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Uill uill tha sin gu bhith deisel
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It has been a busy last few weeks with a late Summer allowing me to bag Sgurr a Ghreadaidh , Sgurr a Madhaidh and Liathaich in early September in glorious conditions which left me only three summits to crack this Munro malarky ! .
A last good day / wee window at the end of a weeks high pressure saw Sunday looking good for Luinne Bheinn and Meall Bhuidhe in Cnòideart ,so i packed the overnighter and a quick shift up to Mallaig for the Sunday ferry at 10.30am.
Before i go on ...... can you knock this "loony bin" nonsense on the head ? . The pronunciation is "Luinya Bheinn" with an almost silent "y" and the emphasis on the last word , Bheinn ..... pronounced " Ven" with a long "e". It bears no resemblence to "loony bin" , so do me a favour and show the indigenous language some respect please , if you can't pronounce , do your best , but don't demean the Gaelic tongue with bastardised and invariably poor english ...moran taing .
Anyway i was saying ...
- Air a chuan
A promising day and a fine service which see you to Inverie in under a half hour
We landed and headed off immediately , i have spent quite a few drunken visits to the Old Forge over the years on various ceilidh cruises so this time gave her a miss , anyway i hear the current owner is no much good ....
Off up past Tòrr a Bhalbhain with its "memorial" to the foreign carpetbagger / nazi british fascist , never went up but i sure hope any reference to him has been removed .... good views to our first target Meall Bhuidhe
- Meall Bhuidhe
So engrossed in cursing Brocket's memorial i managed to walk past the turn point to Gleann Meadail
, ended up cutting across the bog-fluich and the face of the Druim to catch the path just past the bòthan .
From there a quick shift up the flank and onto the lower druim
- An Druim agus Loch Nèibheis
We made short work of this soon hitting the Bealach an Tuirc choire
- Air cùil
'Se latha breagha a bha ann .... a grand day very Autumnal and i was already mulling over where to pitch for the night , forecast was for increasing winds SE so already i was aiming to reach the Mam Barrisdale for about seven o clock .
- An Druim a ribhist
Sweated my way onto the summit with superb views all round but Labhar Bheinn was always catching the eye ..... àlainn
- An carn agus Labhar Bheinn
Spent 20 mins and then pushed on it was only 2.15pm and having left at 11am ,no bad going i now thought i would definetly make it onto the Mam before dark .
A steep and rough trauchle over to Luinne Bheinn and the stags were fair roaring ,some grand colors on show with browns and yellows looking very like Autumn
- Sgurr na Ciche
- Lochan
We were soon heading onto the Bealach Odhair and Luinne Bheinn in sight my penultimate ( i think
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- Luinne Bheinn
Filled up with water here and took the steep climb onto the East top ,not as heavy a climb as i reckoned it to be and great viewpoint
- Loch Sùbhairne
- A' Mhullach
- Mullach a ribhist
Had a well earned rest for half an hour as time now on my side was only 4.15pm
- An Cù
- Dathan
- An Tuath
Now decision time ..where to camp !!!!! in the end i decided to drop down to the Mam Barrisdale and take it from there ,great glow on the hills with the sun going down in the West ,no spectacular but atmospheric
- Luinne Bheinn
We made it down to the Mam in no time at all and pressed on toward the Loch an Dubh Lochain by the time we reached there.... i decided to walk a bit further ..... and a bit further , then decided that i'd make for the traigh fada (long beach) near Inverie.
Arrived at the shore for around 8.30pm and struck camp then a dram with dinner before turning in for the night . A great wee spot ,only us and the stags ,geese , lapping waves and a cool wind meant we slept all night with the tent fly zip opened to the stars .
Up at seven in the morning ..... lovely sunrise sky in the dawn light
- èirigh na greine air cùil Meall Bhuidhe
On my way to the 9am ferry i stopped to pay my repsects at the memorial cairn to the indigenous inhabitants of these shores
'S cùimhne leam eachdraidh an àite .... i know the history of this place and i will remember that story .
- I remember the history of this place
So ..sin agad e , one left and its Sgurr Mor on Loch Cuaich ,handy for me as its only an hours drive ....need to pick a route and a good day for the finale
Cheerie an drasda
