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It caught my eye on the map at the foot of Cárn na Gahbar
Loch Loch , so good they named it twice
Ach chan eil sin ceart !.....but that 's no why its called twice! .
The old Gaidhlig word for dark , is "loch" and usually associated with the goddess of water, that is the root of this Loch Loch
"The dark Loch of the water goddess"
...... see what you learn a'mhuinntir! .
Bha robh mi riamh air a ' bheann , Blár Athall ach ceilidh mi air Coille Creithnich agus Cath Raon Ruairidh .... Although my Fathers side of the family emerged out of Glen Errochty a bit further NW than Blár Athall a good few generations back , I had never been to the tilt side of Blár Athall other than a visit to Killiecrankie and the battle site a few years back so I decided a wee visit on Beinn a Ghlo would be a grand introduction to "the west mounth" ..... which is corrupted from the Gaelic An Monadh Iar .
Started off at Loch Moraig which I found eventually after taking a road on the other side which took me off roading and onto a cattle gate into a field .... wrong place
The day was bright ,but the hill was in a coat of mist and cloud which made my mind up to do this round anti clockwise ,although I had considered this so I did not have a long walk out !
- Carn Liath
She is well named the grey one
. I thought the low cover might clear off as the day wore on so took the good track and path out to the flank of Beinn Bheag .... I would agree good is in the eye of the experience ,if it was wet this path would be a fecker
- An -t Slighe
- Ann's a Coire
Good time to the bealach at Airgoid Bheinn under 2 hours but no sign of the Sgoth agus Ceo shifting as yet.
She is a peak of many Cárn ..... Cárn nan Gabhar ,so we visited them all in the murk
- Cárn Mor
Uill abair latha ..... well I was beginning to wonder if this was going to be a day of blank views , would be my first "latha gun sealltain " in 35 peaks, since October 2012 , a good record
But God looks after the remaining Gaidheal ,down to the bealach again and .............
- Aig am bhealach
- Sealltainn
We soon caught sight of the whole hill and I was fairly impressed however she is very scarred Beinn a Ghlo
- Carn Liath
- An rathad suas
It is not to bad a pull up to the cárn and the surrounding country was revealing its mystery , well managed for shooting and stalking
- Air a mhullach
Another wee drop takes you down to the last bealach onto Carn Liath , for us the day was now warm and a stiff wind blowing which was great for keeping us cool
- Air ais
We hit Carn Liath after 5hrs and had a wee lunch break out of the wind and in the sun there is good views from these hills and very different from the West .
So that was Bheinn a Ghlo ............
I reckoned on these to be a hard day ,they were not in fact I found the round very easy and we completed it in around 6hrs. It was a good decision to go anti clockwise as the murk lifted and it is only an hour down to the car park and I reckon that is the way to go.
Also ......................... Dean Bheinn a Ghlo cuain a tha e tioram !
Climb this lot when it is dry conditions
- An Ghille dubh
Cheerie a nis
