Summit of Ben Mheadhoin

Saturday's ultimate destination, pronounced 'Ben Vane' ... if you can believe that! This summit has some outstanding granite tors.

[Casablanca]

You pronounce that Vane??? Even more bonkers than Irish spelling! What a fascinating rocky terrain.

[julia]

Can't see how you get Vane out of that but ok.. what great looking rock crops..

[Monique]

Interesting, I had to ask my friends how to pronounce Fionulla and Laoghaire 😉

[Issi Bannerman]

@casablanca @julzmaioro It's probably not quite 'Vane', but the 'mh' becomes 'v' and the 'dh' becomes silent ... there's probably a lilt in the remaining vowels, but to all intents and purposes it's pronounced 'vane'. Another hill alongside is called Beinn A' Chaorainn - pronounced Ben A Hooran. And of course there's Loch Avon - pronounced Loch An. Go figure!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

awesome shot

[Sally Ings]

Stunning albeit stark and alien like. Would never have guessed that that was how you would pronounce the name. Guess it can be equated to how some of the Zulu, Xhosa and other ethnic names are pronounced.

[Lesley]

Haha my gran was Scottish and she used to have us in fits with pronunciations. That looks like an arduous, rocky ascent.

[Sarah Bremner]

Looks pretty awesome....a bit inaccessible these last couple of days no doubt!!

Asked my Gaelic speaking hubby about this....it means 'the middle Ben'
and I couldn't repeat his pronunciation. I just like him to tell me what it means!!

[Christopher Cox]

Stunning landscape

[Denise Wood]

Love the isolation look :)

[Debra]

Wow, what a great sight! Beautifully captured

[Babs]

Great shot but what a complicated way to spell vane

[Jennie B.]

Looks like its difficulty to hike on this uneven ground

[Bep]

What a great sight!

[Hazel]

Yes, I have made a little acquaintance with Scottish pronunciation! Impressive shot!

[KWind]

Your landscapes are so different compared to ours. Looks like a great hike.

[Merrelyn]

It looks like difficult terrain to hike - lots of ankle turning rocks. I would never have worked out that pronunciation.

[Judith Johnson]

A bit of snow on top to remind you how cold it is!

[Milanie]

When does Spring come? Amazing terrain you live with there.

[Margaret Brown]

Stunning scenery, it looks cold

[Pat Knowles]

Amazing layers of rock there, quite a different colour too. Sort of dark & volcanic looking perhaps! Gaelic speaking Allan has shed light!

[Kathy]

Stark. An interesting study for geologist I could image.

[haskar]

Amazing scene and textures. It's a bit hard to walk in such terrain.

[Molly]

A very impressive landscape.

[Islandgirl]

Looks like a mars landscape!

[Kat]

Amazing landscape.

[Faye Turner]

Great capture

[Taffy]

Wow, this is an impressive and lonely looking summit.

[Tom]

So beautiful and forbidding