Tuesday 24 June 2025 - Glas Bheinn

On a rainy day all seven of us drove to Glenelg for the purpose of climbing the lowest of the Section 10A Marilyns, Glas Bheinn (397 metres). This was to be Julie's last hill on this 10A list, and it was also Mike's 200th Marilyn.

We got out of the cars and milled around. The rain stopped. 

Setting off up a forestry track we soon went under some height barriers that didn't affect us but would have been relevant to a couple of heavily laden timber lorries that we met coming down the track.

A nearby tractor looked in need of a service.

There were good views down to Glenelg from the steadily rising track.

The summit of our objective drifted in and out of cloud.

We left the track about a kilometre shy of our objective and yomped over rough, boggy ground to a trig point that wasn't the summit but was worthy of a couple of photos.

It was murky on top, and we were in the cloud for the 400 metre yomp to the true summit.

Summit celebrations for Julie and Mike were followed by lunch in a sheltered spot on a soft bed of moss.

We followed a very boggy ATV track back to the main forestry track, before dropping below the cloud and regaining views down to Glenelg.

Back at the beach car park, Sue studied the remains of a fox whilst the rest of us watched a family of Eider ducks in the foreground of views across the bay.

Here's our route - 10.6km with 400 metres ascent, taking a little less than 4 hours.

The usual flowers were admired - including White Stonecrop, Clovers, Bramble and Bugle.

Here's Tom's view from the summit, before the rest of us arrived.