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Plan for the weekend was Criese & Meall a" Bhuiridh and back before Alans mrs had to go onto nightshift,this quickly changed late Thurs night with a text saying Lisa had the night of and would I fancy something further than Glencoe
So plans laid,alarm set for 4.10am and on our way by 5.00am,just over 2hrs later we pulled into McDs in Fort Bill for a big breakfast mmm,and soon after that the midges had their breakfast as we got ready to walk
Nice easy start for this one,a wee walk along the road and then take to the grassy slopes,where underfoot conditions were a bit soggy with all the rain that had fallen.Did not take us long to work up a sweat on this one,with soft and soggy underfoot,and windless and humid above and the constant threat of the clag closing in I only managed to get some views back to Loch Quioch
- Loch Quioch
- Loch Quioch
We made fairly good time considering the soggy ground,and at this stage the cloud was still high enough to give us some views around
- South facing coire
- Loch Fearna
Put the camera in the bag and got the head down now as the clouds had come down, and as always seems to happen I was back in the clag all the way to our first summit of the day
- summit pic
We had a 15/20min break here to have some food,where the clouds cleared slightly to give me a fleeting glimpse of Creag a" Mhaim at the start of The South Glen Shiel Ridge(so near,yet so far away)
- Creag a" Mhaim can nearly touch it
and also of the ridge walk to Gleouraich
- ridge walk to Gleouraich
- further along the ridge
The walk along the ridge was fairly easy,with no wind to speak of,and every now and then the clouds clearing over to The South Glen Shiel Ridge
- Creag a" Mhiam & Druim Shionnach
This was to be the last views for a wee while,cause the clag was now down with a vengence,giving us only 20 or 30 meters veiws ahead all the way to our 2nd and last summit of the day Gleouraich
- Alan at summit
- gammy at summit
All that was left now was the walk back to the car,found this a nice easy walk back following the excellent stalkers path all the way down,and again some pics of Loch Quioch
- Loch Quioch
- Loch Quioch
And soon back onto the road and our car
- Path end and car
Not sure if the same midges were waiting for us, or they had called for the calvary,but they sure had a great time having their dinner while we got changed,before we headed back to McDs and a Big Mac to finish of a great day for Alans birthday
