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More weeks of feeling horrible, but we needed to get out and do
something 
Malky suggested Torr Achilty - a "small and easy" hill near Contin. We parked up and walked across the bridge - there was plenty of ice around but nothing too slippery. It was a beautiful afternoon
We walked a few metres along the road before taking the track down towards the farm. There was a lot of mud around but the track made for easy walking. The views back towards Ben Wyvis were pretty good
Malky was convinced there was a path and an easy route up. In hindsight I probably ought to have asked more questions rather than blindly trusting him
But we did find something that looked like a bit of a path so we left the track
We followed the path, or bits of it, through the woodland. Mostly we managed to avoid the worst of the bracken and there were animal tracks which helped. It was slow going and more up and down than I would have liked
As we pulled ourselves out of the trees, it was a case of "out of the frying pan and into the fire" as we ended up in deep heather...
The views were wonderful though, so it was a perfect excuse for a breather, and some lunch.
Looking towards Ben Wyvis
Perhaps we should have stayed in the trees?
Ahead - the deep heather looked like a nightmare. But there were not a lot of options. Fortunately the distance was very short, so we just had to get on and do it
Once across the open field of deep heather, we were back into the trees and the ground underfoot did improve for a while. When we popped out of the trees we could see down Loch Achonachie
Unfortunately, we were back into the horrific deep heather and on an even steeper gradient than before
Out of the worst, we picked up a vague path heading towards the summit - thank goodness the ground was better here
And the views down the loch were incredible
Zoomed towards the Strathfarrar hills
Almost there....
And we were finally there! Summit of Torr Achilty - a smashing spot
The cloud coming in over Ben Wyvis
We had another decent break - this was not turning out to be the quick and easy hill that I was promised
I put my foot down about returning the way we had come, so we debated options and decided to try to head down the shorted steeper ridge to the farm - it would be a longer walk out on the track but would get us off the hill quicker.
Sgurr a' Mhuillin
Initially as headed into the trees the ground wasn't too bad...
We skirted around the top of the steep bit
Looking out towards Contin
Then the ground got steeper
It was pretty tricky to keep our feet as we dropped down...
We made our way around a big cliff and across a huge puddle of water
A conveniently placed gate let us out onto the track
We headed back along the track eventually meeting our outward route. The sky suggested that there was a good sunset somewhere, but we were just glad to get back to the car so I could sleep
Perhaps there is an easier way up Torr Achilty, but this isn't it
