Does a naked man count as "wildlife"?

[railton22]

Another great sunny day and spot on for this remote Munro. We've walked the Linn of Quoich before and so Beinn a Bhuird was a good excuse for another trip to this pretty part of the world.

Linn of Quoich.......without the naked man

Near the now abandoned Queen Victoria's tearoom at the start of the walk

Water level was pretty low and so the punch bowl could clearly be seen

Not a difficult Munro at all (in spite of it being Britain's 11th highest).

Walking through the beautiful pinewoods

Well hello Beinn a'Bhuird

Not difficult to work out which way to go

Nice easy, clear track

Enjoyed crossing the river which was very low indeed

Found a way across Allt an Dubh Ghleann...with a little help!

Path really begins to gain height

View to the back of us, showing our ascent route on the excellent path

Views really opening out now and not too far to go

Cotton ball clouds!

Beinn a'Chaorainn and Beinn Bhreac as seen from mighty Beinn a' Bhuird

Spectacular Cairngorms

Ben Avon with its distinctive tors. Can't wait to have a go at this one (may need the bikes tho')

Track was great all the way to the top, where we met a lovely couple at the summit cairn who'd bagged 216 Munros in 6 years with the aim of completing them all next year. Very inspirational.

Summit reached!

Photo taken by the lovely couple we met up there

Gotta have a jump shot

...and another one

Views predictably fab from the summit and on our return we came across a Dad and daughter with a delightful dog named Dodger who was very keen for us to play ball with him.

Return route

Craggy steep sides

Picked up the pace a bit to avoid getting a drenching

Rain cloud's a comin'

Darkening skies behind us

Back in the Linn of Quoich and heading towards the point where the river meets the road at the bridge, Alice and David spotted a completely naked man wading in the shallow water. I was blundering on ahead blissfully unaware of the Full Monty taking place on the riverbank, being far too preoccupied with thoughts of whether to take my camera out of its rucksack to get one last picture of the river.

No naked men here

Thankfully I did no such thing. Would've been a tad awkward explaining the appearance of an unknown man's meat and veg on my Munro piccies to my Mum.

The last few steps to the carpark saw Alice and David giggling away like schoolkids as I pondered the lack of wildlife on this particular walk.

Munro 64 for David and Sarah and 43 for Alice.

[PerthAlly]

Super photo's, cracking day out for you

Only excitement for me yesterday on the hills was an adder on Mount Keen!

[bar72]

looks like you's had a great day out. i bagged Ben Avon and it's 3 neighbours recently and can confirm you'd be better biking in as it's a hike in itself getting to Ben Avon.

[rockhopper]

cracking day for it - looks like you all had a great time and am rather glad you didn't manage to post and title related photos - cheers