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A Centurion on Little Wyvis

Corbetts: Little Wyvis

Date walked: 06/09/2023

Time taken: 3.45 hours

Distance: 10km

Ascent: 650m

No, not a Roman legionnaire lost in time and place, on an eternal search for the Eagle of the Ninth. Neither was it a cosplay gathering of re-enactors plotting their invasion of Garve before occupying Inverness.

Instead, it was me. Last month I completed my first century of Corbetts on its unassuming top. I’d originally thought this milestone would be achieved on a summit of greater presence, prominence or significance. Not wishing to belittle, it’s difficult to disagree with Irvine Butterfield’s description of Little Wyvis as being merely a ‘bland hump,’ or see it as place to celebrate something special on arrival.

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The Black Water falls


The approach from the old Black Water bridge by the A835 at Silverbridge is the antitheses of Roman, characterised across the world by long, straight routes with a single-minded purpose. This track zigs and zigs repeatedly, its saving grace being a solid gravel base to the very top, not an interminable boggy trudge – and having worn big boots for a couple of days, it was with relief that trail shoes sufficed.

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Zig zag, gate, zig zag, gate etc. etc.


There’s not much to pad out a report, after all, it was just a drive-by snatch, grabbed on the way home. If it’s not in your backyard, and ideal as a spot for last-minute-decision exercise, how far would you drive?

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The only stretch of the route that wasn't on a gravelled track ...

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... to the summit itself and views to the west

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Looking down to trace the zig zags


I now no longer have to worry, when driving along the A835, when I’m going to stop and make the dash.

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Location: Mearnskirk
Mountain: Great Gable
Place: Coire Lagan
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Munros: 282
Corbetts: 101
Donalds: 9
Wainwrights: 151
Hewitts: 107



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Statistics

2023

Trips: 8
Distance: 111.3 km
Ascent: 6816m
Corbetts: 10

2022

Trips: 7
Distance: 88.4 km
Ascent: 5514m
Munros: 1
Corbetts: 8

2021

Trips: 10
Distance: 214.1 km
Ascent: 9746m
Corbetts: 13
Donalds: 1

2019

Trips: 15
Distance: 197.1 km
Ascent: 13249m
Munros: 5
Corbetts: 16

2018

Trips: 9
Distance: 167.4 km
Ascent: 9869m
Munros: 8
Corbetts: 3

2017

Trips: 13
Distance: 299.1 km
Ascent: 16738m
Munros: 17
Corbetts: 9
Donalds: 1

2016

Trips: 20
Distance: 447.6 km
Ascent: 18888m
Munros: 38
Corbetts: 4
Donalds: 2

2015

Trips: 17
Distance: 393.1 km
Ascent: 18501m
Munros: 34
Corbetts: 8

2014

Trips: 16
Distance: 249 km
Ascent: 12755m
Munros: 38
Corbetts: 2

2013

Trips: 16
Distance: 325.3 km
Ascent: 19426m
Munros: 30
Corbetts: 9
Donalds: 4

2012

Trips: 24
Distance: 407.5 km
Ascent: 27620m
Munros: 43
Corbetts: 3
Donalds: 2
Hewitts: 7
Wainwrights 16

2011

Trips: 13
Distance: 206.5 km
Ascent: 13647m
Munros: 21
Hewitts: 21
Wainwrights 35

2010

Trips: 19
Distance: 259 km
Ascent: 17629m
Munros: 22
Hewitts: 20
Wainwrights 39

2009

Trips: 5
Munros: 10
Corbetts: 1
Fionas: 1


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