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Summer Tour Day 5 - East of Drumochter

Summer Tour Day 5 - East of Drumochter


Postby snowdonia7 » Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:59 pm

Munros included on this walk: A' Bhuidheanach Bheag, Càrn na Caim

Date walked: 25/06/2014

Time taken: 5.45 hours

Distance: 17.7 km

Ascent: 781m

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The long walks of the day before were still very much in my legs as we set off today and I struggled with the relatively simple pull up from Balsporran cottages.

Once again the clag was down and we needed to navigate to find the summit, and no views when we arrived.

ImageA' Bhuidheanach Bheag by snowdonia7, on Flickr

We navigated towards Carn na Caim and en route bumped into a guy who was reading the WH munro book and stated he was also heading for Carn na Caim.

Although it wasn't quite as misty on the summit there was little of interest to see and we headed back.

ImageCarn na Caim by snowdonia7, on Flickr

On the way we bumped into a different guy who was wearing sunglasses and said he had been walking in the area for the last few days in glorious sunshine. "Where" we asked as we hadn't seen the sun!

He stated that he had just come from A' Bhuidheanach Bheag and had struggled to find the summit in the mist and has been so grateful to find the pile of stones (I didn't have the heart to mention that there was a trig point there, so it sounded as though he hadn't actually found the summit).

We descended the path from the little quarry then followed the track adjacent to the A9 back to Balsporran cottages.

Here we took a spot of lunch before heading up to the A 86 for the last few days of the tour.
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