan, would be good to see you out on the hills again. :lol:

Yeah Willie I'll need to keep my eye on the ball! :lol:
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