by Murphy26 » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:08 pm
Corbetts included on this walk: Glamaig
Date walked: 02/08/2010
Time taken: 4 hours
Ascent: 775m
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This was one walk we had been telling ourselves to do since we arrived on Skye nearly a year ago. Surely if people can run it in 45 mins then we should be able to walk it no problem? Well, the problem was that I'm a bit of a novice, a bit of a wimp and we had two dogs on leads due to the random sheep! We left the Slig car park at around lunchtime, the weather wasn't too bad, dry but cloudy and so we thought we would do Glamaig and then continue on in a horseshoe before ending up back at the Slig. We chose to attack Glamaig as the runners would and so we set of across the bog and began our ascent. After about an hour and the realisation that going back would be so much worse than going on, we were half way and what a view! I've been into the black cuillins and walked a lot around Skye but Glamaig gave this 'top of the world' feel and you can't help but stop and take it all in. Even though it's just a corbett it felt higher than everything else around. I loved it. After a couple of hairy moments of 'don't look down' and 'please dogs, don't chase the sheep while your attached to me', we made it to the summit. It was incredibly calm and it was great to be able to relax and take in the view. We headed down the south side and even though the collie was desperate to keep going, the Huntaway had had enough so we chose to head home. Continuing on would of meant going up more scree and I think the dogs pads were lucky to get off Glamaig in one piece so it was best not to risk it. A really good walk which I would highly recommend but very boggy on the lower ground.
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- snacks at the top
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- halfway with Glen Sligachan below
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