Blackrock Cottage - Stob Dubh & Stob Coire Raineach

Gordon · **Joined:** Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:32 pm **Posts:** 273

Scott, Silke, Graham B and a couple of my friends (Andy and Matt) on the little Buachille....... Some decent views from the top. A nice wee day out. Also managed to get some nice photos of crackin' sunset on the way home....

scott · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:49 pm

Was the sort of easy going day that I just needed. Seemed to manange to get up and down the wee Buachille in about half an hour...think I was too busy gassing to Silke to notice time passing!

The cloudy ridge just below the top of the hill

Jennifer and I did a spot of deer watching after leaving the hut for home

Jennifer · **Joined:** Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:30 pm **Posts:** 19

Great pics Scott. Gotta say, do like your camera model!

scott · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:54 am

And welcome to the forum, Jennifer. Two postings in one go. Good stuff

Must have been all the persuasion by Alex at the weekend :!:

Graham · **Joined:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:40 am **Posts:** 384

Hey just checked, Stob Coire Raineach is a new munro for me! Must just have walked to the top of Stob Dubh on only previous ascent.

Liked Blackrock, especially liked the chairs which are great for snoozing in. From now on think I am going to rate huts by their chairs.

Graham

scott · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:02 pm

Yeah, the Munros tables were revised around eight years ago(?), not long before I finished them. There were various additions and deletions, including three new munros in Glen Coe :!:

Have to say though, two munros on the wee Buachaille is a bit much. No way is Raineach a seperate mountain

Same goes for there being two on the (big) Buachaille.

These two tops are definetly subsiduary peaks and should have been left as Munro Tops.

Sgreamach on the Bidean range I can just about put up with as being the other new munro. But only at a push :!:

The SMC should just leave the tables alone, or if they insist on making any sort of changes then possibly applying the 150m descent rule (like for the Corbett list) would be an improvement. It would however reduce the numbers of munros.

Anyone agree/disgree :?:

Silke · **Joined:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:14 pm **Posts:** 119

Graham,

do you mean the Blackrock chairs were more comfy than the Raeburn Hut chairs? You actually look quite cosy in both...

Raeburn:

Blackrock:

Also below the glorious view from the car park in Glen Coe, after I have been sitting on a personal-record-breaking 4 Munros in 2 days without having any view whatsoever...

Graham · **Joined:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:40 am **Posts:** 384

Ohh jeeze..in the first pic my facial skin looks like it is experiencing 6 times the force of gravity, or maybe I am just getting old :roll:

Alex · **Joined:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:09 am **Posts:** 1013

Graham wrote:

Ohh jeeze..in the first pic my facial skin looks like it is experiencing 6 times the force of gravity, or maybe I am just getting old :roll:

I`ll have a look on google and see if I can find some sort of facial bra for you :lol:

Graham · **Joined:** Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:40 am **Posts:** 384

you mean wear a ladeeeeeeeez support garment? Perish the thought. I'll just try to stay awake at the next hut meet

scott · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:05 pm

The second photo of Graham sleeping looks like it was taken in the eighties...sort of "flock of seagulls" flick going on there...and the first one brings him bang up to date :lol:

Of course in reality there was only 4 weeks between the pics :shock:

Orion M.C.

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