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Cheesecake weekend

Cheesecake weekend


Postby pigeon » Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:18 pm

Munros included on this walk: Bidein a' Choire Sheasgaich, Lurg Mhòr

Corbetts included on this walk: Beinn Dronaig

Date walked: 02/08/2015

Time taken: 13.5 hours

Distance: 44.2 km

Ascent: 2500m

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Walked into bothy Saturday,dumped gear,went up Ben Dronaig in heavy rain although it did clear at the top.

Bridge over the Black water;

ImageAttadale 3 003 by Pigeon, on Flickr


ImageAttadale 3 008 by Pigeon, on Flickr



Bendronaig bothy;


ImageAttadale 3 016 by Pigeon, on Flickr


Down to bothy from slopes of Ben Dronaig;


ImageAttadale 3 018 by Pigeon, on Flickr


Loch an Laoigh;


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Glen Ling;


ImageAttadale 3 023 by Pigeon, on Flickr



Pointy;



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Ben Dronaig trig and Mullardoch hills to the right;

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Sheasgaich and Lurg Mhor;


ImageAttadale 3 032 by Pigeon, on Flickr


A quiet night was spent in the busy bothy and Sunday it was up Lurg mhor then it's tricky top Meall Mhor,onwards to Sheasgaich,drop down to bothy ,pick up gear ,walk out.With Gavin 8)



Loch Calavie and Mullardoch hills;


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ImageAttadale 3 037 by Pigeon, on Flickr



Final approach to Lurg Mhor;



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Gav on the least climbed Munro,Lurg Mhor;


ImageAttadale 3 053 by Pigeon, on Flickr



Beinn Dronaig;


ImageAttadale 3 055 by Pigeon, on Flickr




Next was Meall Mhor,narrow,mossy and slippy :shock:


ImageAttadale 3 058 by Pigeon, on Flickr



ImageAttadale 3 059 by Pigeon, on Flickr




Meall Mhor,the remotest Munro top;


ImageAttadale 3 065 by Pigeon, on Flickr




Loch Monar and Strathfarrar;



ImageAttadale 3 067 by Pigeon, on Flickr




An Ruadh Stac ,Beinn Damph and Moal Chean Dearg;


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Sheasgaich wee cairn;



ImageAttadale 3 080 by Pigeon, on Flickr





many,many hills to the north;



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look back to Lurg Mhor;



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.........and Cheesecake;



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bothy;




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ImageAttadale 3 095 by Pigeon, on Flickr
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Re: Cheesecake weekend

Postby Ian Bayne » Sat Aug 08, 2015 3:23 pm

Great pics looks barren another place I need to visit . Not been out for a while car problems radiator electrics now head gasket bah catch you on the hills sometime
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