Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing ☺️

Great video Abbie, cracking views for me to enjoy on a Monday morning 👍🏽🙏🏽🏞️

Och aye lassie ,its great to see you on the ben , well done Abbie its such a beautiful area .

Thank you Abbie brings back memories from 2003. Climbed Ben Lomond from the campsite on the west coast of Lock Lomond. It was August bank holiday weekend and I was on the top early so no crowds. I ran out of water as it was 26 degrees c at the campsite 8 hours up and down. Out on the North Yorkshire moors national park most weekends as it’s close by and quiet.

Abbie as good as they are Ben Nevis, Ben Ledi & Ben Lomond might be the wrong mountains to climb if you’re looking peace, quiet & solitude in Scotland! Thanks for sharing 😊

Thanks for sharing your anxities and being so open about how you were feeling, I try to avoid these situations by going out on less pleasant days or avoid popular places. I always feel self-conscious in crowds, weird but there it is, probably why I prefer the winter to the summer (I think my dad was the same). Enjoying your vlogs 👍👍👍

Nice video again, Abbie. Not sure when you did this, but Ben Lomond, already a very popular hill as it is the most southernly Munro and easily accessible from Glasgow, has been pretty much mobbed since the easing of the first lockdown. Fantastic hike, but not the hill to head to for solitude.

Man this is a beautiful place. Scotland is defiantly one of the UK’s best treasures when you get past the midges!!! Lovely views of Loch Lomand too. Mondays aren’t so bad when it starts the week off with a bit of Wild.

Great video once again Abbie...you are a star!!

Thank you, Abbie and Anna. 🙂👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Wonderful views never been a tourist in Scotland, but have passed through doing deliveries with ex when I use go with him. Stay safe both of you x. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

I get it. I get anxiety when there are too many people. Like you, we try to get away from people in nature. ❤️

@Asshole88

2 ай бұрын

Man up

Great video, thanks for making 🙏

Absolutely beautiful Hike and the view is just amazing! Beautiful highlands

@frasersullivan4328

3 жыл бұрын

This isn’t the highlands mate, this is trossachs around 30 mins from glasgow 👍🏻

@Asshole88

2 ай бұрын

It is the highlands. Start of the highlands. ​@@frasersullivan4328

Abbie, my request is that you put the day(s) of your outing on the description. I always like to know when you filmed a trip as it helps my future planning. Love your videos. Cheers from the US.

@brianhansen2202

3 жыл бұрын

I was about to ask the same. The date of filming is important to everybody now and in the years to come

@MrSmid888

2 жыл бұрын

No date added in the description 🫣

hoping to do it next month myself. looked awesome

Good video thank you 😊 Im heading up next week before the weather starts to get too hot yet just hot enough lol and im feeling alot more confident about it now after your video 👍🚶‍♀️

Great video Abbie. As you've found out, Ben Lomond in July is like Sauchiehall St in Glasgow. Well done get through that anxiety point 👍

@ArranMan1962

3 жыл бұрын

More like M6 than Sauchiehall St lol

awesome. thank you

great video really enjoyed that and hoping to this mountain soon

I totally understand how you feel with the busy nature of Ben Lomond, I avoid the southerly Munros for this very reason - I can't handle the car parks and I don't like being around other people, the point of hillwalking for me is to get away from that dynamic. I feel like it's far worse during Covid since outdoor activities are all we really have. If you can, head much further north.

Abbie,fantastic footage of indescribable and dramatic beauty of Scotland.Missing it so much as i have not been able to visit for about a year.Reminiscing how scenic it was and lucky to have spotted lots of deer with massive antlers almost as big as there are in Sweden 🇸🇪 Would you like to visit Sweden one day and explore its wild hidden beauties?

Awesome video once again!! Thanks for bringing a bit of Scotland into my life this year, since I can't go T_T I also want to thank you for your honesty on how your feeling. Strangely, my anxiety leads to an opposite experience to yours. On Ben Nevis, it was even more crowded and while I have social anxiety, in this case the crowd actually helped. It was my first time climbing a mountain of any kind and as I was doing it alone, I was very nervous. Having people around me made me feel safer. I actually had a bit of a panic attack on the way down when I was mostly alone (fear of heights was also kicking in).

Walked it earlier today from the Overflow car par park via the "easy" traditional route. Very hot , sunny day soas buy as you'd imagine. My first Munro. Found it quite demanding at the age of 63. Didn't recognise your descent tho (Ptarmigan route ?) Oh and crowds bother me too but what is infinitely worse was the walker who was playing loud music. I could've screamed.

I like the combination of the visual poetry (as you so aptly described it) and the actual poetry of your narration. What a great hike that was. You can understand why it was so crowded, even if it takes away from the experience a good bit. We've been encountering this in the US this year, as well. Covid-19 has brought out many novice hikers seeking a way to get out of the house while avoiding places like movie theaters or restaurants that seem risky. Obviously, if everyone has the same idea, the green spaces can get a bit overwhelmed.

I have a pair of Vasque Sundowner boots that are 2 years old, and that I have hiked over 500 miles in. I have found these to be a very durable and good boot. As far as grippiness goes, they are excellent most of the time. Unfortunately, the polyurethane outsoles do not grip well on wet rocks. If anyone reads this and decides to buy some, I recommend buying and using a different insole with these boots. Also, they occasionally need to be re-waterproofed.

Love your Vids , and can I say from experience after doing over 200 munros You did the second most physical ridge walk outside of the Cullin Ridge. the CMD. Any munro's after hat would be no problems for you. Carry on the brill work

@tuesdayjam5905

3 жыл бұрын

Have to disagree that the CMD is more physical than the Aonach Eagach ridge.

@protarget1

3 жыл бұрын

@@tuesdayjam5905 I said the Cullin Ridge on Skye. I didn't even mention the Aonach Eagach ridge. BTW, the full traverse of the Cullin Ridge usually takes 2 days , Each day around 10/12hrs ;-) Over the years Done many of the Ridge walks in Scotland. Unfortunately Anno Domini has caught up with me. IMHO, the best 5 ridge walks in Scotland in order of technical climbing. 1: Cullin Ridge. 2: Aonach Eagach. 3: Liathach. & The Am Fasarinen Pinnacles. 4: An Teallach , BTW the most beautiful mountain Scotland. 5: CMD. But my fav. Mountain at just 2000ft high is Stac Pollaidh. It should be a must on everybodys list to climb. I could spend all day up there just chilling out admiring the spectacular views, or scrambling, & Rock Climbing to your hearts content, You can make as easy or hard as you want. Or use the many paths that bypass the difficult bits. It's special :-)

@tuesdayjam5905

3 жыл бұрын

@@protarget1 I never said you mentioned the Aonach Eagach ridge. I read your post as saying that the CMD is the second most physical ridge outside the Cullin Ridge......I responded by saying, effectively, that the CMD is not more physical than the Aonach Eagach ridge....which is much tougher.

Following your videos, you hike for the same reasons as myself, its a great way to de-stress from normal modern life. Finding it hard getting the time now having a family, so your video are giving me inspiration to take on the WHW or GGW. Live in NE Scotland which is also great for walking in the Cairngorms, but the West Coast of Scotland just looks brilliant (weather permitting). You should try some Caledonian pine forest day walks in places like Glen Tanner where you can also take im Mount Keen the most Easterly Munro at the same time. Or Glen Affric Caledonian forest where if you keep going West you can climb the 5 sisters of Kintail.

16:30 gotta be a tree swing aye ✌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Il be doing this walk on Thursday, could be cloudy but hey Ho, luck of the draw. Cheers

@MrSmid888

2 жыл бұрын

Was very cloudy, 3 hours we seen nothing and nobody. We summited with zero views and strangely zero wind. The decent was sketchy to begin as maybe 10m visibility. We were eventually rewarded at around 400m getting jaw dropping views of Loch Lomond. We found that honesty box, unbelievable selection. We hiked 8 miles in around 4 hours. Pretty big walk. As we sat up in the Bonny a “belter” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌🏻(passed 5 people the whole walk)

Nice video and views again and are you finally rocking a new back pack 😎😎

Hi , I did Ben Lomond 26 th sept 2020 was my first Munro , but I was so lucky that the day I go was blue skies all the way

Best hitting the mountains ⛰️ first light 😎beat the queues 😅nothing worse than them been busy

Nice Video, so far I avoided Ben Lomond due to the crowds maybe I'll do it in the winter...all depending on the restrictions I guess.

If you thought those views are spectacular you need to hike Ben Suilven....14 mile round trip but unbelievable at the summit

walked up Ben Lomond many years ago, it is really beautiful but busy

Busy indeed. Sod that, I'll do this Munro in the middle of winter.

Great Munro was my first one a few years ago now used in the training for doing Ben Nevis i done the same route but in Reverse . Great Video making me miss the mountians been off them for so long now with travel restrictions etc. good to see you enjoying scotland while you were up here in the summer Abbie looking forward to more Videos . see you on the next monthly podcast hopfully .

That's a lot more people than in most of your films. Quadruple that and you have any of the valley trails in Yosemite National Park in the U.S. So many people! Some day you should come to Alaska, fewer people, and some lovely alpine hikes with granite tors on them.

A great documenting of the ascent and descent of Ben Lomond and may I commend you on your pronunciation of "Loch", not bad for a Sasanach lol .....although marks off for referring to valleys and lakes. The valleys and lakes stop at the border, only glens and only one Lake - Lake of Menteith in Scotland. Can I also encourage to buy some boots with a good grippy sole, or your going to come a cropper on one of these steep descents. Great vid though :-)

Yet again you pay respect to the war memorial! Great walk Abbie, inspiring.

15:04 honesty box - protected by closed circuit television!

@loopylou

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

I could totally feel the anxiety from all those people even just watching the video. Not what you anticipated, eh. I'm a Yank but I actually climbed Ben Nevis in my distant youth. Glen Nevis is one of my favorite regions, along with the pass of Glen Coe and Glenfinnan. A question, not a criticism: What sort of camcorder do you use, in terms of resolution? I was adjusting the controls to try and make it HD, with poor results. I know proper HD camcorders are expensive. Just ignore me. ;-)

I'm here after watching "still game s09 e06😂

A lot of people’s first Munro, ( being nearest to Glasgow), made better by going back down by the Ptarmigan. My favourite way of doing Ben Lomond. Unfortunately, though my fitness is fine for still doing Munro’s, my left hip and knee has decided that I can’t do the descent any more. Hence it looks like Ben Nevis a few weeks ago might be my last trek up the mountains unless I can get it sorted. The pain is beyond excruciating......

Awesome, love Loch Lomond. Ha ha never pass a rope swing

Having done West Highland Way, I am inspired to do Ronald Turnbull's Not the West Highland Way - it has additional Munros and bealachs

How long did it take for you to hike up and back?

missed Anna in this one. trails here are overcrowded as well.

@endurance-adventures

3 жыл бұрын

I know... lockdown seems to make walking more popular!

How long did it take to get to the top?

Thank you 😊

👍👍👍

Hi how manny hours up and down

My favourite walk/ hike is one where I don't see people so I felt that anxiety at the beginning.

Totally get it about it sucking wrt lots of people etc - the main reason I head to hills is to get away from that...

Woohoo! A new video, a new hike. Excited me 🙃

Ptarmigan Ridge? Were any of them to be seen overhead? :-)

@pauldudgeon9210

3 жыл бұрын

Ptarmigan Ridge is a diffrent route up Ben lomond a route less traveled the way abbie went up was the path main path and the way back down is called the Ptarmigan Ridge

I thought Scotland was closed off now due to COVID ?

@58Malt

3 жыл бұрын

Various restrictions have been in force since the original March UK-wide lockdown. If this was at any point after February this year, even if it wasn't illegal, the ability to maintain social distancing would have been, um... shall we say, problematic.........

Definitely looks very peopley out there.

"A wee break " is that a small break or a pee break lol

@endurance-adventures

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing! :-D

🤠😷👍 (Poland)👌

like loch lomond and A J Cronin !!!!!!!!!!!

Loch Lomond is a Loch not a lake

People making KZread videos out of there walking trips. Then wondering why there's more people out walking😂😂😂

@craigburton239

3 жыл бұрын

Yip unfortunately no one has a divine right to have the place to themselves,surely it’s a good thing that people are out and about rather than sitting in the house doing zilch 🤷🏼‍♂️