Assynt, beginning of November? Barely recall it now, and if no-one else does, this fictitious rambling based on half remembered truths may just get away with it. Inchnadamph Lodge in November is a wonderful place, but hardly a secret amongst the Moray Mountaineers as 25 of the blighters descended mob-like to shatter the idyllic calm. With so many people out and about and your gentle author being so lazy, there can be little more illumination as to the deeds of that weekend than the production of the barest list. However, Natacha, unlike most of us has taken the time and trouble to produce a splendid report and it is…
November 2011 Bus Meet: Fannichs
Sunday 20th November OS Map 19/20 Departs Elgin: 07.00am The Fannichs lie between Loch Fannich and the A 835 Garve to Ullapool road. With 9 munros in the area A’Chailleach and Sgurr Breac to name a couple and the corbetts of Beinn a! Chaisteal, Beinn Laith Mhor a! Ghiubhais Li, Beinn Enaiglair and Creag Rainich there is plenty to explore. The bus will be parked at Loch a’ Bhracin for the day and drops can be made along the way as usual. Just remember shorter daylight hours now that the clocks have gone back when planning routes! To book a seat on the bus contact Dave…
New Year 2012 Meet: Plockton
Our destination for New Year festivities will be the Station Bunkhouse in Plockton Accommodation is booked for 3 nights: 31st Dec, 1st and 2nd Jan Price: £45 per person for the 3 nights, payable in advance. The bunkhouse can accommodate up to 20 people – there may be a small refund if we fill it. A stay of only 2 nights may be possible, subject to availability of places. To book, please make a cheque payable to the Moray Mountaineering Club and contact Jake Lee.
October 2011 Bus Meet Report: Achnashellach/ Strathconon Traverse
This wretched Club it is a pest, It lures me from my Sunday rest, To flounder over bogs and heather, And climb high hills in any weather. To rise at all unearthly hours, And show my best resistance powers, By scrambling over rock and boulder To some elusive spur or shoulder With promise of a view at last Is met with mist and icy blast And ‘stead of far flung distant land I see an inch from where I stand! A poem that John Henderson thought would be appropriate after our rather soggy outing, it was written my an unknown club member about 75 years ago! Strathconon Glen…
October weekend meet report: Crianlarich
With Jake away at the Albanian ferret pickling championships we all feared that the weekend meet would deteriorate into unorganised chaos. Fortunately, his ruthless organisation and forward planning prevailed and it was once again a success. Well, apart from the weather – but then why else do we all spend so much money on waterproof clothing? Katie Griffiths, Karl Markham, Fiona Cunningham and Ash were first out of the door. They headed for the “path” (which Ash considers to be “a mechanism or structure designed to easy/facilitate access and perambulation”) leading to the Munros An Caisteal and Beinn a Chroin. Apparently the definition is somewhat at odds with the boggy mess…
Club Calendars
The new 2012 club calendar is now available at the bargain price of just £6! Glen Moray Distillery have kindly sponsored it again. All photos in the calendar have been taken by club members and they have been enlarged to cover the whole page this year. They will be available to purchase on the bus and weekend meets or from any committee member.
October 2011 Bus Meet: Achnashellach/ Strathconon Traverse
Sunday 16th October 2011 OS Map 25/26 The bus will be dropping off at Craig, which is four and a half km from Achnashellach Station. The pick up point will be a large car park at the end of Strathconon Glen, just east of Scardoy Lodge. Routes for the day include; Sgurr nan Ceannaichan/Moruisg and then east along the ridge and down to the glen. Also Sgurr Choinnich & Sgurr a’ Chaorachain before dropping down and walking out to the Bus. Further down the glen there is the opportunity to do the remote Munro, Maoile Lunndaidh, which can be approached from Glenuaig Lodge. NOTE! It is not possible to link…
October 2011 Weekend Meet: Crianlarich
Date: 8th & 9th October Location: Ochils Mountaineering Club Hut, Inverardarn Cottage, Crianlarich, FK20 8QS Directions: Inverardran Cottage is the whitewashed building situated at the east end of Crianlarich, next to the Ben More Restaurant. (O. S. sheet 50, Grid Ref 392250) on the north side of the A85. The cottage has its own extensive parking area behind the building. It is within easy walking distance of Crianlarich railway station. Website: http://www.ochils.com/content/view/6/25/ Cost: Up to £15 pppn (price is dependent on numbers) What to bring: Sleeping bag and fire wood if possible! What to do: Several Munros and Corbetts can be reached by walking from the cottage: Cruach Ardrain, Ben More,…
September 2011 Bus Meet Report: Lochnagar
The Art of Rain (Mitchell D. Wilson) Falling down, pooling up, Out of the sky, into my cup. What is this wet that comes from above, That some call disaster, and others find love. The harder it falls, the less it is nice, The colder it falls the harder the ice. The rain has an art that I may not get, So I stand still here and get soaking wet. George Herraghty was first off the bus in the middle of nowhere. Making his way towards a couple of heather covered Grahams that he will probably never want to visit again, Mona Gowan and Gaellaig Hill. – The joys…
September 2011 Weekend Meet Report: Skye
‘Fumbling around in the mist’ Some years ago, and as a new member to the club, I recall, with no little horror, the sight of Martin Collins pole dancing in Skye. Surely such an aberration was a one-off. How could that ever happen again? It was therefore, with a sense of déjà vu, that Martin Collins gyrated with his pole on Friday night and marked, after the absence of a year or two, the MMC return to the Glen Brittle Hut. A poor forecast, that never materialised in all its fury, didn’t put off our brave band and Saturday saw the island covered with Moray mountaineers. It was good to…