
Not a bad view for the start of the walk........toward Ben Challum
My plan was to walk the private road passed the farm, up to the Lochan Learg nan Lunn and then head on to the hillside from there. I know some people are happy to navigate the fences across the private road and then destroy their car suspensions on the many potholes and general lack of tarmac


Starting up the potholed road
It’s difficult to know what to say about the walk up the road. Navigation was easy







The route zig-zagging upwards

I even had an audience
Eventually I was arriving at the Learg nan Lunn and looking for the best line up the open hillside. I chose a line that followed a fence for a few yards and then took a line to my left up an obvious grassy rake. Disturbed a few sheep who were happily munching on some grass until I came lolloping along.


My route took me to the fence at the point it disappears, then headed left up the grassy rake behind the pilon


From the top of the grassy rake it was then a steepish, but short climb up onto the minor top of Creag na h-lolaire, which gave good views toward the Corbett summit itself. Good views also of the multitude of other tops and high points that might be considered as a part of the hill


My route onwards and upwards


My target

Worryingly though I spied the delectable peat hags I needed to cross in order to gain the Corbett


I have to say, it’s a fine summit, with good all round views






I would have enjoyed the views for longer, but it was a bit chilly in the breeze, so I was soon heading off. Rather than return the way I had come I chose instead to make my way toward the famous cairn on the distant minor top and then pick up a fence line back down to the car

I enjoyed a very interesting steep little descent off the 780 point, just below the Corbett summit. All a bit loose and slippy, but still great fun





This was then followed by a bit more bog trotting across to a very short climb up to the 774 point, before a stroll across to the cairn.

Nice views back to the Corbett, as well as the surrounding hills





Then it was a sometimes boggy descent down to pick up a fence line, which I followed to the left and a junction with a new deer fence which I would follow down to the parking area



More great views down Glen the length of Glen Lochay as I made my way down



Did a good turn on the descent too. I was hearing a lamb bleating, along with its mother. At first I thought I was perhaps too close to the lamb (which I couldn’t actually see at this point) and the bleating was a bleating of warning to me. But the bleating seemed more urgent than that, so I thought I would go and take a look, only to discover that the lamb had successfully managed to get its head stuck through the wire deer fence



All that was then left was to continue my increasingly steep descent, eventually dropping down through some trees and eventually deposited back on the road side close to the parking area.





Meall nan Subh has been one of those hills that has been on my radar for a while, but has never quite tempted me sufficiently to put in the effort to get it bagged. I have to say though that it delivered a much better day than I had perhaps expected. It’s certainly a great viewpoint and the alternative steep descent makes for a good little circuit


