Ben Vane and Beinn Ime and back in time for Motorhead

[pigeon]

Today,s plan was Ben Vane on it's own but with the weather forecast as good as it was i was keen to try and get another hill in but Ian was in a hurry to back in time to see Motorhead ,"dinny worry Ian plenty time ,it will be a piece of cake" So a wee bit earlier than usual we set off to tackle ben vane with ben ime thrown in for good measure

loch lomond and ben lomond at 7 am

looking promising

Off and running for half 7 and the forecast looked spot on .Enjoyed ben vane ,Ian moaned about the false tops but we were up in about 2 hours 15 mins

looking back to ben lomond

low clouds chasing us up the hill

scrambly bit

ian and jake on ben vane

jake goes for a paddle

braw

It was a steep wee climb with some scrambly bits but it was the big drop down and then climb up to beinn ime that was on our minds now

over to beinn ime

cobbler on the right and narnain on the left

W e made our way carefully down the slippy grassy slopes to the low point (LAG UANIE)between vane and ime,think you must drop about 450 metres here and then about another 500 back up

steep slopes down from ben vane

Lag uanie ,the low point between the hills

Had a wee breather here and then slogged it up to the glas beleach

at the beleach

The clouds rolled in here and we began to wonder if the forecast was going to let us down but by the time we got to the top of beinn ime it was fine again and great views were had all round

ian and jake ,beinn ime

Had seen no one all day till we got on to beinn ime where there were a few people ,spoke to a young fella and his dad,young one was telling me about all the munro's he had done(think he was about ten ,so well done young man)while Ian rabbited on with the boy's dad about Motorhead and some other mad punk bands that am far to young to have heard of And then after briefly thinking about tackling ben narnain it was back down the valley through the trees to the start

vane from ime

spot the brave man on the cobbler

the way down

So back at the cars after 7 and a quarter hours ,quite a climb today but we were well pleased that we got the 2 hills in ,even had time for the usual refreshment at a pub whose name escapes me,it's in tarbet.So there you have Ian would have been back in plenty of time for Motorhead ,no sure he'd be doing much jumping about though

[xpfloyd]

Nice report and cracking pics of the clouds coming in below. Im heading to Ben Vane in the morning for my first munro since April

Eddie

[pigeon]

Nice report and cracking pics of the clouds coming in below. Im heading to Ben Vane in the morning for my first munro since April

Eddie

It might be the smallest munro Eddie but it's a steep wee climb ,really enjoyed it today,forecast is good for tomorrow as well You'll enjoy it am sure

[dogplodder]

You've got some great pics there - love the cloud inversion ones!

[weescotsman]

Been looking at Ben Vane and Ime as a doubler as well..... looks very do-able, maybe not as fast as yourself though. Doing Vorlich tomorrow, forecast looks good but we shall see..... plenty reports to mull over today...... aiming to get to 50 before I stop for a winter break............... 5 to go.

[pollyh33]

Well done Pigeon!! You did it. Looks like you had a wee bit of everything. Can't decide which photo I like best....the one of the chasing clouds or the one of the deer (it just looks a bit **** off with you)

Great report, sorry dont recognise the pub- shame on me!!!

[rockhopper]

Some great cloud inversion shots there pigeon - looks like you had a very enjoyable day. Interesting to combine these two rather than Narnain and Ime - makes for a good walk. Very misty all down Loch Lomond again today but clearer further north.

[steven65]

It was a good day out for it Pigeon , we met briefly as you came off Ime & we were going up - i had Oskar my standard schnauzer with me , albeit on his lead - sheep , only 8 of them but he saw them - pesky varmints.
You said something about the dog with you being fiert from sheep ??
Anyway after Ime we continued and did the cobbler too , so a full day out for us taking in Narnain too.
Tomorrow is a day off so hopefully Glen Lyon ?

[dooterbang]

nice report.

I must revisit Ben Vane in Winter.

Motorhead?

I'll send you some minimal German techno

[SouthernUplandKing]

The replica of the walk I done the other week. Except I had nothing but torrential rain, that walk out was horrid in the rain

Great report though mate and well done on the slog up from the valley to Beinn Ime, its rotten

[malky_c]

Nice looking day

I see you managed to get a decent photo of Lemmy's warts too...oh wait a minute...

[pigeon]

Cheers Rockhopper and dogplodder ,was a great weekend to be oot and aboot

Nice looking day

I see you managed to get a decent photo of Lemmy's warts too...oh wait a minute...

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Aye ,can see what you mean Malky

The replica of the walk I done the other week. Except I had nothing but torrential rain, that walk out was horrid in the rain

Great report though mate and well done on the slog up from the valley to Beinn Ime, its rotten

Had a look a your report SUK ,looks like you had a rough day in more ways than one it,s quite a slog right enough and if we had weather like you did Ben Vane would have been enough for us

nice report.

I must revisit Ben Vane in Winter.

Motorhead?

I'll send you some minimal German techno

Looking forward to that dooter

It was a good day out for it Pigeon , we met briefly as you came off Ime & we were going up - i had Oskar my standard schnauzer with me , albeit on his lead - sheep , only 8 of them but he saw them - pesky varmints.
You said something about the dog with you being fiert from sheep ??
Anyway after Ime we continued and did the cobbler too , so a full day out for us taking in Narnain too.
Tomorrow is a day off so hopefully Glen Lyon ?

Well done Steven ,you done great getting the Cobbler in as well,we thought about narnain briefly but probably a bit much for us ,Jake the dug would have made it no probs though

Well done Pigeon!! You did it. Looks like you had a wee bit of everything. Can't decide which photo I like best....the one of the chasing clouds or the one of the deer (it just looks a bit **** off with you)

Great report, sorry dont recognise the pub- shame on me!!!

Stiil can't remember the name of the pub either Polly,it's starting to do my head in,it was more a restaurant than a pub and used to be a church i think,great being able to side outside and take in the rays in november

Been looking at Ben Vane and Ime as a doubler as well..... looks very do-able, maybe not as fast as yourself though. Doing Vorlich tomorrow, forecast looks good but we shall see..... plenty reports to mull over today...... aiming to get to 50 before I stop for a winter break............... 5 to go.

Seen your vorlich pics on facebook Brian ,looks like another great day,was going to go out again on sunday but hazel put her foot down big time Sure you'll make it to 50 nae bother