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Had been looking forward to my holiday since the April one had been ruined by circumstances not to be dwelt upon or asked about
Had booked the same house as always in Lochinver and packed the roof-box, the wife,the daughter in their seats and the dogs in the back and were Assynt bound. Our friends were looking forward to our visit- selfish bu**ers
, only because we bring good weather with us- always
Arrived in Inver Park after the usual supermarket shop and the fish supper in Ullapool- after all it's illegal not to
We unpacked and chilled out
Sunday morning 04:30, up and fuelled the nerve endings with liberal quantities of caffeine, grabbed bag and boots and headed for Coigach. The sun wasn't even up yet as I started up the back road through Inverkirkaig- if you have used this road you will have a wry smile on your face at the thought
A couple of shots the route
Drove along the road to Culnacraig and parked in the prescribed car park and proceeded to suit and boot.
Walked along to the first turning place before the bridge then headed behind the cottage and followed the path till the large rock, then headed to the base of the box canyon and crossed easily to the path on the R/H(East) side of the Allt nan Coisiche.
A steep climb up till it levels off slightly and I swung over to head up towards the base of Garbh Choireach to begin the steep sramble. At this point I was a 'pig in proverbial', it was a blue sky day and climbing a hill I drooled over for years.I had stared at it from the R.I.B from Ullapool on a trip round the Summer Isles, drove past it at Ardmair Point
trying to stay on the road
and now heading up the sandstone edge
A few wee shots from the scramble
At this point I seemed to be joined by John Merrick
At a small outcrop I stopped an surveyed the marvel before me -magic
Scrambling on the views behind and in front were in competition to gain my attention.So what did i do, just let them
What a mountain, everything I imagined it would be like to scramble over. You just need to be tactile on here.
I came down part of the ridge and found feathers and a rabbits tail, along with a couple of coughed-up pellets, but unfortunately never had any sight of the Raptor responsible.
A little look back
Decided to head over to Speicein Coinnich before traversing round to the summit.
A view to the side
View from the summit
Some views from Inverpolly
From The Fiddler
A view of The Fiddler from half way up Beinn nan Caorach
My route down from the boulder at top right to bottom left
Absolutely delighted back at the car, beaming like a maniac. Drove back over the Inverkirkaig road to Inver Park and my thouroughly deserved lunch. Later went for a fun day with the dogs on Clashnessie beach- a peach of a start to a holiday
