A'Bhuidheanach Bheag - Hillwalking Scotland - Munros

Morning everybody so I'm here today at the Dramochter Pass. Well, just a little bit past the Dramochter Pass I think and Today's plan is to go up a Vueynech Vague and Carn na Caim as well Hopefully I've got those right or I'll be back in the hill of shame to correct my mistakes again So I think today looking at the map, it's pretty straightforward I've got a road that's gonna take me all the way up so it takes me up here You can see the distance just over there and that'll take me up on a nice big flat plateau I'm not expecting the views to be too amazing today because as I say, it's a kind of flat as a pancake summit So it'll just look like you're in a big field, but very high up But you never know, it might be nice. The weather's not looking too bad just now There's little breaks of sunshine coming through over here. Yeah, but there is a lot of Grey in the sky behind me. I always have to hope that the weather gods will be kind to us today Anyway, I'm just gonna get started up the hill here and get away from the madness, the noise of the A9 and get into some more wilderness. Let's go Vueynech Vague lies to the east of the Dramochter Pass, an ancient route connecting the lowlands to the highlands I'm now home to the A9 and the Highland Mainline We've got a rare animal down there. I don't know if you can see it. It's a ScotRail train running on time I'm only joking. It's actually late Well, that's me up onto the high plateau now. It wasn't really that long to be honest The gradient going up there was pretty straightforward. There's a nice track all the way up, so it's pretty easy going You can see all around me. It's a little bit windy up here I'm sorry if the sound's a bit off, but you can see the big plateau all around me. It's for miles. Cairn na Caim's just over there somewhere We've got the other Dramochter, Munro's at the other side there So this hill here is a Vueynech and over there is a Vueynech Vore and behind the Vueynech is a Vueynech Vague So in Gaelic, Vore means big and Vague means small But in this case the small one's the big one and the big one's the small one I hope that makes sense to you because sure as hell doesn't to me Anyway, gonna get over the back of this one and get round to a Vueynech Vague and get the first Munro of the day bagged Well, that's me at the summit of a Vueynech Vague It's so flat up here, it's unbelievable You can see over there behind me. We've got the Munro's on the western side of the Dramochter Pass Unfortunately, I can't make out which one's which because of the cloud. We've got Beinn Uitlaminn Scarnich Vore, Avarkinnich and Gaelcharn over there, but as I say I can't see which one's which because of the clouds just now and over behind that we've got a Beinn Alder and Beinn Veol, I'm not 100% sure that's the correct pronunciation for that one, but they're just over behind these ones So for the rest of the day, I'm heading way way way over there to Carn Man Caim, way in the distance over there Yeah, so I've got a fair walk to go You can see the clouds just rolling in over here behind me Lovely day Anyway, let's get on. The summit of a Vueynech Vague is easy to find on a clear day due to the trig point In the fog however, I can only imagine how tricky it must be to try and find it The plateau in which a Vueynech Vague is located is home to several large peat bogs Bogs like this across the world store more carbon than the world's forests combined The Scottish peatlands alone are estimated to hold the equivalent of a hundred forty years worth of Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions That's a lot of carbon The bogs can be quite extensive in parts So if you don't want to be up to your eyeballs in carbon, I recommend you stick to the paths The route from a Vueynech Vague to Carn Man Caim is long but flat Along the way you can catch glimpses of the large white buildings that are part of the famous distillery at Dal Whinny After a few more bog crossings the summit of Carn Man Caim reveals itself Well, that's me at the summit of Carn Man Caim You see over to the Cairngorms over there And a little bit of Moctor Munro's are over there And a Vueynech Vague is just over in the distance over there. I was up earlier on So yeah, the plan now is to have another sandwich Maybe get some nice time-lapses of these ploughs just rolling over in distance over here. Looks really nice. So let's see if we can get some of that And after that head on back down to the car. It's not too far from the car from here, maybe an hour and a half So I should be back pretty, pretty quick. It's been a fast little day out. Pretty much once you're up on the plateau There's a little bit of undulation, but it's really straightforward. It's just mostly flat going. So yeah, it's really really good Well folks, that's me almost back down. But look at this. That's probably the best views I've had all day, I think Really stunning You can see Dal Whinny down there, the distillery and A9 just following along there It's that time again, unfortunately. Time to go. Thank you everybody for watching and I'll hopefully see you all next time. Bye