Day/date: Sunday 19 July, 2026
Munros: Beinn Bhreac (931m/3,054ft) Beinn a’ Chaorainn (1083m/3,553ft)
Start point: Linn of Dee car park
Drive length: 2h 30m / 100 miles
Walk length: 21 miles / 9.35 hours
Weather: BASE: Sun/cloud mix, light breeze, 9C /SUMMITS: Clear but smoky, moderate wind, 6C, WC near 0C
Set off from home around midnight and on foot from Linn of Dee Park around 02:30 in faint twilight.
3 miles in and i reach Derry Lodge.
After 4.5 miles I finally clear the forest and gain height. Breeze picks up and so does the smoke.
Looking across to Cairnwell.
Summit of Beinn Breac with view of Beinn a ‘Bhuird North Top behind.
Beginning the walk along the smoky high plateau from 1st to 2nd munro.
Smoky view across to Beinn Mheadhoin.
Final approach to summit of Beinn a’Chaorainn.
Summit of Beinn a’Chaorainn, my 96th munro!
Distinct boulders on neighboring Beinn Mheadhoin left behind by the ice age.
Cairngorm weather station.
Ben Macdui.
Descent into Lairig an Laoigh which becomes Glen Derry.
Looking down at the Hutchinson Memorial Hut, elevation 701m high in the Coire Etchachan, built in 1954.
Looking back up Lairig an Laoigh with distant view of Dubh Lochan with A Choinneach behind.
Looking back up Glen Derry with Beinn Mheadhoin towering to the left.
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