I do like going up hills, especially with friends, so when @HeatherAlex’s friend Linda came to stay we decided to go up a nice easy Munro (that’s the hills over 3000′ in Scotland – there are 282* of them).
The hill we picked was Beinn Ghlas, a mountain in the Southern Highlands. Now, you can climb all 1103m (or 3618′) from more or less sea-level if you insist, but we decided to drive up to the National Trust for Scotland‘s car park. It’s not cheating, ok… Really… Oh well, it was a nice walk anyway.
We got to the top but no-one took any pictures 
Honestly, you just can’t get the help. So here we are setting off back down again after our lunch at the top. You can see the top just behind my friends Kay and Linda:
My wet companions!
There’s a lovely path down the glen, rather than just going back the way we’d climbed, so we headed off down that.
The walk down the glen
If you are eagle-eyed, you’ll see that there’s a VERY long lead trailing behind me. I can’t think why @HeatherAlex doesn’t trust me around sheep 
but there were rather a lot of them on and around the hill. So I was on the training lead all the time, except when we were in the fenced conservation area. @HeatherAlex likes that bit because the trees and flowers are all growing back, with no sheep or deer to nibble them. *I* liked that bit cos I was off the lead and could run around properly! I even posed for an outdoor portrait:
Posing? me? Surely not!
We had a lovely day, made all the better because I have “bagged” my first Munro. Only 271 to go! *wag*
That’s my first Munro safely bagged!
* when @HeatherAlex started the Munros, there were 277 of them, then some hills were “promoted” so there were 284, and since she completed them, 2 have been “demoted” so there are only 282 nowadays
Sep 30, 2012 @ 10:32:31
Looks stunning. I would have been happy on the downhill but not at all sure about up
Love the photo of you posing – just to cute!
Oct 01, 2012 @ 05:57:05
Twiglet, it’s great to see another walk, that is a big mountain that is to walk. You have flowers and such a pretty pose (shhh I know it wasn’t really a pose;) what exactly is a Monro? Didn’t you get even a little splash in water? I love the last picture, thank you:-)
Oct 01, 2012 @ 08:15:55
A Munro is a hill in Scotland that is 3000 feet tall (or more). People who “collect” them are called Munro-baggers. People who have climbed all the Munros are Munroists or “compleaters”. All you could ever want to know here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munro ! @HeatherAlex is Munroist #2691, with the final Munro done in Sept 2001.
Oct 26, 2012 @ 22:46:51
What a fantastic walk! Climbing all those should keep you busy for quite a long time indeed.
Oct 28, 2012 @ 17:12:22
Somehow I don’t think I will manage all of them. I don’t like the ones with bouldery bits where my paws slip down between the rocks (we had to abandon once because of that a couple of months ago). and at least one involves real rock climbing with ropes and helmets *gulp* But I plan to do lots of the beautiful ones!