Glas Tulaichean and Carn an Righ (30th June)
Cold wind on top, but easy going on tracks and paths ... until Anne tripped and sprained her ankle descending into Gleinn Taitneach. It was a long walk back!
(left: Carn and Righ from Glas Tuliaichean)
Ben Laoigh (Lui) traverse (30th July)
A solo trip. I'd been over Ben Lui and Beinn Oss back in 1983, but my target now were the two outliers - Beinn DubhChraig and Beinn a'Chleibh. The plan was to traverse all four in one trip. I drove up the night before, and slept over in the Espace.
Left the car in Tyndrum, and cycled down the A85 to my starting point. Followed the path down to the river, but had to take off my boots to get across with dry footwear. By the time I had climbed up the very soggy path through the forest, I realised I might as well have waded the river in my boots! Anyway, it got drier higher up, which was a relief. Reached the top of Beinn a'Chleibh (right) at 11.15am, but even lying flat on my stomach on one of the cairns, I couldn't decide which of the three tops was the highest (so visited them all!).
Back to the col, then up to Beinn Laoigh (left, from Ben Oss). The top was just 50m into the cloud base; lunch stop. Continued down the long SE ridge to the boggy bealach, then round on to Ben Oss. Last time I was here I collected a beautiful chunk of quartzite about the size of a football, and carried it home in my rucsac. It got heavier and heavier all the way down, and looked tiny once I put it in the rockery! A lesson learned!
No such nonsense this time. Continued steeply down then up again to Beinn Dubhchraig (with fine views down Loch Lomond, right), then down to Cononish, and back to Tyndrum by the forest road.
(written 30/12/09)
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