Tag: Scottish Highlands and Islands
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Through the Chalamain Gap to Braeriach, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
Winds of 20-25 mph with gusts up to 55 mph were forecast. We drove up to the Sugar Bowl car park and were walking soon after 9.30am. It started to rain soon after we started, but we had already put on our waterproof gear in anticipation. We played the passing and re-passing game with two…
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Across the Cairngorm plateau to Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, Scotland – September
A clear but windy day. As the weather looked to be best of the next few days, we thought to do a popular Cairngorms high circuit. We started walking form the Ski Centre car park at 9.20am up the ‘windy trail’ to gain the ridge – an apt name for this day, with gusts of…
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Just a small part of An Teallach, Dundonnell, Scotland – September
The weather forecast was not brilliant, so we set out in the morning with the modest objective of reaching the top of SÃ il Liath, the first top of a round of An Teallach done clockwise. We did not take our rope and gear. The walk-in up Glen Chaorachain from Corrie Hallie felt quite long, I…