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| Descent off Carn an Righ |
I've been guiding over in the Glenshee area this weekend. Forecasts a few days ago dint look enticing, by Friday evening it looked a much more inviting weather picture
Saturday 20th August.
A lovely day in the Southern Cairngorms. What's your idea of 'wild'? Is it lack of civilisation? No roads to be seen? Or time taken to reach your objectives? For some people it could be no mobile phone signal?
The Munro of Carn an Righ sits in wonderful isolation from any carpark. It may not be the most attractive hill but certainly takes a few hours to get up it. We did Carn an Righ & Glas Tulaichean today. In that order, we saw no one until near the summit of Righ, 4 hrs from setting off. Most folk probably do Tulaichean first, as most guidebooks state this. A good enough reason to do this pair in reverse. It must be over 15 years since I was last up these hills.
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| Approaching Carn an Righ |
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| Summit of Carn an Righ |
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| Glas Tulaichean from Carn an Righ |
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| Beautiful afternoon |
On Sunday 21st August.
The Munros of Carn Aosda, The Cairnwell & Carn a' Gheoidh must be the easiest and 'quickest' group of 3 Munros you could ever wish for. They're regarded as something to 'knock off' quickly and move on to better and more attractive hills. If you look deeper and get off the well beaten trail you may be fortunate to see some lovely wildlife. We spotted at least 4 mountain hares and this wasn't even one of my 'wildlife photography ' trips. There were also plenty of Red Grouse, just minutes from the carpark. Carn a' Gheoidh is by far the more attractive hill, being some distance from the ugly ski area.
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| The Cairnwell |
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Another lovely day with good spells of sunshine in the afternoon. There was a stiff breeze and a few warm layers were off and on throughout the day.
Nice wee weekend of guiding on the other side of the Cairngorms.
Tomorrow it's back to 'non Munro' walking stuff 😀.
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