You'll be ready for some winter hiking to get get away from those midges. Great call on turning back, that would be one hell of a long day if you didn't. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers.
I absolutely can’t wait for the autumn to fully kick in if only to get rid of the midges! I think this year has been pretty bad?? Or maybe I’m just getting older 🥴🥴
As you’ve told me in more than one occasion….he who fights and runs away etc etc….wise choice mate, we all know how quickly conditions can turn and for all that still a fantastic video with great view…the dreaded midge notwithstanding lol….gotta love it…take care mate, Steven 😊👍🏴🏴
Cheers Steven and your right! Know when it’s time to go! It was a long way and it’s hard to turn back but it was for the best! Live to fight another day!! Cheers mate and thanks for the support!!! Paulo
Holy midges! That’d probably make me bail off the bat. Yeah that’s a lot of biking and hiking and the weather proved you made the right call. A solid day’s effort!
Cheers Seth! Yeah it was a longer day that I thought! It always looks easier in the map! With the weather we are having the midges are horrible just now !! 🥴🥴🥴
Cheers David, frustrating but you’re right it was the best decision all things considered!! What a remote feeling around this area! It felt so far away from anything 🥴. The midges were hell!!! 😂😂😂
Great effort Paul. The midges never make it easy. We did that route on Good Friday back in 2004. Our plan was to do the 2 hills, but like you left 2nd hill for another day due to distance and poor weather. We then approached it from the dam with the other 3 hllls up there. We also used the Iron Lodge approach for Mullach na Dheiragain as poor weather stopped us combining it with Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan when had cycled in from Glen Affric Lodge. ATB Derek
Cheers Derek! What a place eh! I think that any route through that Glen is going to be long and feel remote! Looking to go back and do that outlier from Glen strathfarrar as that seems the most pragmatic route! Who knows though! Might end up doing all four again! What a thought! 🥴🥴🥴
Epic adventure 🏔️ shame about the second 🏔️ but like you said in the clag 🌧️ and weather closing in, correct call 🤙 The midges were horrendous 🦟 I was scratching just watching 😂 well done 👏 atb Brian 👍
Have you done these Munros Brian? I think they have been the most difficult I have done for a while!! Midges and long distances! Not a good pairing 🥴🥴Paul
Hard won Munro that Paul, looked a good day though apart from midges. Lovely area, really like Glen Elchaig, dropped in on a number of occasions. Ventured out as far as stalkers path at NH087348 on one occasion and walked back over the three Corbetts camping at the Coll before Aonach Buidhe,. Cheers Paul
So that’s my first time and I commented to Roy that it may be the most scenic area if have been too! The cycle to iron lodge, minus the midges was fantastic! Sad to see the lodge deteriorated like that! Wonder what it was used for?? Hopefully get the opportunity to go back there if I ever try a round of Corbetts 🤔😬😬
Brilliant these are remote Munro’s you did well mate from my recollection it’s a fair way between these summits so you made the right decision the hills will be there for another adventure I enjoyed that video cheers
What an epic adventure...yes the midge were terrible but then you captured some stunning scenery...Good decision to go back early, not nice being in mountains in thunder ....I was caught couple of times in mountains while on mtb and it was back to car in record time...many many thanks and best wishes
Cheers Andy! Yeah the weather turned for the worst really quickly but by the time we got back to the lodge it had settled down again! Just enough for the midge to resurface! When we were so far out abandoning it felt like the right thing to do!! Cheers mate! Paul
Hi Paul, A big day right enough. I enjoyed the memory blast from Iron Lodge as my dad and I spent a camping night while walking in Glen Affric 👍 Hope your final top is a bit easier. Cheers
Cheers Charlie! Iron lodge feels so remote but what a cracking spot!! Minus the midge! Do you think getting that last one from Strathfarrar is the best option? Paul
@@PAADVENTURES1 Its probably your best option now. You should be able to drive up to the power station and take it from there. Just the single our a loop with Sgurr na Lapaich would be a fine walk. Cheers
Nice edit again Paul👍 will be calling you mr Mullardoch the amount off times you will have been there😂😂 You were right to turn back at that point as the weather was looming, but you should have left earlier and maybe caught the 2nd before it arrived. Those midgies are doing my nut in on the walks as well. Looked a good cycle tho.🚴♂️👍 Well done, that was a fair old distance. ATB Franko.👍🏴🏔
Cheers Franko! It’s a long old way that! It feels so remote and with the change in weather you feel a bit exposed! It’s a lovely cycle though and your right it requires an early start and plenty of light to get round as it’s a long way!! Cheers again mate and look forward to catching up! Paulo
A brutal encounter Paul but you both persevered - well done mate. You should have done the climb in a vessel entry suit!! 😄 Loved the vid as usual, keep up the good work 👍
Cheers Ron! Yeah a hazmat suit would have been useful! It was a hard old day and I wish we had left earlier but hey ho! Up your neck of the woods tomorrow 👍
Looked a great adventure Paul apart from the midges. Shame you didn't get the 2nd munro being so close to it, along way to go for that remaining one and that red flag must look really annoying? 🤣 ATB Andy
Abandon Ship...arghh, not something you like to hear at the start of a vid! 😀13k cycle in, Roy is a legend did he get a shot of the Orb? 😀 Loving the Loch and it's backdrop. great to change the route "on the fly" on the way up - wouldn't call that a fail though, nowhere near it...that was good decision making...from both your experience. Great Adventure 💖💖👍
The weather just turned on a dime Dave! The sky went black and then the rain! Roy wouldn’t take a shot on the Orbo! I think it was too powerful for him😂😂😂 maybe next time. That’s a fantastic place and a great cycle up to the lodge! I think you could cycle beyond the lodge and do a loop via cheesecake bothy! One for the future maybe? Paulo
Dime weather - good when it turns the other way 😀Roy is old skool...no time for new fangled tech, a lot to be said for that! Yes one for the future, you know me, I will give anything a go...pencil it in. 👍
Excellent video mate 😍..That looked super hard going Paul..Those midges we’re horrendous 😱Looked a nice cycle into the lodge..The Loch would be nice to camp at..Though not in midge season..Hardly done any camping this summer due to fact I can’t be bothered with midges 😂..Enjoyable video mate. Cheers Roberto
Robert this would be a great area for a camp! The loch is beautiful and there are MTB trails everywhere! The perfect spot but as you say once the midges Feck off! 😂😂😂😂
@@PAADVENTURES1 I reckon the shortest way is to bike in from Strathfarrar, up the Gleann Innis an Loichel, assuming it is rideable, and I think it would be as there a power station up there. That would give you a 7km walk from the end of the rideable track to the hill. I. Looking forward to seeing how you tackle it Paul. Good luck.
A wise decision lads. What an effort tho. 50k & nearly 100k for the 4.😳👏 Take a tent for the remote felly. Nice area that. Did the Killilan Corbetts a few years ago with Robin. Could've done with a bike oan the walk oot tho. 😑
Cheers Kev! I might take a wee tent but it’s a long old way!! The cycle into the lodge was fantastic and hopefully if I get round to the Corbetts i May head back 🥴🥴🥴cheers mate!
Really love Glen Elchaig, so pretty around that loch, possibly the nicest glen I've been to. I'm tempted to cycle up for the western Mullardoch ones from this side too. Some nice Corbetts up that way, cycled up for Faochaig and Aonach Buidhe last summer. Shame the midges were fierce and the weather came in for the way back.
It’s beautiful Andy and I may need to go back! They are easily doable from this side! I think we didn’t move fast enough and with the weather changing 🥴. I will be back I think 🤔
That was a bummer Paul you didn't get the second one but don't blame you as that was a long route even to the first one but a good excuse to go back those midges have been terrible up there this year . ATB Ally 👍
Cheers Ally! It was so close but with the weather closing in it felt like miles away! Next time and as you say hopefully without all those midge!! Cheers mate! Paul
Wonder how the highland folk of yore dealt with the midge's , surely they had worked out some kind of deterrent or repellant to ward the little feckers off ?
That would be the Holy Grail Catherine 😎maybe they were just more hardy than us modern softies 🥴. Hopefully they are away for another winter now👍👍cheers Paul
The track was great Gordon! No issues at all and I guess you may be able to go further if you head around the Glen rather than stop at iron lodge? Cracking area! Paul
Hi Alan, I think I have only really done one equipment video and it was mainly my winter gear. That was a few years ago now. I sometimes add a wee bit of gear depending on what I am doing. I think our bothy trip a few weeks ago I added some kit stuff. Generally I have three or four changes of kit, 2 for summer and 2 for winter. I will look at the weather and the terrain then decide what fits best. Nothing scientific, just a gut feeling. Then I have all my kit that comes all the time. That is mostly emergency stuff. Personal location beacon, survival bag and shelter, map and compass, spare clothes, whistle batteries and stuff. Maybe I should do a wee video 🥴🥴cheers mate! Paul
@@PAADVENTURES1 thanks Paul, a video would be great. I generally feel like I take too much, but that’s only cause it’s not used, which is a good thing in the case of the emergency stuff. That said my bag still looks emptier so I wondered what else I was missing. From what you said I think it’s the extra clothes. Thanks for the videos, they really are very helpful.
Wow, tough one Paul. Feel for your both there. A real challenge under the circumstances. However despite the annoyance of now needing to go back I reckon you made a smart decision to get the hell out of there. When you have done the last one in that group it is going to be a real relief but equally when you look back on your Munro bagging days this one will be a good one to remember and to know that becoming a compleator really is a huge achievement. I have one for which I am on a third attempt. Got to A’ Mhaighdean twice and within a couple of hundred metres of Ruadh Stac Mor and on both occasions decided it was for the best to turn back. So I hope you get An Riabhachan second time round without further issue. As I have all the Mullardoch Munro’s to do I should be pleased of your thoughts on how best to tackle them. I do have a bike. All the best Chas
Cheers Chas, This is the first time in my wee journey that I have felt so close and decided against it! I guess that’s all down to a wee bit of luck!! Your right though it will be sweet to get this one when I do!! Probably next year now. If I was doing these again I would just commit to getting all 4 in the loop walk! It’s a long day but better than doing them in sections. It’s a long way to go just to go back again. I know the ferry used to run and that helped with the loch part? Not sure if that will come back or not?? Paul
Thanks Paul. I’ll take your advice and try and attempt a long round. It will be a very big day but I can see how that would be ultimately less effort than repeat visits. Best wishes Chas
You'll be ready for some winter hiking to get get away from those midges. Great call on turning back, that would be one hell of a long day if you didn't. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers.
I absolutely can’t wait for the autumn to fully kick in if only to get rid of the midges! I think this year has been pretty bad?? Or maybe I’m just getting older 🥴🥴
As you’ve told me in more than one occasion….he who fights and runs away etc etc….wise choice mate, we all know how quickly conditions can turn and for all that still a fantastic video with great view…the dreaded midge notwithstanding lol….gotta love it…take care mate,
Steven 😊👍🏴🏴
Cheers Steven and your right! Know when it’s time to go!
It was a long way and it’s hard to turn back but it was for the best!
Live to fight another day!!
Cheers mate and thanks for the support!!!
Paulo
Holy midges! That’d probably make me bail off the bat. Yeah that’s a lot of biking and hiking and the weather proved you made the right call. A solid day’s effort!
Cheers Seth! Yeah it was a longer day that I thought! It always looks easier in the map! With the weather we are having the midges are horrible just now !! 🥴🥴🥴
The bee keeper's 😅 they midges are nightmare man 🙄 you guys made the right choice patching the other munro 💯🫡 but what a adventure well done 👏
Cheers David, frustrating but you’re right it was the best decision all things considered!! What a remote feeling around this area! It felt so far away from anything 🥴. The midges were hell!!! 😂😂😂
Great effort Paul. The midges never make it easy. We did that route on Good Friday back in 2004. Our plan was to do the 2 hills, but like you left 2nd hill for another day due to distance and poor weather. We then approached it from the dam with the other 3 hllls up there. We also used the Iron Lodge approach for Mullach na Dheiragain as poor weather stopped us combining it with Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan when had cycled in from Glen Affric Lodge. ATB Derek
Cheers Derek! What a place eh! I think that any route through that Glen is going to be long and feel remote! Looking to go back and do that outlier from Glen strathfarrar as that seems the most pragmatic route! Who knows though! Might end up doing all four again! What a thought! 🥴🥴🥴
Stunning area! 🤩
It really is!😎😎😎
Epic adventure 🏔️ shame about the second 🏔️ but like you said in the clag 🌧️ and weather closing in, correct call 🤙 The midges were horrendous 🦟 I was scratching just watching 😂 well done 👏 atb Brian 👍
Have you done these Munros Brian? I think they have been the most difficult I have done for a while!! Midges and long distances! Not a good pairing 🥴🥴Paul
@@PAADVENTURES1 Not done these yet Paul and definitely not looking forward to them now 😂😂😂
Hard won Munro that Paul, looked a good day though apart from midges. Lovely area, really like Glen Elchaig, dropped in on a number of occasions. Ventured out as far as stalkers path at NH087348 on one occasion and walked back over the three Corbetts camping at the Coll before Aonach Buidhe,. Cheers Paul
So that’s my first time and I commented to Roy that it may be the most scenic area if have been too! The cycle to iron lodge, minus the midges was fantastic! Sad to see the lodge deteriorated like that! Wonder what it was used for??
Hopefully get the opportunity to go back there if I ever try a round of Corbetts 🤔😬😬
Brilliant these are remote Munro’s you did well mate from my recollection it’s a fair way between these summits so you made the right decision the hills will be there for another adventure I enjoyed that video cheers
Cheers Andrew! Yeah I’m hoping that a walk in from Glen strathfarrar will be the best option for this last one!!!
@@PAADVENTURES1 I look forward to that it has a very long summit ridge with great views so brilliant keep safe
What an epic adventure...yes the midge were terrible but then you captured some stunning scenery...Good decision to go back early, not nice being in mountains in thunder ....I was caught couple of times in mountains while on mtb and it was back to car in record time...many many thanks and best wishes
Cheers Andy! Yeah the weather turned for the worst really quickly but by the time we got back to the lodge it had settled down again! Just enough for the midge to resurface! When we were so far out abandoning it felt like the right thing to do!! Cheers mate! Paul
Hi Paul, A big day right enough. I enjoyed the memory blast from Iron Lodge as my dad and I spent a camping night while walking in Glen Affric 👍 Hope your final top is a bit easier. Cheers
Cheers Charlie! Iron lodge feels so remote but what a cracking spot!! Minus the midge!
Do you think getting that last one from Strathfarrar is the best option?
Paul
@@PAADVENTURES1 Its probably your best option now. You should be able to drive up to the power station and take it from there. Just the single our a loop with Sgurr na Lapaich would be a fine walk. Cheers
@@charliemccartney7055 cheers Charlie 👍
Nice edit again Paul👍 will be calling you mr Mullardoch the amount off times you will have been there😂😂
You were right to turn back at that point as the weather was looming, but you should have left earlier and maybe caught the 2nd before it arrived.
Those midgies are doing my nut in on the walks as well. Looked a good cycle tho.🚴♂️👍
Well done, that was a fair old distance.
ATB
Franko.👍🏴🏔
Cheers Franko! It’s a long old way that! It feels so remote and with the change in weather you feel a bit exposed!
It’s a lovely cycle though and your right it requires an early start and plenty of light to get round as it’s a long way!!
Cheers again mate and look forward to catching up!
Paulo
A brutal encounter Paul but you both persevered - well done mate. You should have done the climb in a vessel entry suit!! 😄 Loved the vid as usual, keep up the good work 👍
Cheers Ron! Yeah a hazmat suit would have been useful! It was a hard old day and I wish we had left earlier but hey ho! Up your neck of the woods tomorrow 👍
@@PAADVENTURES1 Great stuff! I take it you're in to see Mike D? I'm in tomorrow - I'll keep an eye open for you in the Eng Office 😁
Looked a great adventure Paul apart from the midges. Shame you didn't get the 2nd munro being so close to it, along way to go for that remaining one and that red flag must look really annoying? 🤣 ATB Andy
It was so close but so far away Andy! Was a wee tad annoying but hopefully one last visit will see me there! The midge were terrible 😣 so bad! Paul
Abandon Ship...arghh, not something you like to hear at the start of a vid! 😀13k cycle in, Roy is a legend did he get a shot of the Orb? 😀 Loving the Loch and it's backdrop. great to change the route "on the fly" on the way up - wouldn't call that a fail though, nowhere near it...that was good decision making...from both your experience. Great Adventure 💖💖👍
The weather just turned on a dime Dave! The sky went black and then the rain!
Roy wouldn’t take a shot on the Orbo! I think it was too powerful for him😂😂😂 maybe next time.
That’s a fantastic place and a great cycle up to the lodge! I think you could cycle beyond the lodge and do a loop via cheesecake bothy! One for the future maybe?
Paulo
Dime weather - good when it turns the other way 😀Roy is old skool...no time for new fangled tech, a lot to be said for that! Yes one for the future, you know me, I will give anything a go...pencil it in. 👍
Excellent video mate 😍..That looked super hard going Paul..Those midges we’re horrendous 😱Looked a nice cycle into the lodge..The Loch would be nice to camp at..Though not in midge season..Hardly done any camping this summer due to fact I can’t be bothered with midges 😂..Enjoyable video mate.
Cheers
Roberto
Robert this would be a great area for a camp! The loch is beautiful and there are MTB trails everywhere! The perfect spot but as you say once the midges Feck off! 😂😂😂😂
@@PAADVENTURES1 😁👍
Felt itchy watching that mate lol, great effort mate but good call, that weather looked stinkin.
Yeah! Just need to go back a third time Tam! 😂😂😂
@@PAADVENTURES1 I'm going to try the 12 next season over 3 days
That would be a cracking trip mate! I’ve still 4 to do so may join you …..for a wee bit 😂
Shame to leave that Munro as it is a bit of an awkward one. Thanks for sharing.
It is Graham! Not quite sure what I’m going to do! 🥴🥴🥴
@@PAADVENTURES1 I reckon the shortest way is to bike in from Strathfarrar, up the Gleann Innis an Loichel, assuming it is rideable, and I think it would be as there a power station up there. That would give you a 7km walk from the end of the rideable track to the hill. I. Looking forward to seeing how you tackle it Paul. Good luck.
Cheers Graham! That sounds like a winner!!! Will let you know how it goes! 👍👍🥴🥴
A wise decision lads. What an effort tho. 50k & nearly 100k for the 4.😳👏 Take a tent for the remote felly. Nice area that. Did the Killilan Corbetts a few years ago with Robin. Could've done with a bike oan the walk oot tho. 😑
Cheers Kev! I might take a wee tent but it’s a long old way!! The cycle into the lodge was fantastic and hopefully if I get round to the Corbetts i May head back 🥴🥴🥴cheers mate!
Brilliant Paul. The midges looked like a nightmare. Hopefully next time you go up it won't be as bad and you can get the next one bagged.
ATB
Alan
Hopefully Alan! It’s a long way to go back but I will find a way!! Cheers mate! Paul
Really love Glen Elchaig, so pretty around that loch, possibly the nicest glen I've been to. I'm tempted to cycle up for the western Mullardoch ones from this side too. Some nice Corbetts up that way, cycled up for Faochaig and Aonach Buidhe last summer. Shame the midges were fierce and the weather came in for the way back.
It’s beautiful Andy and I may need to go back! They are easily doable from this side! I think we didn’t move fast enough and with the weather changing 🥴. I will be back I think 🤔
Awesome view
Thanks for watching! Paul
That was a bummer Paul you didn't get the second one but don't blame you as that was a long route even to the first one but a good excuse to go back those midges have been terrible up there this year . ATB Ally 👍
Cheers Ally! It was so close but with the weather closing in it felt like miles away! Next time and as you say hopefully without all those midge!! Cheers mate! Paul
Unlucky Paul! looks like you were quite close to the second munro?
We were but not quite close enough! Another time👍👍👍
Wonder how the highland folk of yore dealt with the midge's , surely they had worked out some kind of deterrent or repellant to ward the little feckers off ?
That would be the Holy Grail Catherine 😎maybe they were just more hardy than us modern softies 🥴. Hopefully they are away for another winter now👍👍cheers Paul
That was rough. Track looked decent for cycling tho??? I’m keen to go back to mullardoch and that looked a decent way in. Gordon
The track was great Gordon! No issues at all and I guess you may be able to go further if you head around the Glen rather than stop at iron lodge?
Cracking area! Paul
Some effort Paul. Midges looked horrendous!
Graeme they were! Hard to concentrate when you are getting attacked by the wee rascals! Great walk though and look forward to going back 😂😂😂
Have you done any videos on equipment and what you carry in your bag? What decisions you make to take or leave certain items of clothing etc?
Hi Alan,
I think I have only really done one equipment video and it was mainly my winter gear. That was a few years ago now. I sometimes add a wee bit of gear depending on what I am doing. I think our bothy trip a few weeks ago I added some kit stuff.
Generally I have three or four changes of kit, 2 for summer and 2 for winter. I will look at the weather and the terrain then decide what fits best. Nothing scientific, just a gut feeling. Then I have all my kit that comes all the time. That is mostly emergency stuff. Personal location beacon, survival bag and shelter, map and compass, spare clothes, whistle batteries and stuff.
Maybe I should do a wee video 🥴🥴cheers mate! Paul
@@PAADVENTURES1 thanks Paul, a video would be great. I generally feel like I take too much, but that’s only cause it’s not used, which is a good thing in the case of the emergency stuff. That said my bag still looks emptier so I wondered what else I was missing. From what you said I think it’s the extra clothes. Thanks for the videos, they really are very helpful.
Wow, tough one Paul. Feel for your both there. A real challenge under the circumstances. However despite the annoyance of now needing to go back I reckon you made a smart decision to get the hell out of there. When you have done the last one in that group it is going to be a real relief but equally when you look back on your Munro bagging days this one will be a good one to remember and to know that becoming a compleator really is a huge achievement.
I have one for which I am on a third attempt. Got to A’ Mhaighdean twice and within a couple of hundred metres of Ruadh Stac Mor and on both occasions decided it was for the best to turn back. So I hope you get An Riabhachan second time round without further issue.
As I have all the Mullardoch Munro’s to do I should be pleased of your thoughts on how best to tackle them. I do have a bike.
All the best
Chas
Cheers Chas,
This is the first time in my wee journey that I have felt so close and decided against it! I guess that’s all down to a wee bit of luck!!
Your right though it will be sweet to get this one when I do!! Probably next year now.
If I was doing these again I would just commit to getting all 4 in the loop walk! It’s a long day but better than doing them in sections.
It’s a long way to go just to go back again. I know the ferry used to run and that helped with the loch part? Not sure if that will come back or not??
Paul
Thanks Paul. I’ll take your advice and try and attempt a long round. It will be a very big day but I can see how that would be ultimately less effort than repeat visits.
Best wishes
Chas
An excuse to head back I guess!!!
Thanks! 👍
First!🤩
Yes you are!👍
Good decision. I am planning to do An Riabhachlan via canoe access on Loch Mullardoch, probably next spring.
That sounds good! Maybe I can be a stowaway 🥴🥴🥴