You nailed it when you said that bagging not only encourages you to get out, but it takes you to some places that you wouldn't otherwise bother with. Of course, my tick list of the Wainwrights here in the Lakes is a bit tamer and manageable than your Munros and Corbetts across Scotland, but still... 😀
I was up there in August and enjoyed a very dry ascent of Shalloch on Minnoch. It was a warm day and I spent quite a bit of time on the summit. Thanks for sharing.
I’m still in my bagging phase but one of the main reasons I like your channel is that your videos are more about enjoying the environment or the walk/camp you’re on. It’s not just another bagging channel counting up to 282 whilst trying to beat the suggested time on WH 😂
As I said - I wouldn’t have my love of the great outdoors and mountains if it wasn’t for bagging to start with - it’s all good one way or the other 👍👍👌👌 Take care and thanks for watching Murray
I've never cared about bagging munros. My wife and I went to An Teallach and climbed to the main summit. We could have "ticked off" another munro very easily but we were there to enjoy the views, nothing else. I've been trekking and climbing in Scotland for over twenty years, and having done a few munros a second time, I've never had any regrets. Horses for courses - if bagging is your thing, knock yourself out!
Oh. I thought you were going to show what you put in your bag, but this was more interesting 🤣Think I agree with you on the topic. Nice seeing you out with your son again. Thank you for sharing
Great video as always. I used to be an avid anti-bagger, mainly because I saw baggers as folks who refused to climb the same hill twice regardless of how good the hill was. I realised a few years ago that I just kept going back to the same places over and over and never seeing anywhere new. My solution was to start bagging, however I am conscious to avoid getting into the mentality of avoiding days on hills just because I climbed them already.
Love Galloway. Beautiful coastline, lots of history. I think it’s overlooked as a destination, imho. Thanks for the video Murray, enjoyable as always. 🙂
I was born and brought up in Inverness and always thought the good stuff was further up north, but Galloway looks much more interesting than I thought! Look forward to next week!
Great to see you in Galloway. Often overlooked on hillwalking channels. Hard to beat for the solitude. Have to deal with the boggy ground! All local to me and love spending time on them.
Quite interesting how age can change our reasons for being in the hills. For me now more about the experience than the bagging. Nothing like sitting pondering over a special view.
Totally agree - there maybe a video I'm involved in coming out soon (stay tuned) where I talk about this a little bit more too :) Take care and Thanks for watching ATB Murray
The Merrick was my first big hill after returning to health and fitness Murray. I'll always have a soft spot for it and will certainly head back to it soon
Nice to see your son joining you on this trip. Some of my favourite memories are getting out for trips with my Dad. I took my two older boys out last weekend for a short hike in the snow and I can hardly keep up!
Wonderful video Murray! Great to see you and Lewis somewhere a bit different in the beautiful Galloway forest. We have a real soft spot for this area, thought you hit the nail on the head when you said that Glen Trool area could have been the Trossachs🥰. You told the Bruce story far better than we did when we visited🙈😆👍. We loved the names of the some of the peaks in the awful hand range, straight out of lord of the rings! Looked like a very boggy climb, hopefully the Merrick will be a little dryer, we can't wait to see you and your son fly up in your next video. All the best, Shell and Pete👍
Thanks Folks - I think I may talk about the names on next weeks videos - some crackers in and around this area :) Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
Nice one Murray, was down at that very spot with the telescope in Gleen Trool recently. Fab spot for the stars and the bike too, miles and miles of gravel tracks to be explored. I enjoy hill-bagging for the reasons you say, it takes you to places you might otherwise not have visited and gives you extra drive to get out!
I’m relatively new to hillwalking (about 2 years) and the bagging concept. For me it’s all about the views. I have very little interest in slogging up hill through wind, rain and clag just to touch a concrete pillar and go back down. Like you said it’s the opportunity to get out and see parts of Scotland you would otherwise never normally go anywhere near.
Such a nice area - shame the first hill was super boggy, but the landscapes at the park up point were superb :) Always fancy a winter trip down here to see the stars in the dark :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray
Nice one Muzza. I loved my Munro round, but I was glad to get that monkey off my back. Didn't get the same love for the Corbetts, yet now I've just over 50 to go. I've still got 2 Corbetts in this neck of the woods to do too. Hopefully later this month.
Really enjoyed this video Murray. The rousing music at the end was great! My thoughts on bagging Hills as a regular hill walker of 18 years here in Ireland are broadly similar to yours. When I got into walking at first, I was a 'zombie' navigator, merely going on walks with others and following their lead. In 2007 I got a notion to try and bag all of Ireland's highest hundred. That took about 10 years, and like you said, in the really obsessive phase of it, I was only interested in a walk if it got me up one! It also spurred me to learn navigation and get out solo, and this was a wonderful help. Luckily my wife, who isn't a hill walker was very supportive and when we went on holidays it was often to an area where I could tick tops off. Anyway I'm at the stage now where I've done the 600+m tops and I'm slowly working on the 500+m ones. Age has definitely mellowed me, l can enjoy revisiting tops again, and often try different approaches to the same hill. This year I discovered the wonderful world of wild camping and this has rekindled the summit bagging as much of what I want to do now is more difficult less easy to access and having overnights makes it a lot easier. Anyway thanks as always for sharing your adventures and look forward to more, as you say yourself 'Stay safe out there'.
Totally agree that a bagging list helps you focus and takes you to new places but once you’re done there is a bitter sweet feeling and you are left wondering what next
Nice to see you down in the SW again as a wee change . On a clear day the views over the Ayrshire coast past Ailsa Craig towards Ireland especially at sunset are cracking! Better luck with the views on the Merrick...
Another great video, I do like your channel, Murray. I read a quote that someone said there's no point in bagging because it means you have to go up lots of boring hills. For me, there is no such thing as a boring hill. Even the rounded Mealls have atmosphere and character and provide a different aspect to hillwalking than say, Torridon. They are all great in their own way.
Absolutely correct - always nicer being out than in, even on a rounded hill , I sometimes find the wildlife experience better on some of the less jaggy peaks too (might just be me though!!lol) Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
Fantastic camp spot Murray 👍 That place was my introduction to hiking really … Benyellary the first peak that I ever climbed before I’d ever heard of Munro’s, Corbets and Wainwrights 😁
Lewis is getting taller and catching up, Murray! He'll be wanting to borrow YOUR hiking gear before you know it. Loved the history lesson too - thank you!
I hope to see your completionist videos soon. Bagging is definitely a good thing. I can relate about visiting places you wouldn't have usually visited. Bagging creates opportunity.
Not long started bagging munros and its not a cheap hobby with the way fuel is. Was £80 to get up to Glenshee at the weekend to bag a few. Still enjoyable.
If it's the hills in the south I call it "bogging", not bagging. I moved to Ayrshire 18 months ago and after climbing a couple of those boggy wee hills (which can be really nice when covered in snow) a strange addiction took hold and I started "Donald bogging". I've just got two Donald Tops to do now - saving them for Christmas.
Donald bogging - love it!! lol I think this terminology should be implemented down here when it is wet!!lol Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
Im slightly biased but can see both sides of the bagging/non bagging of hills.. personally I wouldn’t have set foot on many of the fantastic mountains without the ‘list’ - but I also sometimes wonder what the hell I’m doing driving so far in a day just for the tick 😂 For me I just enjoy the adventure and getting out, I do look forward to re-doing a lot of Mountains in the future though - like you mentioned, it’s rare I will do a hill I have already done at the moment 😂 Great Video as always Murray Cheers, James
Hi James - I was exactly the same for years and years and wouldn't do a hill I had done before for the sake of ticking news ones off, it becomes an obsession.... However my obsession is still there but it is just about getting out and about into the hills and mountains :) Its all good for us - keep up the excellent videos sir Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
Was up Shalloch on Minnoch a few weeks ago Murray and it was MINGIN' !! At least you got some views. Like you I ticked it off and vowed never to return!
😂👍 it was a tad boggy - might do the whole route to The Merrick at some point but TBH not sure there is a non boggy way up !! Lol Take care and thanks for watching Murray
I love climbing and if I can bag a new hill - perfect. But for me, as you say Murray, it's about getting out and about and exploring. I think I may well have bagged the hills around the Trossachs and Arrochar so many times, I may well have done them over 300 times.. still love every one I do.. when I'm back from my holidays, I've a plan to do the mightiest of them all (again) Ben Vane - including a summit camp. May even cross to Ben Ime... Again.. 😉. Thank you as always for sharing.. Jim
Theres never a bad day on the hill as long as you get back safely - always beats sitting inside - even if the weather is rather dull :) Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
greetings from Kerry, Ireland 😃 Loved your recent video and this one too! I've been having issues with my knees this year as well and trying to build strength in them now before next summer, tipping away at easier hikes until then, but your channel is great and has inspired me to want to visit Scotland for hiking! 😁
As always great video and good to see Lewis out again with dad. As for the bagging question, I think you can bag, without really consciously bagging and ticking off simply by going out and walking new hills and mountains if that makes sense. Anyway until the next one Murray, take care and stay safe.
Thanks Tony - I always enjoy having Lewis out with me - he will be leading the way and showing me what to do in not so many years!! Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
Oh my wow, that came as a shock and a lovely surprise. I had tears 😂 Thank you, thank you so much Murray. As you know I have been trying to get to Scotland for 51 years and you would not believe I got my new home not 10 miles from here right next to Loch Doon. Hopefully move in soon, just waiting for all the solicitor's stuff. We bought it 3 weeks ago 🤣 Made my day! Thank you for another lovely video, this one is special for me anyway and I can't wait for next weeks. Shaking with joy 😆 so nice to see it all on video, amazing.
Fantastic John - good luck with the move and hope you get to go and explore the local hills and landscapes :) Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
Myself and Alan did this in February 2020, we jumped the stream walking in, snow most of the way and turned dark whilst on the top. when we got back to the stream was tanking down, couldn't cross where we had. Alan managed a difficult crossing, I ended up in it wouldn't have got out but for Alans arm. He finished his Corbetts the day after on Merrick.
On No!! I must admit I was a little worried about our crossing on the way back (hoping the levels didn't rise!!). Glad you got out ok and suppose it was better happening on the way down than on the way up the walk ! Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
Haha - I did too !! not often I head south as opposed to north . A lovely area though - was a tad boggy but hey ho , still a nice hill with some nice views :) Thanks for watching ATB Murray
A good question Murray, what gets us out there? For us we started hiking when we lived it Italy, a group of ex pats would hike up to a Mountain Refuge, have a big bowl of pasta and sausage, a couple of glasses of vino rosso and hike back down! A great way to spend a Sunday before back to work on Monday. As we don't live near the mountains anymore we plan a trip to a destination for a week or more and want to visit "places" on our rest days. For us the "places" tend to be vineyards! So when we wanted to visit Walla Walla in the pacific NW we would hike the mountains Lewis and Clark travelled then the next day hit a few vineyards, it's a model that works for us. It would be great to hea0 what other followers mix in with their hikes....
Maybe in Scotland, the vineyards could be replaced by whisky distilleries !lol might not get far up the hill though ;) Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
When he says breezy, that usually means for blow you off your feet hahaha. Another tremendous video, great narration, great inputs showing the map etc. Always inspiring to watch. Well done to your lad for joining you.
Not a ‘list’ person myself. Would rather do the mountains or areas that appeal to me or are interesting or beautiful. But I understand why people do ‘lists’, just not for me. Thanks for the videos. 😀
@@ScotlandsMountains I just wanted to say that your films kept me connected to our landscapes here in the UK while I was working at a remote camp in Antarctica earlier in the year. There was nothing except glaciers and rock and I really enjoyed watching your videos in my tent and remembering what our mountains felt like. So, many thanks again 😀😀
An eloquent old Englishman once said "To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first " to which the wise young Scotsman said "Less talkin More walkin".... M ☘️
Shalloch on Minnoch is a great wee hill, though the bogs at the beginning of the walk are hellish 😂 Typical Galloway though - makes walking anywhere else that had proper paths that much more enjoyable (dare I say luxury!?) I've camped up there in heavy duty snow and it's a whole new world - a total slog, but the views from the Maidens Bed along past Tarfessock and Kirriereoch (which is a demoted Corbett) to Merrick are incredible with a bit of cornicing 😎
I can imagine it being tough under some fresh snow! I also concur that a path or decent underfoot conditions can make things 100numbers easier than not having it ! :) Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
Good and bad yes they get you into different parts of the area. bad for just going through the motions of getting to the top and often not appreciating why your surroundings more
Hi Murray, When I moved to Scotland 6 years ago one of the things I wanted to do was complete my Munro round. I had 50 in the bag but it had taken 54 years to get them. I completed in less than 4 years! I had a goal and I was highly motivated. Of course, once you've finished the question is, what next? I've started on the Corbetts and am up to 70 but my enthusiasm has waned. I doubt I will finish them. I'm looking for new challenges and have taken up MTB bike packing, have my winter climbing, and rock climbing summer. No more lists to tick for me. You just become a hostage to the list!😉
Just getting outside to the mountains can be my remendy - irrespective of the activity (even a simple dog walk up a small hill gives me great relief and feeds the rat :)) Take care and thanks for watching ATB Murray
The paths were leaning more towards “soupy” Another nice video with your son. The hood on your jacket is a nice design especially when it gets windy or rainy Must have felt good to get back to the van when you both have wet socks Looking forward to Day 2 Take care 🇨🇦❤️🍁
Is there any chance you could do a vid of an ascent of Suilven...I've always wanted to do it since seeing it on a picture in a pub in the Lakes...great vid, I've done Merrick a few times and love the Canadian like terrain around GlenTrool before you get up onto the moors!
Hi Jimbo - been to the lakes a couple of times but one time was kayaking and the other time was a stag do and we went half way up a wainwright near Ambleside - cannot remember which one tho ! Maybe one day I’ll get down 👍
Mingin hills. I suggest you only head there if you're local and want to keep match fit for the proper stuff. Or you're a bagger. Otherwise, not worth the trip imho. Only you could make a film of these hills worth watching!
How are you supposed to know what the best hills are unless you bag? There are so many hills like Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill that comparatively few people go up which, for my money, are way better than a lot of the more popular Munros. I'd rather go up it again than any hill in Glen Coe. Add to that bagging takes you to bits of Scotland that nobody would go to otherwise. If you're only focused on going up hills and not trying to work out what the landscape looked like before humans ruined it I think you're really missing out.
The lure of completing all 282 Munros 🏔 is stronger as you work your way through them, realising it might be a possibility and not just a distant dream 🏔 it has certainly taken me to places I could never have dreamt of seeing, Scotland 🏴 is amazing and it certainly inspires me to get out and explore even when the conditions are far from perfect 🤣 Nice wee video Murray looking forward to watching the Merrick 🏔 it's certainly not as boggy as SOM 😨 atb Brian 👍
You nailed it when you said that bagging not only encourages you to get out, but it takes you to some places that you wouldn't otherwise bother with. Of course, my tick list of the Wainwrights here in the Lakes is a bit tamer and manageable than your Munros and Corbetts across Scotland, but still... 😀
It's great hearing the history of the places you go..thank you
Totally agree, got to have a goal and its all in the journey, not just the summit. You provide that journey Murray
I was up there in August and enjoyed a very dry ascent of Shalloch on Minnoch. It was a warm day and I spent quite a bit of time on the summit. Thanks for sharing.
I’m still in my bagging phase but one of the main reasons I like your channel is that your videos are more about enjoying the environment or the walk/camp you’re on. It’s not just another bagging channel counting up to 282 whilst trying to beat the suggested time on WH 😂
As I said - I wouldn’t have my love of the great outdoors and mountains if it wasn’t for bagging to start with - it’s all good one way or the other 👍👍👌👌
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Nice to meet you today - enjoy your leave and hope you get up a few mountains 👍👍
I've never cared about bagging munros. My wife and I went to An Teallach and climbed to the main summit. We could have "ticked off" another munro very easily but we were there to enjoy the views, nothing else. I've been trekking and climbing in Scotland for over twenty years, and having done a few munros a second time, I've never had any regrets. Horses for courses - if bagging is your thing, knock yourself out!
Great to see you down my neck of the woods some good walks here in galloway.
Oh. I thought you were going to show what you put in your bag, but this was more interesting 🤣Think I agree with you on the topic. Nice seeing you out with your son again. Thank you for sharing
Great video as always.
I used to be an avid anti-bagger, mainly because I saw baggers as folks who refused to climb the same hill twice regardless of how good the hill was. I realised a few years ago that I just kept going back to the same places over and over and never seeing anywhere new. My solution was to start bagging, however I am conscious to avoid getting into the mentality of avoiding days on hills just because I climbed them already.
Love Galloway. Beautiful coastline, lots of history. I think it’s overlooked as a destination, imho. Thanks for the video Murray, enjoyable as always. 🙂
Nice to see you south of the central belt, and giving us a bit of a history lesson. :-)
I was born and brought up in Inverness and always thought the good stuff was further up north, but Galloway looks much more interesting than I thought! Look forward to next week!
Great to see you in Galloway. Often overlooked on hillwalking channels. Hard to beat for the solitude. Have to deal with the boggy ground! All local to me and love spending time on them.
Quite interesting how age can change our reasons for being in the hills. For me now more about the experience than the bagging. Nothing like sitting pondering over a special view.
Totally agree - there maybe a video I'm involved in coming out soon (stay tuned) where I talk about this a little bit more too :)
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The Merrick was my first big hill after returning to health and fitness Murray.
I'll always have a soft spot for it and will certainly head back to it soon
Nice to see your son joining you on this trip. Some of my favourite memories are getting out for trips with my Dad. I took my two older boys out last weekend for a short hike in the snow and I can hardly keep up!
Wonderful video Murray! Great to see you and Lewis somewhere a bit different in the beautiful Galloway forest. We have a real soft spot for this area, thought you hit the nail on the head when you said that Glen Trool area could have been the Trossachs🥰. You told the Bruce story far better than we did when we visited🙈😆👍. We loved the names of the some of the peaks in the awful hand range, straight out of lord of the rings! Looked like a very boggy climb, hopefully the Merrick will be a little dryer, we can't wait to see you and your son fly up in your next video. All the best, Shell and Pete👍
Thanks Folks - I think I may talk about the names on next weeks videos - some crackers in and around this area :)
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Great to bag more mountains or hills I imagine ,but also by doing so your seeing more parts of fabulous Scotland as well
Nice one Murray, was down at that very spot with the telescope in Gleen Trool recently. Fab spot for the stars and the bike too, miles and miles of gravel tracks to be explored. I enjoy hill-bagging for the reasons you say, it takes you to places you might otherwise not have visited and gives you extra drive to get out!
Was there some 35 years ago now. Brought back memories. Glen Trool that is
Thank you - a nice change of pace
I’m relatively new to hillwalking (about 2 years) and the bagging concept. For me it’s all about the views. I have very little interest in slogging up hill through wind, rain and clag just to touch a concrete pillar and go back down. Like you said it’s the opportunity to get out and see parts of Scotland you would otherwise never normally go anywhere near.
A nice change with a new area is always nice to see as I've only Mountain biked in Galloway. Another great video by the Clang Murray 😁.
Such a nice area - shame the first hill was super boggy, but the landscapes at the park up point were superb :) Always fancy a winter trip down here to see the stars in the dark :)
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Nice one Muzza. I loved my Munro round, but I was glad to get that monkey off my back. Didn't get the same love for the Corbetts, yet now I've just over 50 to go. I've still got 2 Corbetts in this neck of the woods to do too. Hopefully later this month.
Really enjoyed this video Murray.
The rousing music at the end was great!
My thoughts on bagging Hills as a regular hill walker of 18 years here in Ireland are broadly similar to yours.
When I got into walking at first, I was a 'zombie' navigator, merely going on walks with others and following their lead. In 2007 I got a notion to try and bag all of Ireland's highest hundred. That took about 10 years, and like you said, in the really obsessive phase of it, I was only interested in a walk if it got me up one! It also spurred me to learn navigation and get out solo, and this was a wonderful help. Luckily my wife, who isn't a hill walker was very supportive and when we went on holidays it was often to an area where I could tick tops off. Anyway I'm at the stage now where I've done the 600+m tops and I'm slowly working on the 500+m ones. Age has definitely mellowed me, l can enjoy revisiting tops again, and often try different approaches to the same hill. This year I discovered the wonderful world of wild camping and this has rekindled the summit bagging as much of what I want to do now is more difficult less easy to access and having overnights makes it a lot easier.
Anyway thanks as always for sharing your adventures and look forward to more, as you say yourself 'Stay safe out there'.
Thanks George - hope you have many fun wild camps - such a good thing to do :)
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Well….those kind of ticks are certainly better than collecting the other kind! 😉😆
I can concur with your statement 😂👍👍
Boggy McBog. We're really looking forward to coming up next month.
Thank you to come enjoy Galloway (: is awsome :) love it ♥
Totally agree that a bagging list helps you focus and takes you to new places but once you’re done there is a bitter sweet feeling and you are left wondering what next
Nice to see you down in the SW again as a wee change . On a clear day the views over the Ayrshire coast past Ailsa Craig towards Ireland especially at sunset are cracking! Better luck with the views on the Merrick...
Stay tuned ;) you wont have long to wait to see what views we got :)
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Another great video, I do like your channel, Murray. I read a quote that someone said there's no point in bagging because it means you have to go up lots of boring hills. For me, there is no such thing as a boring hill. Even the rounded Mealls have atmosphere and character and provide a different aspect to hillwalking than say, Torridon. They are all great in their own way.
Absolutely correct - always nicer being out than in, even on a rounded hill , I sometimes find the wildlife experience better on some of the less jaggy peaks too (might just be me though!!lol)
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Fantastic camp spot Murray 👍 That place was my introduction to hiking really … Benyellary the first peak that I ever climbed before I’d ever heard of Munro’s, Corbets and Wainwrights 😁
Lewis is getting taller and catching up, Murray! He'll be wanting to borrow YOUR hiking gear before you know it. Loved the history lesson too - thank you!
Absolutely - just having to buy him new boots soon as he has grown out of his existing ones!!lol
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I hope to see your completionist videos soon. Bagging is definitely a good thing. I can relate about visiting places you wouldn't have usually visited. Bagging creates opportunity.
Not long started bagging munros and its not a cheap hobby with the way fuel is. Was £80 to get up to Glenshee at the weekend to bag a few. Still enjoyable.
If it's the hills in the south I call it "bogging", not bagging. I moved to Ayrshire 18 months ago and after climbing a couple of those boggy wee hills (which can be really nice when covered in snow) a strange addiction took hold and I started "Donald bogging". I've just got two Donald Tops to do now - saving them for Christmas.
Donald bogging - love it!! lol I think this terminology should be implemented down here when it is wet!!lol
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Im slightly biased but can see both sides of the bagging/non bagging of hills.. personally I wouldn’t have set foot on many of the fantastic mountains without the ‘list’ - but I also sometimes wonder what the hell I’m doing driving so far in a day just for the tick 😂
For me I just enjoy the adventure and getting out, I do look forward to re-doing a lot of Mountains in the future though - like you mentioned, it’s rare I will do a hill I have already done at the moment 😂
Great Video as always Murray
Cheers, James
Hi James - I was exactly the same for years and years and wouldn't do a hill I had done before for the sake of ticking news ones off, it becomes an obsession.... However my obsession is still there but it is just about getting out and about into the hills and mountains :) Its all good for us - keep up the excellent videos sir
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Great Video !!
@15:15 i was expecting Bruce Fummey to walk on from camera-right for the greatest crossover in the Scottish RUclipsr Cinematic Universe (SYCU)
Was up Shalloch on Minnoch a few weeks ago Murray and it was MINGIN' !! At least you got some views. Like you I ticked it off and vowed never to return!
😂👍 it was a tad boggy - might do the whole route to The Merrick at some point but TBH not sure there is a non boggy way up !! Lol
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I love climbing and if I can bag a new hill - perfect. But for me, as you say Murray, it's about getting out and about and exploring. I think I may well have bagged the hills around the Trossachs and Arrochar so many times, I may well have done them over 300 times.. still love every one I do.. when I'm back from my holidays, I've a plan to do the mightiest of them all (again) Ben Vane - including a summit camp. May even cross to Ben Ime... Again.. 😉. Thank you as always for sharing.. Jim
Theres never a bad day on the hill as long as you get back safely - always beats sitting inside - even if the weather is rather dull :)
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greetings from Kerry, Ireland 😃 Loved your recent video and this one too! I've been having issues with my knees this year as well and trying to build strength in them now before next summer, tipping away at easier hikes until then, but your channel is great and has inspired me to want to visit Scotland for hiking! 😁
Good luck with the knee recovery and hope you get strong enough to get back out hiking ASAP
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@@ScotlandsMountains thanks Murray, I hope so too! 😁
As always great video and good to see Lewis out again with dad. As for the bagging question, I think you can bag, without really consciously bagging and ticking off simply by going out and walking new hills and mountains if that makes sense. Anyway until the next one Murray, take care and stay safe.
Thanks Tony - I always enjoy having Lewis out with me - he will be leading the way and showing me what to do in not so many years!!
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Thumbs up to bagging it takes you to places you wouldn't dream of going
Oh my wow, that came as a shock and a lovely surprise. I had tears 😂 Thank you, thank you so much Murray. As you know I have been trying to get to Scotland for 51 years and you would not believe I got my new home not 10 miles from here right next to Loch Doon. Hopefully move in soon, just waiting for all the solicitor's stuff. We bought it 3 weeks ago 🤣 Made my day! Thank you for another lovely video, this one is special for me anyway and I can't wait for next weeks. Shaking with joy 😆 so nice to see it all on video, amazing.
Fantastic John - good luck with the move and hope you get to go and explore the local hills and landscapes :)
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@@ScotlandsMountains Thank you Murray, I have a whole lifetime of exploring to catch up on lol :)
Myself and Alan did this in February 2020, we jumped the stream walking in, snow most of the way and turned dark whilst on the top. when we got back to the stream was tanking down, couldn't cross where we had. Alan managed a difficult crossing, I ended up in it wouldn't have got out but for Alans arm. He finished his Corbetts the day after on Merrick.
On No!! I must admit I was a little worried about our crossing on the way back (hoping the levels didn't rise!!). Glad you got out ok and suppose it was better happening on the way down than on the way up the walk !
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Thought you took a wrong turn when I seen you driving through Glasgow Murray . Galloway Forrest is nice when the weather's decent .
Haha - I did too !! not often I head south as opposed to north . A lovely area though - was a tad boggy but hey ho , still a nice hill with some nice views :)
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ATB
Murray
A good question Murray, what gets us out there? For us we started hiking when we lived it Italy, a group of ex pats would hike up to a Mountain Refuge, have a big bowl of pasta and sausage, a couple of glasses of vino rosso and hike back down! A great way to spend a Sunday before back to work on Monday. As we don't live near the mountains anymore we plan a trip to a destination for a week or more and want to visit "places" on our rest days. For us the "places" tend to be vineyards! So when we wanted to visit Walla Walla in the pacific NW we would hike the mountains Lewis and Clark travelled then the next day hit a few vineyards, it's a model that works for us. It would be great to hea0 what other followers mix in with their hikes....
Maybe in Scotland, the vineyards could be replaced by whisky distilleries !lol might not get far up the hill though ;)
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Murray
When he says breezy, that usually means for blow you off your feet hahaha.
Another tremendous video, great narration, great inputs showing the map etc. Always inspiring to watch. Well done to your lad for joining you.
Thanks Owen - it’s always nice to have the wee man out and about with me 👍👍
Not a ‘list’ person myself. Would rather do the mountains or areas that appeal to me or are interesting or beautiful. But I understand why people do ‘lists’, just not for me. Thanks for the videos. 😀
I totally get that too, I seem to be a list person 20% of the time !lol
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Murray
@@ScotlandsMountains I just wanted to say that your films kept me connected to our landscapes here in the UK while I was working at a remote camp in Antarctica earlier in the year. There was nothing except glaciers and rock and I really enjoyed watching your videos in my tent and remembering what our mountains felt like. So, many thanks again 😀😀
An eloquent old Englishman once said "To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first " to which the wise young Scotsman said "Less talkin More walkin".... M ☘️
no idea who would say such a thing ;) lol
I've heard of a few people camping on the Merrick. Haven't been in this area for a while but would like to go back for the dark skies
Reckon a wild camp with the dark skies would be pretty good 👍👍
@@ScotlandsMountains absolutely. That's a famous location given a clear night. ATB
Shalloch on Minnoch is a great wee hill, though the bogs at the beginning of the walk are hellish 😂 Typical Galloway though - makes walking anywhere else that had proper paths that much more enjoyable (dare I say luxury!?) I've camped up there in heavy duty snow and it's a whole new world - a total slog, but the views from the Maidens Bed along past Tarfessock and Kirriereoch (which is a demoted Corbett) to Merrick are incredible with a bit of cornicing 😎
I can imagine it being tough under some fresh snow! I also concur that a path or decent underfoot conditions can make things 100numbers easier than not having it ! :)
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Murray
Nice part of the world Murray. Aye I like to bag the odd hill now and again. Suppose it's getting oot that counts eh.
Couldn’t agree more Kevin - always feel better after a bit of outdoors time 👍👍
Good and bad yes they get you into different parts of the area. bad for just going through the motions of getting to the top and often not appreciating why your surroundings more
Hi Murray, When I moved to Scotland 6 years ago one of the things I wanted to do was complete my Munro round. I had 50 in the bag but it had taken 54 years to get them. I completed in less than 4 years! I had a goal and I was highly motivated. Of course, once you've finished the question is, what next? I've started on the Corbetts and am up to 70 but my enthusiasm has waned. I doubt I will finish them. I'm looking for new challenges and have taken up MTB bike packing, have my winter climbing, and rock climbing summer. No more lists to tick for me. You just become a hostage to the list!😉
Just getting outside to the mountains can be my remendy - irrespective of the activity (even a simple dog walk up a small hill gives me great relief and feeds the rat :))
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Murray
The paths were leaning more towards “soupy”
Another nice video with your son.
The hood on your jacket is a nice design especially when it gets windy or rainy
Must have felt good to get back to the van when you both have wet socks
Looking forward to Day 2
Take care 🇨🇦❤️🍁
Thanks Sue - that is a very good description - might use soupy in future videos - love it :)
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Murray
only in Scotland do the local hard men seek out uphill bog. I don't know if i am that commited. Well do Guys
Twas a tad boggy - one to be kept for a cold snap or an extremely dry weather window me thinks :)
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Murray
Is there any chance you could do a vid of an ascent of Suilven...I've always wanted to do it since seeing it on a picture in a pub in the Lakes...great vid, I've done Merrick a few times and love the Canadian like terrain around GlenTrool before you get up onto the moors!
Suilven video from last year below 👍
ruclips.net/video/FKmrfiJ7fI8/видео.html
Hope you enjoy it
ATB
Murray
Gave up bagging a while ago (sort of) busy doing the lakes at the moment, have you ventured down to the Lake District much on your travels Murrray?
Hi Jimbo - been to the lakes a couple of times but one time was kayaking and the other time was a stag do and we went half way up a wainwright near Ambleside - cannot remember which one tho ! Maybe one day I’ll get down 👍
Hey early gang ...boss dat lad ..lol
Mingin hills. I suggest you only head there if you're local and want to keep match fit for the proper stuff. Or you're a bagger. Otherwise, not worth the trip imho. Only you could make a film of these hills worth watching!
And the moral of the story is, Don't ever buy RAB gatters! They fall down your legs constantly.
well noticed !!lol
Boggy....boggy . .boggy.
Oil! Oil! Oil!
How are you supposed to know what the best hills are unless you bag? There are so many hills like Meallan Liath Coire Mhic Dhughaill that comparatively few people go up which, for my money, are way better than a lot of the more popular Munros. I'd rather go up it again than any hill in Glen Coe.
Add to that bagging takes you to bits of Scotland that nobody would go to otherwise. If you're only focused on going up hills and not trying to work out what the landscape looked like before humans ruined it I think you're really missing out.
The lure of completing all 282 Munros 🏔 is stronger as you work your way through them, realising it might be a possibility and not just a distant dream 🏔 it has certainly taken me to places I could never have dreamt of seeing, Scotland 🏴 is amazing and it certainly inspires me to get out and explore even when the conditions are far from perfect 🤣
Nice wee video Murray looking forward to watching the Merrick 🏔 it's certainly not as boggy as SOM 😨 atb Brian 👍