Your the one that encouraged my interest in mountains and lighted the spark to what a beautiful country we have. I think I can speak for everyone here in saying thank you. Iv struggled with mental health since I was a kid and your vids help me realise what life's really about. I've watched all your vids twice at least and hope there's more to come. Thank you..
Thanks Lewis - hope this one was enjoyed and helped a little - was a fine morning to be in the hills -certainly showed off the beauty of Scotland's Mountains :) Thanks for watching Murray
@@ScotlandsMountains it certainly did help and was enjoyed fully. Keep being you. Had an inversion a while back was indescribable scotland at its best. Safe passage to all those that venture out in our beautiful landscape and don't take it for granted.
Just incredible. So moving too. It’s about time the BBC snapped this up for TV. Murray is incredible. His narration knowledge and editing is second to non. Can’t believe Murray works full time outside of this.
I actually had a few tears well up when the tent opened and the inversion was there, and Murray was so happy! Best thing I’ve watched for a long time. Clips like this are why TH-cam is my go-to telly viewing now, especially this channel. Thank you!
Thank you Melanie - I was also very happy when I realised the views were going to appear in the morning - a fantastic way to start the morning :):) Thanks for watching Murray
I've had that same level of inversion on the neighbouring Stob Binnein and sat on the summit in awe for four hours, totally entranced by a changed and changing world with the clouds swirling and revealing as they lowered. The first time you experience a proper inversion is pretty impactful.
There’s something so magical about being above the clouds on a mountain, thanks so much for all the info, excellent stuff I can now put into practice at home in the lakes
couldn't agree more - always a fine day when you get above the inversion for sure - hope you get one down in the Lake District too soon Thanks for watching Murray
Murray, there are no words. What an amazing film, and how lucky we are to stay here. We were on the Fife Coast today, and the Isle of May looked like it was floating in the sky!
Absolutely stunning, Murray. Lots of effort, but so worthwhile. As a pilot (now retired) I learned all about adiabatic lapse rates, and have seen some amazing sights from the flight deck, but this brings it all together. Thanks for bringing these views to us.
thank you - very much appreciated - I am sure you would have been above a few inversions when being a pilot:) Always a nice thing getting above the clouds when heading on holiday in the plane:) Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Wow, had to pick our jaws up off the floor before commenting on this one! What can we say? There aren't enough superlatives to describe those views, and how you showcase them amazingly. It must have felt like being in the heavens. Thank you for the effort you put into getting the best chance of having such amazing experiences, and taking us lot along for the ride 🙌 Shell and Pete
Thanks Folks - I was about to say I got lucky on this one, however I was also out yesterday and managed to get above the clouds again - another suprb day in the mountains :) video coming soon hopefully :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Your work ethic in making these videos is unmatched Murray and as always we the viewers get to share these special and inspiring views thanks to your hard work and time on in the hills. 🙏🙏🙏
@ScotlandsMountains just wondered if you ever get the chance or time to go to lake District, north Wales or connamara.... probably quite difficult with work and time and family id imagine Murray
Just the look on your face as soon as that noise came about. I can't even try to explain what it sounded like. Theres gotta be a scientific explanation of why it sounded like that. My 1st and only inversion so far was up Ben Lawers. I remember those ahead going wow and us lower were what what. They said wait to you come up... wowsers !! Truly memorable. Amazing video Murray.
Fantastic effort taking the chance that it might just clear Murray. Its great to see the sun is still shining during this particularly gloomy November. Stunning scenes up there above the clouds. I was back up Curach Ardrain 5 weeks ago, so was good to see it again in these fine conditions. ATB Derek
Another absolute awesome video Murray. So glad I watched it on the big screen (TV) just omg oh to be there. Yet another hat on (metrologist) in this video always so informative and a joy to watch. Roll on the next yin ...big thanks Murray for taking us along in your adventures.
It certainly was a different world to the one I fell asleep to !!lol (not that I got much sleep!) Nothing quite like an inversion :) Thanks for watching Harry Murray
Had a beautiful inversion a couple of months ago. Was about to do Aonach Eagach. Got to the first munro starting from that infamous house, and over Rannoch Moor there was a sea of clouds, and they were rolling over the hills into Glen Coe. Fantastic.
@@ScotlandsMountains Thanks Murray. A quick update on my comment. Just a day after I watched your video, I did Ben Cruachan, and it just blew my mind, there's no other words to describe it. The inversion in Glencoe was just over Rannoch Moor. This time it was all around, as far as the eye could see. People were just sitting on the summit and watching in complete silence. Clouds were sitting at just over a 1000 metres, the other tops on both sides were visible, but Stob Daimh, which is 999 metres metres, was covered. I was texting with my wife at home, she was seeing fog and drizzle through the window, and I was basking in beautiful sun. Hopefully I'll get to see it again at some point, but this was the first time for me, on munro number 37.
Hi Murray, great video as usual, if you were born back in the day you would have found the North West Passage, of that I am sure! Fortunately for me you were born in my day and every week I have the great pleasure of tuning in and being transcended back to a land I left behind many years ago, tugs on the emotional heart strings! Thank you my (virtual) friend :)
Another classic, from the gloomy cloudy wet sloping camp to Da day magnificence Superb shots and auras of bows You certainly changed from uncertainty to a gleeful child ready to do a dance Glad you got your reward Spooky sound I thought was a balloon heating the air or a drone? Thanks for the entertainment
it was a grand wild camp waking above the clouds - still trying to decipher what type of bird made the noise - very strange experience! Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Stunning footage, Murray, and brings back so many memories of inversions, both in Scotland and Cumbria. Particularly loved the backlit drone footage. Re the birds - I've had that quite a few times and particularly at this time of year, there's a lot of birds on the move, migrating, and they often fly at quite a height. Easier for them to navigate above the cloud too, I should think. Usually you can see a flock coming but you were understandably distracted by talking to camera, but from the sound of the calls I could hear on the video, it sounded like geese maybe? If birds sideslip over a hill or a ridge like that, you can often hear the wind in their wings which can be a spooky sound. Anyway, enough waffling. Great stuff as always.
Thanks Irene - yeah it was very strange but from the glimpse of the flock I saw they seem small - medium sized birds flying very quickly and very Agile over the landscape and contours , no idea what they were tho!!lol Thanks for watching ATB Murray
@@ScotlandsMountains Ah, in that case it sounds more like thrushes (like Blackbirds, Redwings, Song Thrush etc) which are also migrating in their thousands at the minute (arriving from Scandinavia and from Iceland directions). Amazing to catch it like that really. Thanks for all the effort you put into videos.
Stunning footage. I don't climb mountains that often, only ever had partial inversions, not the whole 360 degrees. This is other worldly!! I might have to get elevated more often!!! Thank for sharing your great videos.
You make high level camping look so good yet when I was doing it, it was uncomfortable cold and just a means to an end. You get terrific camera footage. I have been on these mountains twice , once in winter and also in summer. Can remember falling out with a farmer on the way in due to having two dogs going through his farm going onto Tulaichean first then Ardrain and clambering over Stob Binnien to miss a confrontation with the farmer again. Those were the days. Thank you again for bringing it all back to me. Another fabulous video.
I've spent many nights in the hills photographing the stars and I've been lucky enough to have experienced everything from meteor showers to iridium flares. But this... this is the very last thing on my bucket list. 2025 might just be the year. Thank you for all of the genuine and sincere content you make for the community. Not a product sell or pushing ad revenue. But heartfelt experiences. Keep it up lad!
Absolutely beautiful - fascinating info about inversions and great tip about the tent on a slope. I usually spend ages trying to get the flattest spot I can find for my tent so I'll definitely try that. As for the weird noise, I have no idea. Spooky. Sounded like a flock of pterodactyls flying past.
Definetely a flock of those for sure - it was very unusual and startled me a little as it was pretty loud - I was expecting a small aircraft to appear from some where !! lol Thanks for watching Murray
I felt your joy as you opened the tent. It was probably a flock of ptarmigan coming into land which you heard. They can fly at some speed, and the noise can be very loud as they steady themselves for landing on the mountain.😊
Might have been but they looked smaller and more agile than Ptarmigan , but then again I only saw them for a fleeting second before they were gone! Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Chasing a temperature inversion on a mountain sounds like an amazing experience! The effort to wake up above the clouds and catch that sunrise must be so worth it when it works out. Thanks for all the tips, really helpful for anyone trying to capture that ‘holy grail’ of hiking moments! 🌄☁
I work offshore, and fog is the same principle, high pressure, cooler air trapped underneath, dew point etc. Instead of mountains...there were the derrick towers of various rigs sticking up above the condensation layer. Surreal.
25:00 My wife and I had exactly this experience on Beinn Sgulaird a few years ago- except we never saw any birds. It was similar weather. Out of nowhere it sounded like loads of wings sweeping overhead- but neither of us saw a thing in clear weather. I always assumed it was a rotor vortex from an airplane wing gradually dropping onto us.
Wow, so beautiful, thank you for sharing your tips. I have by chance seen a few inversions but now I shall actively look out for the right conditions and hopefully improve my chances. So pleased for you it all went to plan. As for the birds, well you definitely could hear them. They must have been pretty close to you.
hope you get an inversion soon , managed one yesterday again which was alittle higher than this inversion but equally as good! Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Murry, another fabulous video....the scenery of the temperature inversion is breathing (a word I seem to use on so many of these videos). Your cinematography is superb.....using your cameras to capture the wonders....as a hill walker and camper who doesn't get up to the Highlands as I once did, I really appreciate your time, effort in producing your videos. One thing I would ask of you is, please produce a calendar of your photos.....you must have enough to cover many years....😊😊 Excellent and a joy to watch. Keep safe.
Absolutely stunning Murray. I do love a cloud inversion. My first and 2nd on the same day I got a cloud inversion. Absolutely loved it. The last one I got was Ben Ledi at the beginning of this year. Brilliant Murray. ATVB Alan
The first video I ever watched of yours was you walking up a hill at 4am through fog hoping to see an inversion at the top. It was indeed a spectacular view, I'd never seen anything like it. Spectacular cinematography Murray. Superb.
Ding dong Murray. 😎 We were heading up Beinn a' Bhathaich Ard. Ma pal Greg messaged me saying you had nailed the inversion. Sure enough I seen your pic at our summit in the clag. 😭 Well, there was blue sky above us & we had a fog bow & a faint Broken. Ach well eh.
Arghh - sorry Kev - nothing worse than being a few meters short (been there and done that - also what makes it worse is seeing all the photos in the inter web :(( apologies !! Might be something this weekend tho 🙏👍👍
Had ear buds in, that was incredible hearing the birds go by! "What the hell was that?" lol! Spectacular vid, too many incredible views to time stamp like I normally do. Tears in my eyes during several moments, just awestruck, showed David and he enjoyed it too. Great explanations, literally laughed out loud at 23:39 at how people try and clarify to you, "Well Actually..." 😂Thank you for this treat Murray, this is a vid I can see myself revisiting 👋
Thanks Folks - was a grand camp this one - I sometimes get annoyed when people are commenting that "its actually a temp inversion etc etc" makes me smile!!lol Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Another excellent video thanks Murray.. I found the inversion topic very interesting and informative. Your excellent photography highlighted the awesome scenery. What a stunning location. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing Murray and thank you so much for all the hard work you put in to make every one of your videos, I always look forward to them and they are the highlight of my week 👌🤗
Fantastic video Murray. One of nature’s wonders in all its glory. The rising sun over the clouds gave it an ethereal feeling. Well done. Safe journeys. Cheers
Wonderful .Inversion,fogbow,brocken spectre AND a flock of birds masquerading as a passing train! What a morning. Did you get a look at what kind of birds they were? Thankyou for all your outstanding videos.
I wish I had caught them on camera and not just the sound - I o my saw them disappear at speed over the hill. They went past another hiker I met a few minutes earlier and I contacted him on Instagram and he also heard them and was a bit startled ! Never experienced anything like that before TBH Thanks for watching Murray
Fantastic video again Murray. I’ve had the joy of a cloud inversion on 3 occasions and all 3 on my birthday walk in December . First two were my 40th and 50th birthdays bizarrely.
It paid off, so worth the hard climb. recall an unpleasant climb up Ben challum some yeas back now, it was too hot, cleggs where awful, roddy was about to turn back, but managed to persuade him things will improve as we kept climbing, and the wind picked up, and cleggs no more and relief from the warm day that had passed.Woke up to the most amazing inversion we have encounterted, bar one other time.Your excitement as you see the inversion is totally us, cany wait to get out the tent.lol. This is so inspiring, and thanks for the tips on apps.
nothing beats a good inversion to wake to after a wild camp on the summit - cant wait to get back out in the tent son :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Hi Murray, we heard the birds flying past you on top of the mountain. What an absolute treat. Normally birds fly high above us and we don't hear the noise of their wings flapping. Thank you x
it was a very surreal experience and a first for me - a few have mentioned starlings , maybe they came up high to get some of the warmer weather on the tops!lol Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Fantastic video and commentary. You captured the essence of the day for those of us that were there on the day. Andrew 😊 , aye the birds gave me a start when they came overhead 😮
I’ve never experienced anything like that before - was great to meet you and Pepsi on the top. I am glad you also experienced the birds - very strange !! lol
So very grateful, Murray. Unbelievably beautiful all the way through. Yes, heard the Crebain fly over... fantastic LOTR moment. Thank you again and again for all your effort.
Thanks Joan , felt very surreal, others have suggested a murmuration which I have never seen (or heard before) a first for me and very strange and spooky on the top of the mountain! Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Was lucky enough to get an inversion on the northern Cairngorms this weekend gone. It was stunning with the peaks poking out as we worked our way over the plateau stopping off at Lurchers crag on the way back down. Was thinking while there back to your ridge traverse up from the northern corries a couple of years back. 😊 Some days are special. Needed it.
it was an amazing weekend and some truly exceptional conditions - hoping for more of the same in the coming months - fingers crossed :) Thanks for watching Murray
Nice one 👍 was up on Beinn A Ghlo on Saturday night hoping for an inversion. Also had the wind and rain. Was pitched right at the summit of the middle Munro without any shelter from the wind. Was also in the tent thinking no chance now. Made it that bit more special after not thinking was going to get it and enduring probably the worst night I've had in a tent 😖😄👌
Glad I wasn't the only one suffering the night before - it was pretty wild and not really looking like the inversion was going to happen!1lol so glad it did though Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Thanks so much Matey!! Absolutely loved this. I always wondered what the terminology was for when the clouds dropped out of the sky, Absolutely fascinating, Thanks again! 👌👍😊
it is always a joy - managed to catch a few more yesterday too - might be months or years beofre the conditions clash with a weekend!!lol Thanks for watching ATB Murray
As i mentioned on IG, we camped on beinn a glo looking for the inversion. Had to deal with all that wind but it was so worth it. What a morning and wow how warm was it. You’ve captured that so well. Amazing footage as always
absolutely didnt feel like an inversion was on the way the night before. It was pretty grim up high and so glad the winds and rain died away to leave what we got - hope you had fun on Beinn a Ghlo too - a fabulous mountain :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray
@ i woke up about 3am as you do to clear skies and I could see looking west what looked like the start of it so I went back in like a kid at Xmas praying that was going to do as forecasted. Cheers Murray ATVB Robert
Absolutely brilliant Murray Thanks again for sharing. Amazing cloud inversion. Great image's as usual. Look forward to the next one mate. Take care and stay safe.
Thanks Tim - it was an amazing morning above the clouds - I really didnt want to descend aTBH!!lol it was cold and misearable under the clouds Thanks for watching Murray
Amazing. I’m yet to experience a cloud inversion on a wildcamp. I’m always in the clouds at sunrise. The drone shot at 17:30 was fantastic. Thanks Murray
Thanks very much for the video Murray. I've only ever had two inversions in 3.5 years of climbing the first being on Ben Ledi on an early summer's morning where it was damp and warm on the ground and clear and very warm on the summit. Second time was recently on Mount Keen but only visible to the south whereas on Ben Ledi 360. A very interesting video tonight, really enjoyed learning more.
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Beautifull Murray, just beautifull. Thank you for bringing us along.
Honestly Murray, your videos are always a delight, but this one is an absolute belter. Your cinematography, framing and reveals are first rate.
Thank you - its hard not to get good photos when the conditions are this good though !!lol
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Your the one that encouraged my interest in mountains and lighted the spark to what a beautiful country we have. I think I can speak for everyone here in saying thank you. Iv struggled with mental health since I was a kid and your vids help me realise what life's really about. I've watched all your vids twice at least and hope there's more to come. Thank you..
Thanks Lewis - hope this one was enjoyed and helped a little - was a fine morning to be in the hills -certainly showed off the beauty of Scotland's Mountains :)
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@@ScotlandsMountains it certainly did help and was enjoyed fully. Keep being you. Had an inversion a while back was indescribable scotland at its best. Safe passage to all those that venture out in our beautiful landscape and don't take it for granted.
Wonderful ❤🙏🏻🏴
Great stuff Murray ,I will only ever see an inversion through the likes of you and your efforts .A great watch with a dram in my hand. Thanks
Thanks Roy - I managed to get another inversion yesterday so stand by there will be another video en route soon !!lol
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Just incredible. So moving too. It’s about time the BBC snapped this up for TV. Murray is incredible. His narration knowledge and editing is second to non. Can’t believe Murray works full time outside of this.
You’ve reminded me of my total eclipse experience in Newquay 1999… the birds went mental flying out to sea in their mad panic to roost 😂
You couldn't have timed the inversion better - I loved the look of pure joy on your face when you opened the tent flaps! Fabulous video, Murray.
I must admit that it was good timing :)
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God, do I miss the highlands. Thank you so much Murray!!!
I actually had a few tears well up when the tent opened and the inversion was there, and Murray was so happy! Best thing I’ve watched for a long time. Clips like this are why TH-cam is my go-to telly viewing now, especially this channel. Thank you!
Thank you Melanie - I was also very happy when I realised the views were going to appear in the morning - a fantastic way to start the morning :):)
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Great vid Murray. You managed to collect the full bag of goodies on this one. The wing/ wind noise was definitely angels. 👼
it was a fine morning to be on the hill for sure - almost the perfect inversion :)
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I've had that same level of inversion on the neighbouring Stob Binnein and sat on the summit in awe for four hours, totally entranced by a changed and changing world with the clouds swirling and revealing as they lowered. The first time you experience a proper inversion is pretty impactful.
Wow absolutely stunning
There’s something so magical about being above the clouds on a mountain, thanks so much for all the info, excellent stuff I can now put into practice at home in the lakes
couldn't agree more - always a fine day when you get above the inversion for sure - hope you get one down in the Lake District too soon
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Days of inversions and brockens. Special experiences that many people never get to see.
Murray, there are no words. What an amazing film, and how lucky we are to stay here. We were on the Fife Coast today, and the Isle of May looked like it was floating in the sky!
fantastic - love the Fife coastal path , many fine views done there too :)
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That was wonderful. Really cheered me up and got me out on a little walk!
Absolutely stunning, Murray. Lots of effort, but so worthwhile. As a pilot (now retired) I learned all about adiabatic lapse rates, and have seen some amazing sights from the flight deck, but this brings it all together. Thanks for bringing these views to us.
thank you - very much appreciated - I am sure you would have been above a few inversions when being a pilot:) Always a nice thing getting above the clouds when heading on holiday in the plane:)
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Wow, had to pick our jaws up off the floor before commenting on this one! What can we say? There aren't enough superlatives to describe those views, and how you showcase them amazingly. It must have felt like being in the heavens. Thank you for the effort you put into getting the best chance of having such amazing experiences, and taking us lot along for the ride 🙌
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Thanks Folks - I was about to say I got lucky on this one, however I was also out yesterday and managed to get above the clouds again - another suprb day in the mountains :) video coming soon hopefully :)
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That was absolutely awesome Murray.👌❤️
Your work ethic in making these videos is unmatched Murray and as always we the viewers get to share these special and inspiring views thanks to your hard work and time on in the hills. 🙏🙏🙏
thanks Stephen - very much appreciated - had a few late nights trying to get this one done in time for today!!lol
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The views with the inversion are just stunning
Twas a fine inversion :)
@ScotlandsMountains just wondered if you ever get the chance or time to go to lake District, north Wales or connamara.... probably quite difficult with work and time and family id imagine Murray
Thanks, Murray, for another so well put together film. Always beautiful to look at & interesting 👌. Love those inversions 😍. Thanks for sharing 👍 🎉
Just the look on your face as soon as that noise came about. I can't even try to explain what it sounded like. Theres gotta be a scientific explanation of why it sounded like that.
My 1st and only inversion so far was up Ben Lawers. I remember those ahead going wow and us lower were what what. They said wait to you come up... wowsers !! Truly memorable.
Amazing video Murray.
a grand mountain - Lawers is a great choice for catching an inversion as you can get high up relatively quickly too :)
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Fantastic effort taking the chance that it might just clear Murray. Its great to see the sun is still shining during this particularly gloomy November. Stunning scenes up there above the clouds. I was back up Curach Ardrain 5 weeks ago, so was good to see it again in these fine conditions. ATB Derek
Its a fine mountain , one of my favourites form that area for sure :)
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Outstanding Murray lad, what a treat. Superb fog bow, Brocken spectre and glory. As you say, the holy grail. Oh yeah, those birds were well freaky!
I was glad I spotted the flock as had I not I would have been even more freaked out !!lol
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Another absolute awesome video Murray. So glad I watched it on the big screen (TV) just omg oh to be there. Yet another hat on (metrologist) in this video always so informative and a joy to watch. Roll on the next yin ...big thanks Murray for taking us along in your adventures.
Thanks Richie - when I was young I wanted to grow up to be a weather man ! Maybe I still have a chance 😂😂👍
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Aye - twas a braw morning that twas... We both got what we wanted but in different ways... Tis a grand time of the year.. Thank you Mr Murray 😊
lets hope there are many more inversion to come before the years end :)
catch up soon Jim
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Different world when you are up there,they just look so majestic. Totally understand why you do it
It certainly was a different world to the one I fell asleep to !!lol (not that I got much sleep!) Nothing quite like an inversion :)
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Wow, that was fantastic Murray. Absolutely loved it. Definitely heard the birds, or whatever noise it was!
It was very strange Jules - I am glad I saw the flock otherwise I would have been really freaked out by the noise!!lol
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WOW!! Ive been following you a few years now and your videos are always great but, my god, this is my favourite by far! Outstanding video mate.
Thanks Dave - much appreciated. It was a fantastic morning to wake to for sure :)
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wonderfull movie of a fabulous location ! well done !
Had a beautiful inversion a couple of months ago. Was about to do Aonach Eagach. Got to the first munro starting from that infamous house, and over Rannoch Moor there was a sea of clouds, and they were rolling over the hills into Glen Coe. Fantastic.
fantastic - Glen Coe is wonderful in those conditions - such a great location
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@@ScotlandsMountains Thanks Murray. A quick update on my comment. Just a day after I watched your video, I did Ben Cruachan, and it just blew my mind, there's no other words to describe it. The inversion in Glencoe was just over Rannoch Moor. This time it was all around, as far as the eye could see. People were just sitting on the summit and watching in complete silence. Clouds were sitting at just over a 1000 metres, the other tops on both sides were visible, but Stob Daimh, which is 999 metres metres, was covered. I was texting with my wife at home, she was seeing fog and drizzle through the window, and I was basking in beautiful sun. Hopefully I'll get to see it again at some point, but this was the first time for me, on munro number 37.
Hi Murray, great video as usual, if you were born back in the day you would have found the North West Passage, of that I am sure! Fortunately for me you were born in my day and every week I have the great pleasure of tuning in and being transcended back to a land I left behind many years ago, tugs on the emotional heart strings! Thank you my (virtual) friend :)
thank you Andrew - very much appreciated
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Another classic, from the gloomy cloudy wet sloping camp to
Da day magnificence
Superb shots and auras of bows
You certainly changed from uncertainty to a gleeful child ready to do a dance
Glad you got your reward
Spooky sound I thought was a balloon heating the air or a drone?
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it was a grand wild camp waking above the clouds - still trying to decipher what type of bird made the noise - very strange experience!
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Stunning footage, Murray, and brings back so many memories of inversions, both in Scotland and Cumbria. Particularly loved the backlit drone footage. Re the birds - I've had that quite a few times and particularly at this time of year, there's a lot of birds on the move, migrating, and they often fly at quite a height. Easier for them to navigate above the cloud too, I should think. Usually you can see a flock coming but you were understandably distracted by talking to camera, but from the sound of the calls I could hear on the video, it sounded like geese maybe? If birds sideslip over a hill or a ridge like that, you can often hear the wind in their wings which can be a spooky sound. Anyway, enough waffling. Great stuff as always.
Thanks Irene - yeah it was very strange but from the glimpse of the flock I saw they seem small - medium sized birds flying very quickly and very Agile over the landscape and contours , no idea what they were tho!!lol
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@@ScotlandsMountains Ah, in that case it sounds more like thrushes (like Blackbirds, Redwings, Song Thrush etc) which are also migrating in their thousands at the minute (arriving from Scandinavia and from Iceland directions). Amazing to catch it like that really. Thanks for all the effort you put into videos.
Stunning footage. I don't climb mountains that often, only ever had partial inversions, not the whole 360 degrees. This is other worldly!! I might have to get elevated more often!!! Thank for sharing your great videos.
You make high level camping look so good yet when I was doing it, it was uncomfortable cold and just a means to an end. You get terrific camera footage. I have been on these mountains twice , once in winter and also in summer. Can remember falling out with a farmer on the way in due to having two dogs going through his farm going onto Tulaichean first then Ardrain and clambering over Stob Binnien to miss a confrontation with the farmer again. Those were the days. Thank you again for bringing it all back to me. Another fabulous video.
Thanks Ron - sounds like you maybe went in from the south (still to do these ones from that side :):)
Best on TH-cam at what you do ❤️🏴
thank you - so many superb channels out there(not sure I am up there but thank you ):)
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Oh but you are👍
I've spent many nights in the hills photographing the stars and I've been lucky enough to have experienced everything from meteor showers to iridium flares. But this... this is the very last thing on my bucket list. 2025 might just be the year. Thank you for all of the genuine and sincere content you make for the community. Not a product sell or pushing ad revenue. But heartfelt experiences. Keep it up lad!
Hope you get out and manage to grab an inversion soon , something really magical about getting above the clouds :)
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Absolutely beautiful - fascinating info about inversions and great tip about the tent on a slope. I usually spend ages trying to get the flattest spot I can find for my tent so I'll definitely try that. As for the weird noise, I have no idea. Spooky. Sounded like a flock of pterodactyls flying past.
Definetely a flock of those for sure - it was very unusual and startled me a little as it was pretty loud - I was expecting a small aircraft to appear from some where !! lol
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I felt your joy as you opened the tent. It was probably a flock of ptarmigan coming into land which you heard. They can fly at some speed, and the noise can be very loud as they steady themselves for landing on the mountain.😊
Might have been but they looked smaller and more agile than Ptarmigan , but then again I only saw them for a fleeting second before they were gone!
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Chasing a temperature inversion on a mountain sounds like an amazing experience! The effort to wake up above the clouds and catch that sunrise must be so worth it when it works out. Thanks for all the tips, really helpful for anyone trying to capture that ‘holy grail’ of hiking moments! 🌄☁
waking in the tent and opening the door to be above the clouds is hard to beat! hope you enjoyed the video
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I work offshore, and fog is the same principle, high pressure, cooler air trapped underneath, dew point etc. Instead of mountains...there were the derrick towers of various rigs sticking up above the condensation layer. Surreal.
25:00 My wife and I had exactly this experience on Beinn Sgulaird a few years ago- except we never saw any birds. It was similar weather. Out of nowhere it sounded like loads of wings sweeping overhead- but neither of us saw a thing in clear weather. I always assumed it was a rotor vortex from an airplane wing gradually dropping onto us.
Grand views, lovely Scottish richness of ground cover, and an intriguing topic - thanks for posting. JMO.
Wow, so beautiful, thank you for sharing your tips. I have by chance seen a few inversions but now I shall actively look out for the right conditions and hopefully improve my chances. So pleased for you it all went to plan. As for the birds, well you definitely could hear them. They must have been pretty close to you.
hope you get an inversion soon , managed one yesterday again which was alittle higher than this inversion but equally as good!
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Murry, another fabulous video....the scenery of the temperature inversion is breathing (a word I seem to use on so many of these videos). Your cinematography is superb.....using your cameras to capture the wonders....as a hill walker and camper who doesn't get up to the Highlands as I once did, I really appreciate your time, effort in producing your videos.
One thing I would ask of you is, please produce a calendar of your photos.....you must have enough to cover many years....😊😊
Excellent and a joy to watch.
Keep safe.
thanks you - very much appreciated - maybe one day I'll get round to doing a calender for sure :)
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Absolutely stunning Murray. I do love a cloud inversion. My first and 2nd on the same day I got a cloud inversion. Absolutely loved it. The last one I got was Ben Ledi at the beginning of this year. Brilliant Murray.
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Wow wow wow….. that’s some of the best video’s and pictures on the internet. I’ve been fortunate to see one in the Lake District back in De 2012
Thanks Phil - always a great experience when you can capture an inversion for sure :)
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The first video I ever watched of yours was you walking up a hill at 4am through fog hoping to see an inversion at the top. It was indeed a spectacular view, I'd never seen anything like it.
Spectacular cinematography Murray. Superb.
Thanks Nikki - much appreciated :)
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Ding dong Murray. 😎 We were heading up Beinn a' Bhathaich Ard. Ma pal Greg messaged me saying you had nailed the inversion. Sure enough I seen your pic at our summit in the clag. 😭 Well, there was blue sky above us & we had a fog bow & a faint Broken. Ach well eh.
Arghh - sorry Kev - nothing worse than being a few meters short (been there and done that - also what makes it worse is seeing all the photos in the inter web :(( apologies !! Might be something this weekend tho 🙏👍👍
@@ScotlandsMountains Aye swithering wether to head oot on Sat. The cloud sheet might just be abit too high. 🤔
Had ear buds in, that was incredible hearing the birds go by! "What the hell was that?" lol! Spectacular vid, too many incredible views to time stamp like I normally do. Tears in my eyes during several moments, just awestruck, showed David and he enjoyed it too. Great explanations, literally laughed out loud at 23:39 at how people try and clarify to you, "Well Actually..." 😂Thank you for this treat Murray, this is a vid I can see myself revisiting 👋
Thanks Folks - was a grand camp this one - I sometimes get annoyed when people are commenting that "its actually a temp inversion etc etc" makes me smile!!lol
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Another excellent video thanks Murray.. I found the inversion topic very interesting and informative. Your excellent photography highlighted the awesome scenery. What a stunning location.
Thanks for sharing.
thank you - very much appreciated - hope you enjoyed it
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Lol!!! Bird invasion during a cloud inversion ..... very immersive....😅😂❤
Amazing Murray and thank you so much for all the hard work you put in to make every one of your videos, I always look forward to them and they are the highlight of my week 👌🤗
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Magic! Flippin ek! Selfies, timelapse, drone and your goodself Murray, class!
Thanks Mali - very much appreciated sir :) hope you are well
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Fantastic video Murray. One of nature’s wonders in all its glory. The rising sun over the clouds gave it an ethereal feeling. Well done. Safe journeys. Cheers
Thanks Beth , it was a special moment watching the sun rise over the inversion , so gl;ad to have caught it :)
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Great video Murray.
The cloud inversions were spectacular as was the sunrise.
Well done on the climb.
Thanks Wendy - much appreciated
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Murray the inversion forecaster.
Must have beeen some flock of birds! Can’t believe how loud they were!
Totally spooked me tbh !! Lol
Wonderful .Inversion,fogbow,brocken spectre AND a flock of birds masquerading as a passing train! What a morning. Did you get a look at what kind of birds they were? Thankyou for all your outstanding videos.
I wish I had caught them on camera and not just the sound - I o my saw them disappear at speed over the hill. They went past another hiker I met a few minutes earlier and I contacted him on Instagram and he also heard them and was a bit startled ! Never experienced anything like that before TBH
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Fantastic video again Murray. I’ve had the joy of a cloud inversion on 3 occasions and all 3 on my birthday walk in December . First two were my 40th and 50th birthdays bizarrely.
What a wonderful birthday treat for you - always a fantastic experience:)
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What a wonderful video Murray. Scenery absolutely stunning. Makes you glad to be alive and appreciate what we have.ATB
Thanks Julie- it was a fantastic inversion in the morning - sooo good :)
Hope you enjoyed the video
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It paid off, so worth the hard climb. recall an unpleasant climb up Ben challum some yeas back now, it was too hot, cleggs where awful, roddy was about to turn back, but managed to persuade him things will improve as we kept climbing, and the wind picked up, and cleggs no more and relief from the warm day that had passed.Woke up to the most amazing inversion we have encounterted, bar one other time.Your excitement as you see the inversion is totally us, cany wait to get out the tent.lol. This is so inspiring, and thanks for the tips on apps.
nothing beats a good inversion to wake to after a wild camp on the summit - cant wait to get back out in the tent son :)
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Great inversion footage. I was so glad your gamble paid off for you. That pitch did not look flat, I hope it was comfortable.
I see I should wait until the end of the video to comment 😂
haha - it took a bit of doing but I eventually got it nice and comfy :)
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Wonderful when all the planning comes together and you have those beautiful moments.
Totally agree - I am glad it happened the next morning - was starting to worry !! lol
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Hi Murray, we heard the birds flying past you on top of the mountain. What an absolute treat. Normally birds fly high above us and we don't hear the noise of their wings flapping. Thank you x
it was a very surreal experience and a first for me - a few have mentioned starlings , maybe they came up high to get some of the warmer weather on the tops!lol
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Fantastic video and commentary. You captured the essence of the day for those of us that were there on the day. Andrew 😊 , aye the birds gave me a start when they came overhead 😮
I’ve never experienced anything like that before - was great to meet you and Pepsi on the top. I am glad you also experienced the birds - very strange !! lol
This really is some spectacular inversion footage you've captured. Nice one, Murray 👍
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So very grateful, Murray. Unbelievably beautiful all the way through. Yes, heard the Crebain fly over... fantastic LOTR moment. Thank you again and again for all your effort.
Thanks Joan , felt very surreal, others have suggested a murmuration which I have never seen (or heard before) a first for me and very strange and spooky on the top of the mountain!
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Mystic meg ..well played sir ..now can we have next week's lotto please.? X
Was lucky enough to get an inversion on the northern Cairngorms this weekend gone. It was stunning with the peaks poking out as we worked our way over the plateau stopping off at Lurchers crag on the way back down. Was thinking while there back to your ridge traverse up from the northern corries a couple of years back. 😊 Some days are special. Needed it.
it was an amazing weekend and some truly exceptional conditions - hoping for more of the same in the coming months - fingers crossed :)
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Absolutely awsome my friend it actually brought a tear to my eye. This is exactly why we do qmwhat do .. awsome
twas a fine fine morning on the summit - no better place to be in those conditions :)
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Thanks for sharing Murray! What an amazing morning! Thanks, helps a lot.
Thanks Rick - was a fine morning to wake to for sure - hope you enjoyed the video
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Absolutely fantastic as usual 👌
thank you Robert - much appreciated
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Superb Sir. Yet again. Thank you.
Fantastic video so informative too...the birds just topped that off ...thank you murray
Thanks Tony - much appreciated
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Magic , pure magic thank you Murray
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Murray, in ireland 🇮🇪 there's inversions every other weekend but thing is we've no mountains to rise above them 😅 beautiful video wow
Love it! In daytime, it's always sunny above the cloud.
That was a belter of an episode, great photography too.
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Nice one 👍 was up on Beinn A Ghlo on Saturday night hoping for an inversion. Also had the wind and rain. Was pitched right at the summit of the middle Munro without any shelter from the wind. Was also in the tent thinking no chance now. Made it that bit more special after not thinking was going to get it and enduring probably the worst night I've had in a tent 😖😄👌
Glad I wasn't the only one suffering the night before - it was pretty wild and not really looking like the inversion was going to happen!1lol so glad it did though
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Thanks so much Matey!! Absolutely loved this. I always wondered what the terminology was for when the clouds dropped out of the sky, Absolutely fascinating, Thanks again! 👌👍😊
Twas a fine camp this one :)
Breathtakingly beautiful. 😮
thanks -it was a beautiful morning to be in the hills for sure :)
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Great stuff Murray... been ages since I've seen a brocken spectre.
it is always a joy - managed to catch a few more yesterday too - might be months or years beofre the conditions clash with a weekend!!lol
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Such a beautiful video. We're climbed it twice. We've had cloud inversions a few times, but not recently. Fabulous xxx
its a lovely peak Cruach Ardrain (and not too far to travel to get to it - well for me anyway :))
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Murray another great video , 😅 can’t wait y😅 get back forres on Dec 1
As i mentioned on IG, we camped on beinn a glo looking for the inversion. Had to deal with all that wind but it was so worth it. What a morning and wow how warm was it. You’ve captured that so well. Amazing footage as always
absolutely didnt feel like an inversion was on the way the night before. It was pretty grim up high and so glad the winds and rain died away to leave what we got - hope you had fun on Beinn a Ghlo too - a fabulous mountain :)
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@ i woke up about 3am as you do to clear skies and I could see looking west what looked like the start of it so I went back in like a kid at Xmas praying that was going to do as forecasted.
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Absolutely brilliant Murray
Thanks again for sharing.
Amazing cloud inversion.
Great image's as usual.
Look forward to the next one mate.
Take care and stay safe.
Thanks Tim - it was an amazing morning above the clouds - I really didnt want to descend aTBH!!lol it was cold and misearable under the clouds
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That is probably the best opening scene to a YT video I’ve seen. Awesome stuff 👏 Well done Murray. Inspiring. 🙂
Thank you - very much appreciated
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Amazing. I’m yet to experience a cloud inversion on a wildcamp. I’m always in the clouds at sunrise.
The drone shot at 17:30 was fantastic. Thanks Murray
Hope you get to experience one soon , always an amazing sight to wake to :)
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Great video, I was also out on Sunday, best inversion I’ve ever seen!
it wasnt too bad Milo - let hope for some more soon :)
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Amazing inversion. Fantastic photos too
My god, that was absolutely breathtaking 😮 thanks to your tips, maybe one day I'll see it for myself ❤
thank you - it worth waiting for - being above the clouds always a grand sight
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Fabulous inversion, happy days.
Twas a fine morning to wake to for sure :)
Jusst fabulous Murray... The drone shots were spectacular ❤
Thanks Sue, it was a fine day to be camping on top of a mountain for sure :) so glad the weather improved too :)
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Fantastic vid as always Murray. Great insight. Thank you 👍👏
Thanks - very much appreciated
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Stunning shots as always! I was up on Sgurr Mor in the Fannichs on Sunday and had almost identical conditions. Could’ve stayed up there all day!
it was a wonderful weekend for the inversion :) hope you had fun in the Fannichs :)
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Thanks very much for the video Murray. I've only ever had two inversions in 3.5 years of climbing the first being on Ben Ledi on an early summer's morning where it was damp and warm on the ground and clear and very warm on the summit. Second time was recently on Mount Keen but only visible to the south whereas on Ben Ledi 360. A very interesting video tonight, really enjoyed learning more.
Nice - always a grand sight - hope for more inversion weather as the autumn continues :)
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Super Murray, thank You.
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