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A Damp Start from
the Bruce's Stone Car Park
The Information
Boards & Bruce's Stone
The Wet but Good
Path
Buchan Burn
Logging Right on
the Path (I wonder where they Came From?)
Mystery Solved
Cuisharg Bothy
You are Now
Crossing the Line
The Start of the
Blizzard
Getting Worse
Starting to Stick
Getting Deeper the
Higher I Climb
Ice Formed on a
Blades of Grass
Weather Now Much
Better but the Snow Even Deeper
Dry Stone Wall on
the Ridge Between Benyellary and
Merrick
The North Eastern
Face of Benyellary
Benyellary
The North Eastern
Face of Benyellary
More Ice on
Blades of Grass
The Dry Stone Wall
on the Ridge Between Benyellary and
Merrick
The Last View of
Benyellary and my Footprints Before the Whiteout
The Frozen Summit
Trig Point of
Merrick
Back Down in the
Woods Below the Snow Line
Cuisharg Bothy
Through the Trees
Bruce's Stone Now
in Sunshine
Friday
21st Feb 2014 (Travelling Back Same Day)
The Start of The
Walk a Short Cut Just South of the Main Car Park
The Short Cut Route
not Recommended
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One Crossing a Fast Flowing Burn the Other in a Hidden Drainage Trench. |
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I Finally Make to the Tourist Route Path. (Short Cut Route not Recommended) |
A Small Lochan near
the Top of Cornish Hill
The Footpath
Leading to One of the Many Stone Cairns on Cornish Hill
The Very Difficult
Walking Conditions Make the Assent a Long Slog Uphill
A Little Frozen
Lochan Just North of the Final Climb
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but the True Summit is a Very Small Pile of Snow & Ice Covered Stones About 300m SE & 7m Higher |
Following my
Footprints Back Down Again
Loch Cornish with
Shiel Hill in the Background
Loch Cornish and Shiel Hill from Cornish Hill
Loch Brandan From
Cornish Hill
Fallen Trees Litter
the Floor of the Woods
Moss Covered Logs
at the Side of the Path
More Moss Covered
Logs Long Since Chopped up and Forgotten About
More Fallen Trees
Stinchar Bridge,
the Start of the Tourist Route
Wednesday
5th March 2014 (Travelling Back Same Day)
Figurehead From the
Ship Black Watch at the Gateway to Forrest Lodge
I Wonder Who Birger
Natvig was to Have a Road Named After Him
I'm not going to
get Lost in This Wood
Yet Another Sign
Loch Harrow and the
Eastern Spur of
Corserine
(North Gairy Top)
Power Station at Loch
Harrow
Old Mooring Post on Loch
Harrow
One of the Many
Well Maintained Tracks Through The Forest
Now High Above Loch
Mannock & Loch Harrow
The Edge of North
Gairy Top Hidden in the Clouds
On the Ridge
Looking West Towards
Corserine
Cracks Starting
Appear on a Cornice Just N/W of the Summit
WOW! I Wonder How
Deep These Cracks Are?
Just Visible the
Far Edge of the Cornice and the Cracks Along its Near Edge
The Summit Trig
Point on
Corserine
Heading Back Down
Now
A Stone Shelter
Provides a Rest From The Icy Wind (A Good Place for Lunch)
North Gairy Top Now
in Really Thick Cloud
Loch Harrow now
Coming into View Again
More Storm Ravaged
Trees Back Down in the Woods
Wednesday
19th March 2014 (Travelling Back Same Day)
The Bungalow at
Bridgend at the Start of the FarmTrack
The Green Well of
Scotland
The Farm Track by
the Cow Sheds Should be Avoided at all Cost
Cairnsmore
of Carsphairn Hidden Behind the Hills of Dunrool & Willienna
Looking back
Towards
Corserine
After Leaving the
Track a Dry Stone Wall is Followed all the way to the Summit
The Higher we go
the Better the Weather
Looking Back Over
Dunrool Towards
Corserine
The Summit Trig
Point & Shelter on
Cairnsmore
of Carsphairn
Another Dry Stone
Wall Leads all the way to Dunrool
Cairnsmore
of Carsphairn from the Summit of Dunrool
The Cornice from 2
Weeks ago can Still be Seen on
Corserine
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