Tinto in the dark and cloud, why not?

[The English Alpinist]

This walk is preceded by 'A Very Wet Cobbler and Me'
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=113789

Tinto commanding the land in the late evening.

The easiest mountain in the world to reach (the A73).

The only kind of map necessary; I started from the pink spot.

After my exploits in the rainy Alps - Arrochar Alps, that is - I decided to give myself the day off, having intended to do a nearby Corbett or two (Beinn Lubhain sticks in my craw a little, crying out to be done as part of the Alps foursome along with Cobbler, but now it can wait x number of years). I enjoyed a leisurely day in Arrochar itself, still managing to get wet merely from walking to the cafe. In the afternoon, I began the drive south. The plan was to stop at Biggar for the night, and do the simple Donald-Graham of 'Tinto' in the morning, leaving myself time to arrive back in England for work at 5pm. However, by this evening it was no longer ****ing down and Tinto looked prestigious and enticing, commanding the flatlands around, its top blanketed in cloud. I made a rush of blood decision to get it done there and then! It was 9pm when I got started, so a benightment would be in store by the time I reached the top. But who cared - this was simplicity itself! Armed with torch, a banana, snack bar and water bottle and the lightest of gear, up I went for an atmospheric little venture. Come to think of it, judging by the size of the carpark at its foot and width of the 'highway' up it, this is about the only way to get it to yourself. Even then, there were a pair of chaps on the way down.

"Hello, young man," one of them said, amiably. It was one of those little moments that made it occur to me I'm in fact not, as the trials of the previous day reminded me, and the lingering aches from it now as I write also remind me. However, the Munro dream is alive if I can keep ticking them off every 6 weeks thus, and I'll be on course for Compleation in about 15 years by the time I'm 70. I'd earned my twilight pleasure of Tinto, although even at this modest height it was cold and windy and alas I couldn't stay long to brood on any bronze age ghosts up there. I would hope I'll be able to do mountains like this (it's over 2,000 feet, so it's a 'mountain'!) well past the age of 70, so let's hear it for the Tintos of this world!

Tinto has the easiest path in the world.

Into the cloud and dusk.

The sun goes down on the Tinto landscape.

I experienced it atmospherically, at dusk and in a great cloud.

Nice to see it marked in feet - 2,339? - think it's 2,333 officially though, these days.