by Mal Grey » Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:08 pm
Hi. As above really.
There is no simple way back out from Oban bothy other than under your own steam*. You're also starting at the end of a tiny little road that takes a good hour to drive down so can't get back there on public transport.
The loop mentioned by Essan back round to A'Chuil is probably the "simplest" option but beware; you are in the roughest, wildest and most remote part of the Highlands so it will be tough going.
Glen Pean to Oban will also take longer than you might think!
[*Saying that, if you contacted the relevant estates, it not impossible that you could arrange a boat along Loch Morar, but it will cost you, and there is no public ferry or similar.
In theory you could walk out to Tarbet on Loch Nevis, where there is a ferry service to Mallaig and the railway. It would be tough walking again to get there, ferry timings are fairly irregular, and the train only a few times a day. Then, of course, you'd need to get back from say Glenfinnan station to Strathan, unless you went all the way back to Fort William and hired a taxi to take you to Strathan!]
Saying all that, don't be put off; the joy of all this is the wonderful wild country, I'd just work out a few days circuit, take it slowly and enjoy the atmosphere.