A Mull Graham

[Gavin99]

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I was spending a week on Mull on a family holiday and had managed to climb the island’s Munro and Corbett without getting anything that could be described as a decent view . I decided to aim lower and head for this Graham tucked away at the head of Glen Forsa , the forecast was reasonable for the day and I set off nice and early up the good estate track which runs all the way up the Glen .

Beinn Talaidh looked very far away and the track seemed to go on and on but I spotted a Short- eared owl and a distant Golden eagle which kept me happy and eventually the aircrash memorial came into view .

Not long after the memorial Tomsleibhe bothy is reached , a lovely spot and very clean and tidy inside with a well stocked library .

I resisted the temptation to settle down with a good book and carried on up the hill over now pathless ground , the slope steepening into a long slog up grass and bracken ,gaining a few hundred metres in height before the angle eased and the approach to the summit came into view .

Thankfully the cloud held off and I arrived at the top to be greeted by some fine views of the island .

View E from summit to Dun da Ghaoithe

W to Ben More and Corra Bheinn

NW to Loch Ba

The wind had been picking up as I gained height and was now quite strong so I didn’t spend too much time on the summit . Instead of retracing my steps I decided to descend NE to Beinn Bheag , this was on very steep and loose scree but wasn’t too bad going down , I certainly wouldn’t fancy trying to ascend this way .

Descent route

View back to Beinn Talaidh

Eventually I reached more solid ground and made my way onto the interesting rocky ridge which led north down to the bothy and Glen Forsa .

Beinn Bheag

Looking down Glen Forsa and the Sound of Mull towards Ardnamurchan

Back to Tomsleibhe bothy

The track seemed even longer on the way out but the glen is full of wildlife and I stopped for a while to watch two eagles soaring and diving high above me . By the time I reached the road I was definitely fed up with walking on estate tracks , a two wheeled contraption would definitely make life a lot easier but this was still a lovely walk and a fine hill.

[pigeon]

Looks a good wee walk Gavin,only been to Mull once and sat in the Mish Nish pub all day Next time i'll try a few hills

[Glen Fruin]

What a great looking bothy Gavin and good to see Mull and a Graham also!

Dave

[ChrisW]

Great report Gavin, good to see a bit of Mull, you saw some pretty cool wildlife too by the sound of it. That bothy looked tempting

[Johnny Corbett]

Looks an interesting one Gavin. I hope to venture to Mull in the near future to climb the Munro, Corbett and as many of the Grahams as i can, so it's good to see you can bike up the track of this one. Cheers

[malky_c]

Looks like a good long route in from the north - I cheated and went up from the south, which is less than half the distance. Seems like your experiences have been similar to mine - I had rubbish weather in Ben More and Dun Da Gaoithe, but got some decent views from this one. Looking forward to going back as there's loads more good walking there. Cheers