http://stravaiger.com/blog/tags/meall-dubh/ Recent content in Meall Dubh on eBothy Blog Hugo en-us Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2011/08/25/a-meander-on-meall-dubh-and-an-affront-to-the-senses/ Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000 http://stravaiger.com/blog/2011/08/25/a-meander-on-meall-dubh-and-an-affront-to-the-senses/ <p>In which I ascend through bog and swamp and fall backwards amid exclamations of disbelief. This is what Victorian language was invented for but more of that anon.</p> <p>I must say, the Corbetts give good value for money. Whereas your average Munro has a path the size of a B road up it and is infested with all types, from Philosophical Stravaigers (ahem, me!) to gear obsessed GPS-heads, Cairn Tappers and Compleationists with their accompanying throng, the Corbetts are wondering what all the fuss is. Standing well back from the road network and mostly pathless, they make you work for your summit. Of course I knew this already, not being a proper bagger and all that but it&rsquo;s refreshing to explore out of the way places and to that end, I parked at the dam on Loch Loyne and made my way through a veritable swamp beside the Allt Garbh-Dhoire towards more open moorland.</p>