The Scottish Highlands

Creise

Photographs of the Munros Meall a Bhuiridh and Creise in Glencoe

View from Meall a Bhuiridh over Clach Leathad

View South from Meall a Bhuiridh over Clach Leathad

Clach Leathad

and trig point on Meall a Bhuiridh

Clach Leathad and Meall a Bhuiridh

Meall a Burraidh and Creise

from the summit of Beinn a Chrulaiste

Rannoch Moor

from Meall a'Bhuiridh

Stob Ghabhar and Clach Leathad

from Meall a'Bhuiridh

Meall a'Bhuiridh above Rannoch Moor

from saddle to Creise - Clach Leathad ridge

Buachaille Etive Mor

from Creise

Buachaille Etive Mor and Creise

from Meall a Bhuiridh

Kings House Hotel and Creise

The Kingshouse on the West Highland Way,

reputed to be the oldest inn in Scotland,

is a good centre for exploring the area.

The surrounding Rannoch Moor

is awesomely impressive.

The moor extends over some 60 square miles

and is a wilderness of peat hags and lochans.

The whole expanse was once covered with Scots pines

and many still lie preserved in the peat bogs .

It is a wild and beautiful place

but bleak and potentially deadly in the winter.

From Kingshouse the Highland Way heads down the glen

to Altnafeadh and the Devil's Staircase.

Proceeding down the glen,

the famous 'three sisters' of Glencoe are passed on the left.

The 'three sisters' are:- Beinn Fhada - the Long Hill,

Gearr Aonach - the Short Ridge

and Aonach Dhubh - the Black Ridge.

The best known landmark in the glen is

Buachaille Etive Mor ( the Big Shephard of Etive ).

Glen Etive lies on the other side of the mountain.

Kings House Inn in Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland

The Kingshouse in Glen Coe

The Kingshouse was built in the early 1750’s
as a barracks and safe house for travellers.
Lord Breadalbane one of the powerful chiefs
of Clan Campbell owned the inn.

The Kingshouse: ‘Hello’ I am the innkeeper Donald McInnes.
I was encouraged to take on the Kingshouse in the early 1770’s
after a distinguished career in King George’s army.
But making a living here has proved a lot more difficult
than I had been led to believe!
Breadalbane shows little interest in repairing the roof
or putting glass in the windows.
The furniture I procured at great expense
is already worn out by the inclement weather.
Drovers can put up with these conditions,
but the growing number of travelling gentry
expect comfortable accomodation
and the finest of food at their table.
I should not be telling you this,
but recently I have had to resort
to the illegal trade in whisky and salt.
How else can a man make his living
in this God-forsaken place.

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Creise

Creise and Sron na Creise

Meall a'Bhuiridh and Sron na Creise

Sron na Creise at head of Glen Etive

Sron na Creise is the start of a long ridge
running through Creise,
the high point, to Clach Leathad.
The ascent of Sron na Creise from Glen Etive
involves a river crossing and a steep, exposed scramble.