Kintail Sisters, Brothers, Fhada and a Mutha of a day!

[sonic]

This is a mega route and a brilliant report the photos are cracking too, liked the gear guide at the start have often thought of buying a decent pair of trail shoes as i find wearing boots hard work and quite heavy. Have just bought a spaniel and love seeing photos of your dogs they do look like they enjoy the hills
Quick question you refer to your trousers in the gear guide as pants which sounds very American
Sonic

[electricfly]

Thanks Sonic.

Yes, I do like the advantage of lightweight trail shoes, they can have their drawbacks though. On the later stages of the Kintail circuit I found the going very rocky and unstable in areas. Boots with a decent rand would have been more suitable for that section. I did the circuit of 12 Mullardoch munros recently and opted for boots instead of trail shoes. Difficult to decide if that was the right choice as my feet got soaked anyway in the boggy transistion between the Mullardoch side and the Affric side.

Spaniels are perfect for hillwalking, they can get a little tired by the end of a hike, but I like to think it's a happy tired. They're usually sound asleep for the entire drive home.

Lastly, I'm not American, just using the "official" product description as defined by the manufacturer, Craghoppers who favour calling them stretch pants rather than fitted trousers. Seems quite a few of the main brands do the same, especially if they want them to appear more technically designed. However, I will never call football, soccer!

Cheers, EF.

[Alteknacker]

Thanks Sonic.

Yes, I do like the advantage of lightweight trail shoes, they can have their drawbacks though. On the later stages of the Kintail circuit I found the going very rocky and unstable in areas. Boots with a decent rand would have been more suitable for that section. I did the circuit of 12 Mullardoch munros recently and opted for boots instead of trail shoes. Difficult to decide if that was the right choice as my feet got soaked anyway in the boggy transistion between the Mullardoch side and the Affric side.

Spaniels are perfect for hillwalking, they can get a little tired by the end of a hike, but I like to think it's a happy tired. They're usually sound asleep for the entire drive home.

Lastly, I'm not American, just using the "official" product description as defined by the manufacturer, Craghoppers who favour calling them stretch pants rather than fitted trousers. Seems quite a few of the main brands do the same, especially if they want them to appear more technically designed. However, I will never call football, soccer!

Cheers, EF.

So you did take up the Mullardoch challenge!!! Well done - it was certainly the toughest walk I've done in a day by a fair margin! Did you have good weather? I certainly hope so - it's a truly wonderful "wild walk". At this time of year I guess you might have been accompanied by the beasties.......

Alter Knacker

[electricfly]

We opted to break up the Mullardoch round into two halves, Alteknacker.

I had Shona to help carry tent etc. plus two extra spaniels. Weather was dry but cloudy for the 4 Mullardoch summits, but brightened up on the Affric peaks.

We camped just below the summit of Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan and woke to a beautiful Glen Affric inversion. Second six munros were bagged in sunshine, which made for a tough but rewarding day.

The beasties were only really a nuisance at the lower level sections.

[Alteknacker]

We opted to break up the Mullardoch round into two halves, Alteknacker.

I had Shona to help carry tent etc. plus two extra spaniels. Weather was dry but cloudy for the 4 Mullardoch summits, but brightened up on the Affric peaks.

We camped just below the summit of Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan and woke to a beautiful Glen Affric inversion. Second six munros were bagged in sunshine, which made for a tough but rewarding day.

The beasties were only really a nuisance at the lower level sections.

Yes, I must admit, I quite regretted having gone for such a long one in a single day, because you know you just have to keep pushing on, without time to really stop and enjoy the views; and they were quite unbelievable on the day I did it: every munro for 30 miles visible, including the Cuillins and Torridons; and an amazing cloud inversion that others who were out on the same day captured in their reports. I was going to do it over a couple of days with my son this year, but his moving house intervened

Glad you seem to have had a bit more time to enjoy it; and a camp close to SnC would be brilliant. I think that's pretty well where I'd have aimed for if we'd made the expedition.

Will there be a report....???

AK

[electricfly]

Umm, not sure AK, my ratio is one report per year.

I'll probably get something typed up once I've sorted through the heap of photos.

[Alteknacker]

Umm, not sure AK, my ratio is one report per year.

I'll probably get something typed up once I've sorted through the heap of photos.

Do it! One of the reasons I write up reports is reliving the experience, and I'm sure you had a great experience...

[SeanKelly]

A truely epic round of some marvelous mountains. I bet your dogs were knackered after that day out as Springers usually cover about 3 times the amount of ground we cover. Such an outing is way beyond my elderly dogs now (also 2 springers). You are right about that steep descent back to Morvich!