Mapping Mountains – Trimble Surveys – Mynydd Epynt

18.05.25  Pen y Crug (SO 029 303) 

Pen y Crug (SO 029 303)

Hill celebrations are always wonderful occasions.  They are culminations of what for many people are years of ticking off hills in a list.  They are also occasions when old and new friends meet, and if combined with beautiful weather, as today was, they can be a shear joy to experience.

Today was the finish of Mark Trengove’s Welsh Hump completion.  For the uninitiated, a Hump is a 100m prominence hill.  There are 368 qualifying Welsh hills that meet this criterion and the one Mark had singled out for his last was Pen y Crug, which connects with the Mynydd Epynt group of hills.  Although much of this hill range is out of bounds due to a military training area, Pen y Crug is positioned on the southern periphery and well away from any out of bounds land.

I had been up the hill once before, in September 2017, when Lou and I ascended from the south-east on a good track that turned to a friendly green path leading up through the autumnal colour to the trig pillar that sits atop the summit.  On this day the tops of the higher Beacons were just skimmed with cloud, otherwise the hill gave excellent views.  Today the sky was an unadulterated blue with skylarks singing above and a welcome slight breeze cooling proceedings.  It was a perfect day for a hill celebration.

Mark drove from Mold to Welshpool, from where I then drove south to the car park at the base of the hill to its north.  This was close to its bwlch and gave me a chance to experience the hill from a different perspective and approach, which I always enjoy.

Our meeting time was midday and we arrived with 20 minutes to spare.  Soon cars started to appear, Rick and Jenny, Brent Lynam, Alex Cameron and Tony Jenkins soon arrived, followed by Barry Smith, Chris Bienkowski, Adrian Rayner and Keith Anderson.  It was good to see all, many who I had not seen for quite sometime.

I made an excuse to wander off to take a few photos of the hill, and asked Mark to keep everyone at bay for a few minutes; this gave me opportunity to head in to an adjacent field to get a few photographs, but also gave opportunity to gain a few minutes on everyone else and sneak away for a leisurely plod up the path leading to the open hillside above.

It felt good to be out in the sunshine, slowly wandering taking in the surrounds with skylarks singing, bees buzzing and bluebells and greenery all around, and all with the backdrop of the blue sky.  The path led up with greened hedgerows either side and manicured grazed fields beyond.  The enclosed path gave views directly toward the higher hill, which loomed above in a gently curved profile.

The path led to a gate which gave access to the open upper hill, from where an earthen dried path contoured up giving extended views past hillsides of bluebells to the light grayed ridges of the Black Mountains away to the east. 

The view east toward the Black Mountains

My pace was leisurely and all too soon I was caught by the throng of people following.  We soon crested the ridge that affords views south toward the higher Beacons.  Beyond the greened path led toward the ancient embankment and ditches that encircle the upper hill. 

I was soon caught up

Arriving at the summit we waited for Mark, who sauntered up behind us.  As he approached the high point there was a guard of honour waiting for him, with raised walking poles leading him over the summit of the hill toward the trig pillar.  He’d completed the Welsh Humps.  

Mark approaching the summit of Pen y Crug

All hill lists can take you on a journey to places that otherwise you would not visit; this is part of their appeal.  There is of course the small bonus that hills can afford tremendous experience and I’m sure the Welsh Humps have given Mark some excellent days on the hill. 

The guard of honour leading Mark to the summit

The next hour was one of those special occasions on the hill, with lots of conversation small glasses of Welsh whiskey, cake, strawberries and lots of nibbles and photos. 

Mark celebrating his completion of the Welsh Humps

During our time on the summit someone mentioned that Pen y Crug was also Adrian’s 7,000 Tump.  Another remarkable achievement and soon Adrian was beside the trig pillar kindly posing for a few photos.  He had kept this quiet, allowing for Mark’s celebration. 

Adrian at the summit of his 7,000th Tump

After we had finished off much of the celebratory food and drink things started to be packed away and as we waved Rick and Jen off down the hill, the rest of us followed ten minutes or so afterward. 

A nice touch brought by Mark for cake adornment

Leaving the summit we headed north down the upper part of the hill until connecting with the earthen ramparts, and then followed these around the hill, before connecting with our inward route and following this back down through the heat of the afternoon to the awaiting cars below. 

At the summit of Pen y Crug, from left to right we have; Bryher, Rick, Jenny, Barry, Alex, Keith, Adrian, Tony, Brent, Chris and Mark

It had been an excellent time on the hill and was rounded off with a visit to a pub on the outskirts of Brecon for a good meal and more interesting conversation. 

 

Survey Result:

 

Pen y Crug 

Summit Height:  331.2m (converted to OSGM15) (previous Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey)  

Summit Grid Reference:  SO 02927 30312 (previous Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey)

Bwlch Height:  219.9m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SO 02162 30880 (LIDAR) 

Drop:  111.4m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Dominance:  33.62% (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch) (Lesser Dominant addition)

 

 

For details on the summit survey of Pen y Crug

For further details please consult the Trimble Survey Spreadsheet 

Mapping Mountains – Trimble Surveys – Cilfaesty and Stiperstones

03.10.16  Cefn y Coed (SO 211 934), Black Hill (SO 209 929), Lan Fawr (SO 297 967, previously Trimbled) and Cefn Digoll (SJ 264 058, subsequently Trimbled)     

Cefn y Coed (SO 211 934)

After visiting Stingwern Hill (SJ 132 014) with Rick and Jen we navigated toward Trefaldwyn (Montgomery) and onward to the area known locally as Cefn y Coed, the top of which has another Marilyn to add to the growing number already bagged during the last twelve months by Jenny and Rick, who are fast approaching the record for the greatest number of Marilyns visited during a twelve month timeframe.

I’d visited this hill twice before, the first time in July 2004, and the second time in the company of Alan Dawson in October 2013 when he surveyed the hill with his Leica RX1250.  The hill is no more than a high pasture used for sheep grazing but it has extensive views and is situated in a quiet spot that is seldom visited unless you’re a Marilyn, Hump or P30 bagger.

We approached from the north where a gate gave access to the first of many fields.  There was a slightly chilling breeze whisking across the land as we gained height beside a row of stunted trees which shielded us from a tractor working away to our east on a complex of large barns that had appeared on the land since my first visit.

The top of this hill is slightly rounded and I remember watching Alan on my last visit as he used an Abney level to sight across to an adjacent point which is given a 355m spot height on Ordnance Survey maps, compared to the 355m ring contour where the listed summit appears, each point was surveyed by Alan with the results being 353.2m and 353.5m respectively.

As we approached the summit I crouched down and assessed the lay of land leading up to the high point from its north, once reached I put my rucksack on the ground as an indicator and Rick then assessed the lay of land from a number of directions and directed me toward where he judged the high point to be situated.

I set the Trimble up on top of my rucksack to give it elevation above the grass, measured a 0.43m offset between its internal antenna and the ground at its base and waited for the 0.1m accuracy level to be attained before pressing ‘Log’.  As data were gathered I joined Rick and Jen for a natter, as the last of the designated 300 datum points were stored the Marilyn bagging couple made a move toward the top where the 355m spot height appears on current Ordnance Survey maps.

Gathering data at the summit of Cefn y Coed

The route toward this southerly high point took us through a field of cows, they all rather obediently skipped through an open gate in to the field that we were vacating, all that was left in the field where they had once been and where we now were, was a rather big looking and slightly inquisitive bull, thankfully he seemed more concerned where his female company had gone rather than wondering why three people were roaming through his field.

As we arrived in the field where the 355m spot height is situated Rick directed me to a point to set the Trimble up, whilst Jenny headed toward a point nearer to where a conifer plantation is situated.  We decided that each point needed Trimbling, making three data sets in all including that already taken at what is designated the summit of the hill.

Once the five minutes of allotted data were gathered I headed toward Rick and Jen who had found the high point near to the conifer plantation, visually this looked higher than the point where I had just gathered data from, but lower than the point where the designated summit is given and where the first data set was taken with the Trimble.

Again the Trimble was set up on top of my rucksack to give it elevation above its immediate surrounds, and as it beeped away gathering its all-important data I kept Rick and Jen amused telling them stories of how I re-met Lou, a date we had whilst in school and also the fact that I’d lived with her younger sister.

The Trimble set-up position at the high point of Black Hill near to the conifer plantation

After the Trimble was packed away we descended north-west toward where a public footpath leads in to a wood; in front of us was a superb view stretching for miles, it was good to be out on the hill in good company with good conversation.  The path through the wood led us to Camp Farm where I went hunting its occupant.

Gordon Davies was busying himself in the sunshine when I introduced myself and explained my interest in Welsh upland place-names.  We then spent the next 30 minutes with him talking about all manner of things.

Gordon’s grandfather had moved to Camp Farm in 1904 from the Trefeglwys area, I asked about the names of the two tops we had visited, the latter beside the conifer plantation was just in view from where we were standing and Gordon told me that it is known as Black Hill.  I asked about the name of Caeliber Isaf which appears on the southern side of the hill on current Ordnance Survey maps, Gordon explained that Caeliber Isaf is mainly on the other side of the hill and takes in a small district and that there are other local places with Caeliber in their names (the name Caeliber Uchaf also appears toward the west on current Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps).  I then asked about the name of Cefn y Coed which appears across the summit area of this hill on the Ordnance Survey One-Inch ‘Old Series’ map, Gordon told me that he knew Cefn y Coed to be a local area rather than the hill itself.  The high point of the hill was out of view from where we were standing but Gordon pointed toward where it was situated and said that it was a little higher than Black Hill and that it was known locally as Cwm Bromley Top, with Cwm Bromley being a farm on the eastern side of the hill.

Gordon Davies

I scribbled all necessary details in my note book as Gordon kindly gave me all this information, he then asked us to follow him as he was going to try and point out where Snowdon was, we walked to the top of his drive and on to a scrub piece of land from where the high Berwyn and Aran, and the bulging profile of Cadair Idris were on fine display, and way off in the distance were two pyramidal summits and Gordon pointed toward them and said ‘there it is, that’s Snowdon.’  

We’d spent a very pleasant half hour or so in Gordon’s company and thanked him for his time and shook his hand before saying our goodbyes.  It was only a short walk back on the road to the awaiting car and then it was off to Churchstoke and the minor road leading toward the base of Corndon.

We approached Corndon from its north-west and I dropped Rick and Jen off next to a foot stile which gave access to the path that leads steeply up the hill’s western slopes, this is adjacent to where a mall conifer plantation has recently been felled.  Whist they bagged another Marilyn I continued up to the top of the track, parked, had a butty and watched the two of them nearing the summit.  I just had time to visit the summit of Lan Fawr; a 426.1m Pedwar before jumping in the car and driving back down the track to pick them up as they arrived back at the foot stile – good timing.

Jenny and Rick approaching the summit of Corndon

Corndon from the summit of Lan Fawr

Next on the agenda was the Stiperstones, an excellent hill, I dropped them off for their fifth Marilyn of the day on the high point of the road to the south of the summit and then drove to the main car park and sat in the sun and slightly chilly breeze and waited for them to wander down the path from the summit.

Before the last hill of the day we visited the Horseshoe Inn at the Bridges where Rick and Jen sampled a number of brews.  This is a lovely pub situated next to a bunkhouse that accommodates 22 people beside the trickling waters of the River East Onny.

Ready to sample the brews at the Horseshoe Inn at the Bridges

All that remained was a drive toward and through Churchstoke and Forden and up the steep minor road that leads to the ridge road passing over Cefn Digoll (Long Mountain).  By the time we reached the gate that gives access up the track to the summit the sun had sank in the sky, the gate was open and we took full advantage and gained a few metres in distance by driving up the track to park beside the large mast just to the south-east of the summit.

Leaving the car we followed the path to the northerly side of the ancient earthen embankment that encircles this hill’s summit and joined its top and walked round to the western side where the view opened up with slithers of orange hued against subtle blues as day turned to night.

The last light of a great day out with Rick and Jen

There was just time to venture in to the wood to visit the trig and the high point of the hill, before heading out of the wood and back to the car before darkness fell.  It had been a great day out in the company of Rick and Jen which was topped off with an extremely good meal at Spice UK in Welshpool.

Beside the trig pillar at the summit of Cefn Digoll

Postscript:

After arriving home I contacted Ted and Merle Davies at Cwm Bromley farm, Ted told me that he knows the high point where the summit of the hill is situated as the Tank Field as there’s a water tank in it, and confirmed that he occasionally refers to the field where the summit is situated as top of Cwm Bromley but doesn’t really know this field or the hill itself as either Cwm Bromley Top or as top of Cwm Bromley, preferring to call it the Tank Field.  However, study of the Tithe map confirmed that the old bounded land of this hill that now takes in many of the upper fenced fields and importantly also includes the summit was named as Cefn y Coed at the time of the Tithe map, this confirms that in all likelihood the hill is also named Cefn y Coed.

     

Survey Result:

Cefn y Coed (significant name changes) 

Summit Height:  353.6m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)  353.5m (converted to OSGM15, Leica RX1250) (significant height revision)

Summit Grid Reference:  SO 21164 93411 (Trimble GeoXH 6000) SO 21163 93413 (Leica RX1250)

Bwlch Height:  184.2m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SO 20667 90868 (LIDAR)

Drop:  169.4m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Dominance:  47.89% (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Black Hill

Summit Height:  353.4m (converted to OSGM15)

Summit Grid Reference:  SO 20930 92921

Bwlch Height:  c 344m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SO 21118 93177 (interpolation)

Drop: c 9m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch) 

Dominance:  2.55% (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)

Lan Fawr  

Summit Height:  426.1m (converted to OSGM15, from previous Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey)

Summit Grid Reference:  SO 29711 96759 (from previous Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey) 

Bwlch Height:  392.6m (LIDAR)

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SO 29966 96784 (LIDAR)

Drop:  33.5m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

Dominance:  7.86% (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and LIDAR bwlch)

 

Cefn Digoll (significant name change)

Summit Height:  408.3m (converted to OSGM15, from subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey)

Summit Grid Reference:  SJ 26479 05819 (LIDAR)

Bwlch Height:  103.3m (converted to OSGM15, and average of three subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 surveys)

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SJ 28827 02177 ( from subsequent Trimble GeoXH 6000 survey)

Drop:  305.0m (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Dominance:  74.69% (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

For details on the survey of Lan Fawr

 

For details on the 3^rd visit to Lan Fawr

For details on the 4th visit to Lan Fawr

For details on the survey of Cefn Digoll

For further details please consult the Trimble survey spreadsheet

Mapping Mountains – Trimble Surveys – Carnedd Wen

03.10.16  Stingwern Hill (SJ 132 014)    

Stingwern Hill (SJ 132 014)

Stingwern Hill rises above the Afon Rhiw (River Rhiw) which meanders to its north down toward the quiet village of Aberriw (Berriew).  It was this village that Rick and Jen had made their base for a couple of nights as their pursuit of setting a new 12 month record for the Marilyns continued.

This part of Wales is ideal for such a venture as there are a number of Marilyns within easy access, both from distance travelled between each and also from immediate access to the summits from relatively high country roads.  By the time we met they had already visited Y Golfa (SJ 182 070), and the next hill on the day’s schedule was Stingwern Hill, a 358m map heighted hill that is adorned with a trig pillar at its summit.  I’d only visited this hill once before with Bob Kerr in October 2012 when we’d had a quick nine minute up and down visit to its summit.  Today was a little more leisurely.

Part of the reason for a leisurely walk was having the Trimble and wanting to survey two points that vie for the accolade of summit position meaning that we would be on the summit area for twenty minutes or so, but the glorious early October weather also dictated a leisurely pace, as why rush when one can wander and soak in the warmth of early Autumn. 

Rick and Jen had a plan to visit six Marilyns during the day and this seemed achievable even with a Trimble chomping at the bit to produce accurate height data and with blue skies and sunshine becalming all around.

Stingwern Hill is easily accessed from its north where a car can be left in a tarmacked passing place.  I set off first to test my recently sprained knee, by the time I was setting the Trimble up beside the trig pillar on what was judged to be the high point of the hill, Rick and Jen were making their way up to join me.

Rick and Jen on the way to the summit of Stingwern Hill

Once five minutes of data were gathered at the high point adjacent to the trig we headed south-west for about 100 metres to where the other potential high point is positioned, we all thought that this was lower when compared to the ground beside the trig pillar, but it needed Trimbling and the height comparison will be interesting once the data are processed.

Gathering data at the summit of Stingwern Hill

Gathering data at the lower south-westerly point with the trig pillar and summit in the background

Rick and Jen on Stingwern Hill

The view south-west from Stingwern Hill

After this second five minute data set was gathered I packed the Trimble away and we sauntered down the hill back to the car.  Next stop another Marilyn above Trefaldwyn (Montgomery).

 

Survey Result:

Stingwern Hill

Summit Height:  358.1m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000))

Summit Grid Reference:  SJ 13282 01452 (Trimble GeoXH 6000)

Bwlch Height:  c 179m (interpolation)

Bwlch Grid Reference:  SO 09845 99748 (interpolation)  

Drop:  c 179m (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)

Dominance:  50.01% (Trimble GeoXH 6000 summit and interpolated bwlch)

For details of the 2nd visit to Stingwern Hill

For further details please consult the Trimble survey spreadsheet

Mapping Mountains – Trimble Surveys – Ben Lomond

25.09.16  Cruinn a’Bheinn (NN 365 051)   

Cruinn a'Bheinn (NN 365 051)

Completing an ascent of every hill in a list is a personal achievement, something that is special to the person involved, something that holds significance and many good memories of the hills and places that the journey of completion has taken the individual on.  These hill list completions are special whatever the occasion, and whatever the listing, as they are the culmination of this journey, a journey that sometimes starts without the intention of completion, many times the end is only contemplated during the journey and not necessarily at its beginning.  However special each completion is to each individual, some stand out above others as some hill lists are more physically demanding; the Marilyns is one such hill list.

A number of years ago the completion of the Marilyns had gained a reputation as being something that may never be accomplished, as the St Kilda sea stacks were not surprisingly proving somewhat of a barrier to final completion, but the hardy souls who had reached the wall at the end of the hall were not to be denied, and with Rob Woodall’s and Eddie Dealtry’s completion in 2014, the quest for the elusive Marilyn completion had been attained.  Since then another six people had scaled these forbidding sea stacks and went on to complete one of Britain’s most difficult of hill listings, but until the 25^th September 2016 there had been no female Marilyn completion.  The accolade of the first female Marilynist fell to Jenny Hatfield, who along with her partner; Rick Salter became the 9^th and 10^th people to complete the Marilyns, in the process becoming the first couple to do so and Jenny becoming the first female completer.

I was fortunate to attend the completion having been generously offered a lift north by Bob Kerr, who then drove us back south after the festivities.  We all met at the car park adjacent to the Inversnaid Hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond, as Jenny and Rick kindly posed for what proved to be one of many photographs during the day, the sun shone out from greying cloud, with the forecast for the day not being ideal with the possibility of thunder stalking the hills.

Jenny and Rick at Inversnaid

As more people arrived little groups were assembling with the intention to visit the 536m map heighted summit of Cruachan, a Hump with a listed drop of 101m, before continuing to the main hill of the day; Cruinn a’Bheinn which had been chosen by Jen and Rick as their final hill on their 1,556 Marilyn quest.

I set off in pursuit of a small group as they headed over the bridge spanning the turbulent waters of the Arklet Water, beyond the bridge a path continued directly south, this forms a part of the West Highland Way, within a few metres the majority of people followed a path up toward the Hump whilst I continued south with George Morl and Alan Whatley as company.

This part of the route was in woodland and swathed in dabbled sunlight as the morning did its best to bring light and warmth to the landscape.  George and Alan steadily pulled away from me as we left the woodland path to follow a track that gained height toward the area of the bealach between Cruachan and Cruinn a’Bheinn.  By now the views had opened with Loch Lomond stretching out below with its western banks butting against deep greys as shower clouds massed.

Alan Whatley on part of the path through the wood adjacent to Loch Lomond

The track gave George and Alan good access toward Cruachan from its south, and also Cruinn a’Bheinn from its north, the latter involved a trudge through a particularly unsavoury looking bealach, which proved one of those Scottish marvels that stretched out relatively flat and expansive and contained a watery mass of small channels, thankfully the bealach consisted of grassland and devoid of the dourness of peat hags, however it still proved tiresome.

Shower clouds massing out to the west

It was a slow trudge over the bealach, I stopped frequently on the steep ascent of the northern slopes of Cruinn a’Bheinn, looking back over a land where a multitude of hills stretched for miles all around, a wild and pleasing landscape to look out to, one that beckons investigation.  For a person used to the delights of Wales, Scotland is other worldly, its scale immense in comparison, both countries fulfil that inner hill need, but one is hard to surpass and I was immersed in but one small fragment of this stunning place where water and land meet in loch and mountain, the Scottish Highlands are truly unequalled anywhere else in Britain, and although I love the hills of my native Wales, it would be hard for me to not admit that these Highlands are indeed the jewel in Britain’s landscape.

Heading over the bealach toward Cruinn a'Bheinn

The view north toward Cruachan

By the time I reached the small summit cairn I felt a bit knackered, as any mountain fitness I had built up earlier in the year had disappeared as two months away from the hills due to whiplash suffered in a car shunt from behind at temporary traffic lights, had meant that my body was not used to the grind of distance and ascent.

Ben Lomond from the summit of Cruinn a'Bheinn

Once at the summit I quickly set the Trimble up on the cairn and measured a 0.39m offset between its internal antenna and the highest natural ground at its base.  As the last of the designated 300 datum points were collected a figure appeared over the last steep northerly slope, I closed the equipment down and shook hands with Eddie Dealtry, Marilynist number two.  We’d corresponded shortly after Eddie had completed the Marilyns as he submitted an article for the Guest Contributor heading on the Mapping Mountains site, but this was the first time we had met.

Gathering data at the summit of Cruinn a'Bheinn

The Trimble GeoXH 6000 set-up position at the summit of Cruinn a'Bheinn

Within a few minutes a throng of people had arrived, including Rick and Jen, who stayed safely away from the high point waiting for everyone to arrive before they headed toward the culmination of their own special journey.

Rick and Jen nearing the summit of Cruinn a'Bheinn

Jenny waiting for the ceremonial arch of walking poles to form before taking the last few steps with Rick to Marilyn completion

I had time to take a few photos as thirty people assembled around the summit cairn to welcome Rick and Jen through a ceremonial arch of walking poles, their journey was over, a completion to be remembered. 

The following thirty minutes consisted of many handshakes, kisses, bottles of Champagne and Whiskey and a lot of cake.  It proved a grand and very enjoyable affair; we soon left the summit cairn to gain shelter from the brisk wind and the westerly showers that blew in.

Taking shelter from the wind with Champagne, Whiskey and cake

Before leaving the summit area the those Marilyn completers still present lined up beside the cairn with Alan, who had started each individual’s journey when he first listed the Marilyns in the Relative Hills of Britain book that was published by Cicerone Press in 1992.  To complete such a list is a phenomenal undertaking and congratulations to each and every one that has done so.

Five of the ten Marilyn completers with list author Alan Dawson (seated) (L-R) Alan Whatley, Tony Smith, Rick Salter, Jenny Hatfield and Michael Earnshaw

Rick and Jen at the summit of Cruinn a'Bheinn

As another westerly shower blew in I made a move down the hill following a line of coloured jackets off in the distance as they meandered a slow passage through the mass of watery stuff that formed the bealach, by the time I’d reached the track I felt knackered again, and by the time I had reached the path beside Loch Lomond that continues through the wood I knew that something was wrong with my right knee.  The remainder of the descent proved a slow one, but also one that was immensely enjoyable as the scenery, albeit partly shielded by the trees, occasionally opened out giving spectacular views.

I only had to wait a couple of minutes beside Bob’s car until he arrived, we had just enough time to change, sort our gear out for the journey south, say our goodbye’s to a number of people and dive inside the car as the next heavy shower blew in.  I arrived home nearing 1.00am and woke up next morning with a swollen right knee that made putting weight on my leg painful, looks like it’s going to be a few weeks before I’m back on the hill.    

Survey Result:

Cruinn a’Bheinn

Summit Height:  632.4m (converted to OSGM15, Trimble GeoXH 6000)  632.5m (Leica RX1250)

Summit Grid Reference:  NN 36538 05147

Drop:  c 174m

Dominance:  27.51%

For further details please consult the Trimble survey spreadsheet