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Beinn Mheadhoin Bike & Hike from Linn of Dee

Munros: Beinn Mheadhoin

Date walked: 27/08/2022

Time taken: 10.25 hours

Distance: 41.8km

Ascent: 1078m

This was my first trip to the hills in almost 18months, after a home move last summer, now things had settled down again, I thought it was time to stretch the legs. A 8am start at the Linn of Dee and a quick bike ride up to Derry Lodge removed the access drag of a walk, before ditching the bike and heading up Glen Derry.

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Looking back to Derry Lodge

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Looking down Glen Derry

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The first slog upwards, up past the Hutchison Memorial Hut

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Looking back down Coire Etchachan

Loch Etchachan is a favourite place of mine, having camped here for a few days when I was younger with my dad and exploring the surrounding Cairngorms, so it was great to see it again as I came over the brow of the slope.

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Looking down at Loch Etchachan and over at Ben Macdui

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Beinn Mheadhoin summit plateau

The summit tor looks imposing from the approach, but going round the back shows the way up a mild scramble to stand at the top.

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Rear of the top tor

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Dimples in the top of the rock, wonder how these formed

Never really appreciated how good a few you can get from the top of Beinn Mheadhoin, but from here you can see all the eastern Cairngorms.

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Ben Macdui and Braeriach poking up over the back

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Glen Derry and Derry Cairgorm

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Beinn a' Chaorainn and over to Ben Avon's tors.

My legs were holding up better than I was expecting, so after lunch rather than head straight back I decided to take a detour round another favourite of mine, Loch Avon.

ImageIMG_0910 by matthew_chalmers, on Flickr
Pool of water with blue moss(?)

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Loch Avon and Cairngorm

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Cliffs at the back of the shelter stone

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Spot the climbers

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Looking over towards Beinn Mheadhoin

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Looking back along Loch Avon

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Looking down Glen Derry from the Lairig an Laoigh

The extra miles going via Loch Avon ended up being too much, so it was a painful slog back down to Derry Lodge and the mountain bike back to the car from there was a life saver, but it was still a grand day out.

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2022

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Distance: 41.8 km
Ascent: 1078m
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Distance: 111.25 km
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