Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Sgurr a' Choire-bheithe Far East Top
Sgurr a'Choire-bheithe
05-Aug-13 • Mumbles Head • flickr
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Looking towards Luinne Bheinn and Ladhar Bheinn from Sgurr a'Choire-bheithe
05-Aug-13 • Mumbles Head • flickr
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Sgurr a' Choire-bheithe
© Steven Fallon
21-Apr-12 • Steven Fallon • flickr
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Sylvan Glen
Sylvan campsite beside the River Carnach. Friday June 3, 1988. A digital copy of a 35mm Kodachrome 64 film transparency. Nikon FM, 35 - 70mm f3.3 - f4.5 Nikkor F-series lens. My journal entry (abridged) for the day records: 'Left about 09:00, sunny periods and showers, midgy, much cloud on and around hills. Tried to follow river downstream from Lochan nam Breac but reached impasse so had to sweat it out back up to path. Had to climb quite high to find practical route back down to river - really the only way is to pick a route cautiously down the craggy side of the valley, long lines of schist crags require no little care. Reached the 'ruin' marked on the map and found the most perfect spot where the river flows slow and deep beneath a sheer 100 - 150ft crag on the opposite bank. Plenty of flat ground for tents. Almost completely surrounded by hills, tree-line craggy slopes plunging down all around, the great shoulder of Ben Aden above. Many trout in river, up to about 6in long. Wagtail appears to be nesting on crag opposite. Much birdsong, cuckoos much in evidence. Though barely lunchtime and having walked barely three miles I decided to camp. Swam naked in the river before lunch and again in sunshine later in afternon. Wind at last gone round to more northerly direction, possibly even north-easterly this evening, so hoping for more settled conditions tomorrow. Still a few big shower clouds around. A good day all-in-all in a perfect setting.' The following year I camped here again in conditions so dry that my journal records 'river level very low - all along the base of the crag, which last year was a long pool 3 - 4ft deep, is now a gravel bed, with the river flowing a couple of feet wide and only inches deep. Fortunately my skinny-dipping pool of last year is still swimmable.'
03-Jun-88 • Julian Hodgson • flickr
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OS Map
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Sgurr a'Choire-bheithe
05-Aug-13 • Mumbles Head • flickr
mountains scotland highlands corbetts 9518852950
Looking towards Luinne Bheinn and Ladhar Bheinn from Sgurr a'Choire-bheithe
05-Aug-13 • Mumbles Head • flickr
mountains scotland highlands corbetts 9516057117
Sgurr a' Choire-bheithe
© Steven Fallon
21-Apr-12 • Steven Fallon • flickr
corbetts knoydart 52971748476
Sylvan Glen
Sylvan campsite beside the River Carnach. Friday June 3, 1988. A digital copy of a 35mm Kodachrome 64 film transparency. Nikon FM, 35 - 70mm f3.3 - f4.5 Nikkor F-series lens. My journal entry (abridged) for the day records: 'Left about 09:00, sunny periods and showers, midgy, much cloud on and around hills. Tried to follow river downstream from Lochan nam Breac but reached impasse so had to sweat it out back up to path. Had to climb quite high to find practical route back down to river - really the only way is to pick a route cautiously down the craggy side of the valley, long lines of schist crags require no little care. Reached the 'ruin' marked on the map and found the most perfect spot where the river flows slow and deep beneath a sheer 100 - 150ft crag on the opposite bank. Plenty of flat ground for tents. Almost completely surrounded by hills, tree-line craggy slopes plunging down all around, the great shoulder of Ben Aden above. Many trout in river, up to about 6in long. Wagtail appears to be nesting on crag opposite. Much birdsong, cuckoos much in evidence. Though barely lunchtime and having walked barely three miles I decided to camp. Swam naked in the river before lunch and again in sunshine later in afternon. Wind at last gone round to more northerly direction, possibly even north-easterly this evening, so hoping for more settled conditions tomorrow. Still a few big shower clouds around. A good day all-in-all in a perfect setting.' The following year I camped here again in conditions so dry that my journal records 'river level very low - all along the base of the crag, which last year was a long pool 3 - 4ft deep, is now a gravel bed, with the river flowing a couple of feet wide and only inches deep. Fortunately my skinny-dipping pool of last year is still swimmable.'
03-Jun-88 • Julian Hodgson • flickr
rivercarnach rivercarnoch knoydart invernessshire scotland scottishhighlands mountain benaden camping wildcamping backpacking kodachrome64 colourtransparency 35mm film nikonfm nikkorfseries 50722783433
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Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.