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I had been kicking my heals for 5 weeks, so when my days off coincided my mates ( fellow WH member Meatball ) today we decided to head out. The only question was where. As my mate had to be home sharp due to work we decided to tackle Ben Challum. Neither of us had did it before and we did not fancy it in the summer as it appears to be a bog fest ! So with the forecast looking not to bad and for it to be -6 we thought all the bogs would be frozen solid, which they were !
We parked in the lay-by on the A82 just North of the access road for Kirkton Farm just after 7am and we were lucky enough to catch sunrise over Ben More and Stob Binnein
- sunrise over Ben More and Stob Binnein
After a wee detour (my fault) we were heading towards Kirkton Farm just as the sun was rising over the Crianlarich hills
- sun was rising over the Crianlarich hills
We then followed the route as described on this website - past the farm, along a part of the West Highland Way, past the graveyard and over the railway line. You then follow the fence posts all the way uptowards the South Top. Whilst following the fence line the views towrds the Tyndrum hills opened up.
- Tyndrum hills
- Ben Lui
As I said earlier it was rather cold !!
- Frozen stream !
The South Top was soon in view
- Towards the South Top
The views were magic.
- Tyndrum Hills
We were then on the South Top and the view over to the summit was looking good ! There is still alot of snow about.
- View towards the summit
We then got a good view of the Bridge of Orchy Hills.
- Bridge of Orchy Hills
After 3 hours we were on the summit.
- On the summit
After a quick bite to eat we headed back down as it was freeeeezing !!
As we made our way back down and past Kirkton Farm a couple of question sprang to mind -- 1 How do horses close gates and 2 When did horses start to read signs ???????????????????
- Very clever horses on this farm
After 5 hours in total we were back in the car and heading home. Another great day in the snow !!