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So this weekend, the weather looked alright, and so we thought we would go out to Kinloch Hourn to do a corbet which had been on the wish list for ages. And bonus - it had a nice pony track up - great for gammy ankle.
We made good progress with the journey on Friday night, and got a nice spot beside the Allt Shubh. From the variety of fire pits, most well overgrown this had been a well used camp spot for a lot of years. The sunset was lovely
In the morning, it was a bit windier and colder, but still a decent day. We headed up the pony track, it was quite boggy in places, but nothing too bad.
The path went up a soggy gully, up to flatter ground, then the path traversed round to a coll beyond.
Once up on the ridge, the haze turned to drizzle, and the wind was much colder - really wet and cold
but the ridge was a delight - very kintail-like - hardly surprising considering the proximity.
The summit was reached - not much shelter, but we did bump in to a couple of ladies, one of which was doing her last corbet! How nice
We didn't hang around, and by the time we had got down to the wee lochan, conditions had imrved so we stopped for lunch, well I did, Dougie save his for a stop later. The views over to Kintail were nice - don't often see them from this angle.
The way down was a bit sore as usual, so a few stops - no rush to get back in the increasingly nice weather anyway if there are views to be enjoyed
We got back to the tent after much dawdling at about 4, so I had plenty of time for lie down for my ankle to recover while Dougie gathered sticks for a fire. We had a barbecue and a lovely evening until 8, when the rain came on..
The morning came and t was dry, but a bit cold and windy, so we ditched plans of doing another corbet nearby, and headed east to find some sunshine
We stopped in the centre of Scotland, by one definition in Glen Truim - We havent explored round those parts much - always whizzing past on the A9
Right from the car park it was just lovely for a wee stroll, sun, breeze, birds bonnyness- yaay
We set off up the track, through forestry plantation initially, then past some felling and into the native woods beyond.
It was a nice track, but when we ignored the right of way sign it was a mistake - quite a boggy section, but managed through OK in the end.
The track improved again quickly, and it wasn't far until we headed down left to look at the falls, trying not to stress out a sheep that was giving birth too much. She looked really unnerved by our prescence, but hard not to want to watch the miracle..
There was a circular walk signposted fro the flls which was nice - we took advantage of a bench for a stop to take it all in. The circular walk turned out to be all of 50 yards, but there were other arrows which we followed over a field with a burial ground in it.
At the end of the field it wasn't exactly clear where the marked path went, although a wrecked set of wooden steps, and a bridge over the river which had been swept away, may of been the answer.. We slogged up boggy bog myrtle patch to get back on track, stopping for lunch at the top.
We headed over a gate and through the fields to get back to the track, finding a graveyard of land rovers en route.
Once back on the track it was an easy amble back to the car - Had been a lovely varied weekend, and nice to see the sun out, but I do hope that it cools down again soon - not used to double figures
