This morning went down the street about 5 minutes' walk from home to capture a "field" of Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) around a pond. There used to be quite a few damselflies and dragonflies there some years ago but none today.
I managed to miss that pic Liri - love it. Really stunning
The 'Jimi Hendrix' effect Papi Jo...Purple Haze....get it? I'll get me coat...
I've had a couple of other outings since my last mountain views, but yesterday was a bit of a marathon, as it was a couple more of The Mamores from the Kinlochleven. I was up here exactly 11 months ago to do the most easterly hill - Sgurr Eilde Mor, often done with my second target of the day - Binnein Beag. I'd decided to do the two Binneins, and for reasons I won't go into, I did B.Mor first. Height is gained quickly, and the view back down to Loch Leven is beautiful
Two hours , and two and a half thousand feet later, you arrive at the lochan at the foot of S.E Mor, with Binnein Beag (left) and the Grey Corries in front of you. Round the back of the hill on the left (Sgurr Eilde Beag) up onto the ridge and along to the junction of B. Mor and Na Gruagaichean...
...and the view north from the junction is pretty fine - Binnein Mor's summit to the right, Na Gruagaichean to the far left (these two are often done as a pair) In the background - Nevis, Carn Mor Dearg and the Aonachs (right) and The Ring of Steall (left). There's a chap in a blue jacket sitting farther along the path on the left hand side too
Looking to the south - Na Gruagaichean ( pointy summit to the right) Sgurr Eilde Beag to the left, and the Glencoe hills in the middle
The summit of B. Mor has two peaks, the first being the true summit at 3,700 feet and the highest of The Mamores. View along the little ridge to the second top with the Nevis hills beyond
Getting down to the lochan/bealach isn't simple, whichever way you descend. I took a more direct route - over the end and down the scree and boulders to the shoulder, then down over the end of that. No time to look at the Grey Corries, The Easains and the other Stob Ban in the background - too busy trying not to avalanche too many boulders and slide down on my a*se - which would have been very painful
Looking back up from half way down - still another stretch to do....
..but the ptarmigans near the lochan took my mind off it. They're so well camouflaged
The view from the summit is pretty fine though, and worth the weary legs from the rough scree. Left to right - Sgurr Eilde Mor, Sgurr Eilde Beag and Binnein Mor
I love how walkhighlands describes S.E Mor and B. Beag, Joyce :
TERRAIN
'Good stalkers paths for the long approach walks, if boggy in places. The peaks themselves are steep cones of boulders and scree, with arduous ascents.'
Too much for one post - missed the last 2 pix.This one goes with that previous bit of text
B.Mor and the lochan from near the summit edge
There's more descent and re-ascent to get back to the first lochan, three and a half hours to get back to the car, and a hundred miles home, but despite that, and the weary legs and sore feet, it's a great day out
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Great "abstract" pic, Liriodendron!
This morning went down the street about 5 minutes' walk from home to capture a "field" of Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) around a pond. There used to be quite a few damselflies and dragonflies there some years ago but none today.
love the purple haze with the sharpness of the grass in pic 1 Papi Jo.
I've only seen it as the odd clump around ponds in Britain. That purple haze is spectacular!
Love your pond photo Liri.
Purple loosestrife is a bit of a pest around here. You find it growing road verges everywhere, along with montbretia.
I managed to miss that pic Liri - love it. Really stunning
The 'Jimi Hendrix' effect Papi Jo...Purple Haze....get it? I'll get me coat...
I've had a couple of other outings since my last mountain views, but yesterday was a bit of a marathon, as it was a couple more of The Mamores from the Kinlochleven. I was up here exactly 11 months ago to do the most easterly hill - Sgurr Eilde Mor, often done with my second target of the day - Binnein Beag. I'd decided to do the two Binneins, and for reasons I won't go into, I did B.Mor first. Height is gained quickly, and the view back down to Loch Leven is beautiful
Two hours , and two and a half thousand feet later, you arrive at the lochan at the foot of S.E Mor, with Binnein Beag (left) and the Grey Corries in front of you. Round the back of the hill on the left (Sgurr Eilde Beag) up onto the ridge and along to the junction of B. Mor and Na Gruagaichean...
...and the view north from the junction is pretty fine - Binnein Mor's summit to the right, Na Gruagaichean to the far left (these two are often done as a pair) In the background - Nevis, Carn Mor Dearg and the Aonachs (right) and The Ring of Steall (left). There's a chap in a blue jacket sitting farther along the path on the left hand side too
Looking to the south - Na Gruagaichean ( pointy summit to the right) Sgurr Eilde Beag to the left, and the Glencoe hills in the middle
The summit of B. Mor has two peaks, the first being the true summit at 3,700 feet and the highest of The Mamores. View along the little ridge to the second top with the Nevis hills beyond
Getting down to the lochan/bealach isn't simple, whichever way you descend. I took a more direct route - over the end and down the scree and boulders to the shoulder, then down over the end of that. No time to look at the Grey Corries, The Easains and the other Stob Ban in the background - too busy trying not to avalanche too many boulders and slide down on my a*se - which would have been very painful
Looking back up from half way down - still another stretch to do....
..but the ptarmigans near the lochan took my mind off it. They're so well camouflaged
The view from the summit is pretty fine though, and worth the weary legs from the rough scree. Left to right - Sgurr Eilde Mor, Sgurr Eilde Beag and Binnein Mor
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fairy, the visibility was excellent for you yesterday.
Love the well known view down the loch with the Pap
Lovely stuff, Fairy.
That ptarmigan looks just like the rocks around her. Excellently designed camouflage...
I love how walkhighlands describes S.E Mor and B. Beag, Joyce :
TERRAIN
'Good stalkers paths for the long approach walks, if boggy in places. The peaks themselves are steep cones of boulders and scree, with arduous ascents.'
Too much for one post - missed the last 2 pix.This one goes with that previous bit of text
B.Mor and the lochan from near the summit edge
There's more descent and re-ascent to get back to the first lochan, three and a half hours to get back to the car, and a hundred miles home, but despite that, and the weary legs and sore feet, it's a great day out
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Fantastic, Fairy. I don't know how you can find your way back to your car.