River Dee
Exactly 7 days after climbing my last Munro (Mount Keen www.flickr.com/photos/96654411@N02/albums/72157716074529983) here I am again climbing two more! We're cycling up Glen Dee along the River Dee, and see the first of them centre picture in the distance, Beinn Bhrotain But first we have have to go cycle up this Glen and leave the bikes near the copse of tree, the climb up and over the pointed summit to the left, Carn Clioch-mhuillin. This was intended by Sir Hugh to be his final Munro ascent. However he died before making the climb and it has since been de-classified as a Munro.
Beinn Bhrotain (pronounced Bane Vrottan meaning Hill of the Hound) stands at 1157 meters (3796 feet) and is the first of our Munros today. Monadh Mor (pronounced Monnagh Mor meaning The Big Hill) is our second and final destination and stands at 1113 meters (3651 feet). A short 5 mile cycle up Glen Dee gets us to the foot of the climb, then it's an 11 mile hike across rough and boggy ground to get there. An epic 8.5 hours, largely un-pathed, time in the hills gets us back to the cars just before full dark falls!
River Dee
Exactly 7 days after climbing my last Munro (Mount Keen www.flickr.com/photos/96654411@N02/albums/72157716074529983) here I am again climbing two more! We're cycling up Glen Dee along the River Dee, and see the first of them centre picture in the distance, Beinn Bhrotain But first we have have to go cycle up this Glen and leave the bikes near the copse of tree, the climb up and over the pointed summit to the left, Carn Clioch-mhuillin. This was intended by Sir Hugh to be his final Munro ascent. However he died before making the climb and it has since been de-classified as a Munro.
Beinn Bhrotain (pronounced Bane Vrottan meaning Hill of the Hound) stands at 1157 meters (3796 feet) and is the first of our Munros today. Monadh Mor (pronounced Monnagh Mor meaning The Big Hill) is our second and final destination and stands at 1113 meters (3651 feet). A short 5 mile cycle up Glen Dee gets us to the foot of the climb, then it's an 11 mile hike across rough and boggy ground to get there. An epic 8.5 hours, largely un-pathed, time in the hills gets us back to the cars just before full dark falls!