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May 22, 2005
Leum Uilleim
Looking down from Leum Uilleim across Rannoch Moor Photo © SCH
Yesterday I drove to Bridge of Orchy with some friends from Callander, and we took the West Highland Line to Corrour Halt to walk up Leum Uilleim or ‘William’s Leap’, a Corbett opposite the station overlooking Rannoch Moor. Leum Uilleim is 906 metres - almost a Munro - but as Corrour is already 406 metres, the climb is fairly easy.
We experienced a comprehensive demonstration of Scottish weather including sunshine, hail, and five or six showers accompanied by five rainbows. Of these one was a intense double, and another we saw from above shimmering over the peat.
It was interesting to see many old tree stumps in the peat - clear evidence of recent environmental change.
Loch Ossian, near Corrour Station on the West Highland Line Photo © SCH
Posted by Simon Holledge at May 22, 2005 09:19 PM
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