Tag: Mountain
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Cranstackie from Beinn Spionnaidh
The two most northerly Corbetts. 45 minutes earlier I was on top of Cranstackie in the distance in 70 mph winds, rain with no visibility. I had decided to call it a day and abort an attempt on Beinn Spionnaidh, but by the time I made the col the mist had cleared and the rain…
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Miller Moss
When the summer of 2018 began it was just an un-named nondescript knoll in the Northern Fells of the Lake District with a spot height on the Ordnance Survey map of 609m. At the end of the summer, it was a nondescript mountain of 610m. Entitling it to be classified as Nuttall, a listing of…
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Back of Benbulbin
The plan was to climb Benbulbin, a 525m high distinctive tabletop mountain overlooking Sligo but it proved difficult to find out any info on the best way which seems to be a hidden secret. Web forums talk of an approach from the north but also mention recent access issues with an irate farmer. To avoid…
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Croaghaun
The highest mountain on Achill Island, with real mountain look and feel of metamorphic psammites and schists. Well actually this is the 664m high south-west peak of Croaghaun, I am standing on the 688m actual summit which is mapped as Tonacroaghaun. To the right, the cliffs drop steeply to the Atlantic covered by low lying…
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Cathair na FĂ©inne
A wet start to climb Carrauntoohil in the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks mountain range, the highest mountain in Ireland, but the rain soon gave way to swirling clouds and clear summits. This is the twin topped Cathair na FĂ©inne (or just the Anglicised Caher). With a height of 1001m, it would be classed as a Munro if…
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Ingleborough
Another one of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. Ingleborough. Seen from Dub Cote on the southern foothills of Pen-y-Ghent, Ingleborough is just a blimp on the horizon overshadowed by the great scar of Horton quarry which seems to have taken over half the mountain in its search for limestone.
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Early Purple Orchids
The information board provided by the National Park says that Early Purple Orchids can be seen on the limestone meadows of Sulber Nick in the Ingleborough nature reserve. So I guess these must be Early Purple Orchids seen against a backdrop of Pen-y-Ghent, one of the Yorkshire 3 Peaks. They brightened up a trog up the motorway…