Terrible jokes on Beinn Bhuidhe
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 9:05 pm
The weather looked like it could hold today, but it was dubious, so for a change me, mum and Iona headed off to Beinn Bhuidhe as dad has already gone up it for his Caledonian Challenge training and even if the weather wan't good, we could still do the walk in.
Set off at a very late 7:15am and headed up past Loch Lomond, before the Rest and Be Thankful showed what mood it was in!
Anyway, we'll do the walk in!
Fortunately the weather decided to clear up in Glen Fyne, so we were more optimistic about climbing the hill.
Set off along the road to the power station.
After about 2km, we arrived in a field of cows, which, after watching a report on Countryfile last night, looked absolutely terrifying and as if they were going to kill us. Ended up going into the forest on the left in an attempt to bypass them and finally got past them to the bridge over the river.
About a kilometre after the bridge, we came across a bridge at the lodgings.
Fortunately we didn't have to go across that so headed on. What a lovely place! (Is there one in the highlands that's not? )
Headed on to the point where we turned off the tarmac and onto the rough.
Headed into the little woodland protected from the deer - what a lovely place - and along to Inverchorachan, before heading through the gate and climbing over the gate on the left, when we started the ascent up Ben Bhuidhe (the weather's not that bad )
The crags were quite craggy so we headed up and over, following the walk description.
Headed up past the waterfall and into one of the many boglands in Scotland. Surprisingly, none of us enjoyed the bogs so we just had to slog it out and reach the bottom of the ridge. From there we headed up the gully.
Continued up the path where we met a man who told us everything there was to know about the conditions on Beinn Bhuidhe, including that the top was in the cloud and that we were 50 minutes from the top . Reached the ridge pretty soon after, it's going to be a long ridge!
20mins (?!?) after we'd met the man, we reached the top. Also, the summit was out the cloud . But we can cope!
The cloud closed in while we were at the top but we went back down out of it.
Headed back down the gully, rather than following the Walkhighlands route.
Then it was back to bogland
The cloud then descended dramatically.
Because of the rain, bogland then turned into superultramegaunbelievablymuddyanddeadlybogland, which wasn't the best, but eventually we reached Glen Fyne, where the rain ceased (hallelujah!).
Back through the woodland again. The girls said they had jelly legs - yeah right!
So it was back to the cows...
They were having a nap!
So, only 2km, or what felt like 5 billion miles, to the car.
(Just one new line would feel like it was over quickly)
And we were back at the car!
So, it was back to a nice nut roast
Set off at a very late 7:15am and headed up past Loch Lomond, before the Rest and Be Thankful showed what mood it was in!
Anyway, we'll do the walk in!
Fortunately the weather decided to clear up in Glen Fyne, so we were more optimistic about climbing the hill.
Set off along the road to the power station.
After about 2km, we arrived in a field of cows, which, after watching a report on Countryfile last night, looked absolutely terrifying and as if they were going to kill us. Ended up going into the forest on the left in an attempt to bypass them and finally got past them to the bridge over the river.
About a kilometre after the bridge, we came across a bridge at the lodgings.
Fortunately we didn't have to go across that so headed on. What a lovely place! (Is there one in the highlands that's not? )
Headed on to the point where we turned off the tarmac and onto the rough.
Headed into the little woodland protected from the deer - what a lovely place - and along to Inverchorachan, before heading through the gate and climbing over the gate on the left, when we started the ascent up Ben Bhuidhe (the weather's not that bad )
The crags were quite craggy so we headed up and over, following the walk description.
Headed up past the waterfall and into one of the many boglands in Scotland. Surprisingly, none of us enjoyed the bogs so we just had to slog it out and reach the bottom of the ridge. From there we headed up the gully.
Continued up the path where we met a man who told us everything there was to know about the conditions on Beinn Bhuidhe, including that the top was in the cloud and that we were 50 minutes from the top . Reached the ridge pretty soon after, it's going to be a long ridge!
20mins (?!?) after we'd met the man, we reached the top. Also, the summit was out the cloud . But we can cope!
The cloud closed in while we were at the top but we went back down out of it.
Headed back down the gully, rather than following the Walkhighlands route.
Then it was back to bogland
The cloud then descended dramatically.
Because of the rain, bogland then turned into superultramegaunbelievablymuddyanddeadlybogland, which wasn't the best, but eventually we reached Glen Fyne, where the rain ceased (hallelujah!).
Back through the woodland again. The girls said they had jelly legs - yeah right!
So it was back to the cows...
They were having a nap!
So, only 2km, or what felt like 5 billion miles, to the car.
(Just one new line would feel like it was over quickly)
And we were back at the car!
So, it was back to a nice nut roast