Travelling Trev
Walk 135 - Sgùrr an Airgid
Distance: 10.6km
Ascent: 960m

Oct 2022 - Ascent from Clachan Duibh burial ground car park. A shorter walk was needed today after yesterday’s exertions and the forecast rain for the afternoon. I chose this Corbett with the promise of great views. They were great albeit not distant due to the haze. The outline of the giants of Torridon could be seen to the north as could the summits of Glen Shiel, and Beinn Sgritheall, last Sunday’s summit. For the fourth successive walk, no humans, just some skittish highland cows and the ever-present ptarmigans. Below is some info on the last few photos c/o www.macrae.org:

Clachan (klockan) Duich (duhie) is the ancient church and burial ground of the MacRaes of Kintail. Located near the banks of Loch Duich, and a few miles south of Eilean Donan Castle, Clachan Duich has been in existence for at least 1,000 years and probably was in use three centuries earlier. Surrounding the ruins of the old church lie our ancestors in graves marked and unmarked—some of them clan heroes and warriors, some of them simple folk of the Highlands. Overlooking Clachan Duich is the World War I Clan MacRae monument, which was unveiled July 15th, 1922. Several speeches were made that day, including Lieutentant Colonel John McCrae's recitation of his famous poem "In Flander's Fields." Crafted from granite in Glasgow and erected in 1922 it features a sorrowful soldier with bowed head, standing amidst mountain, sea and glen. It is truly an appropriate addition to the sombre mood created by Clachan Duich.
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