NE'ER CAST A CLOUT TILL MAY IS OUT

 

Sunshine & showers today

May 2022 hasn't been one of the driest here in the Highlands. Some quite wet days plus a lot of high winds on the summits. Occasionally we've had the odd decent day but overall a wet, windy and cool one. We go into the final week of the month with a forecast of snow showers on many high summits across the Highlands. The old saying ' Ne'er cast a clout till May is out' certainly rings true this year.

On Sunday we got a good soaking in the Monadhliath,  heading up the Corbett Gairbeinn along with it's neighbour, Corrieyarack Hill which was demoted from being a 'twin Corbett'.These two hills are of equal height, 986m. 

Dry start

Bothy

Corrieyarack Pass

The two hills are easily accessed from Gava Bridge and the walk up the Corrieyarack Pass which gets you up high very easily. 

Into the cloud

Evening deer

After a soaking in the afternoon we got back and it dried up, of course!

Evening sun!

Lots of wonderful wildlife low down in the glen including Red Deer,  Roe Deer, Fallow Deer, Curlew,  Oystercatcher and a newly born fold.

TUESDAY 24 MAY

A promise of some sunshine inbetween the showers this morning. With light winds it looked like a reasonable day to visit the local Mountain Hares. 

Shower clouds 

Some fine sunny periods 

I spotted Mo Charaid early on in the day.  He was just shaking off the last shower when I got near him. 

Just another shower, no big deal

When's the next one?

Shelter 

Enjoying the sun

What a face!

I love this time of year on the hills where I regularly photograph the Mountain Hares. The vegetation is a riot of colour in Spring. The Cloudberry has just started to flower. The mosses are vibrant and other flowers such has milkwort and bleaberry are gorgeous. 

Cloudberry 

Round leaved Sundew

Blaeberry

Milkwort

I saw no one all day. Absolutely bliss. Also lovely to see a group four Hares together. 

4 hares

3 hares

1 hare 

Mo Charaid, even with cheap mobile phone photo