BLA BHEINN

ECCENTRICALLY POSITIONED a couple of glens away from the southern end of the main ridge of the Black Cuillin of Skye, Bla Bheinn (928 metres/3041 feet) is one to add to your collection of Munros once this ghastly Covid-19 epidemic is over – and until then please stay well away for the Skye residents’ sake! It’s one of the notable outliers of our island hills, with incomparable views into the masterpiece of British mountain landscapes that lies just to its west.

Its name means ‘the blue hill’, or possibly ‘the hill of bloom’ (there is such