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Saturday, 16th. July, 1977:
Having started in Dalmally and taken in both Cruachan and Starav, this was the fifth day out for a group from my school and we were heading from Glen Etive over to Loch Tulla and the Rannoch Moor side of the Black Mount. We left Etive in wet and windy conditions but made good time up the largely trackless Glen Ceitlein to the bealach at its head (the Lairig Dhochard). We stopped for a windy bite to eat here before splitting the group, some heading down to the east while the rest of us took in the easy summit of Meall nan Eun to the south - where, rather strangely, we found a yellow golf ball. After that, it was a run for Forest Lodge immediately to the west of Loch Tulla where we were due to be resupplied! I remember that three of us (Mark Hodson, Paul Wrigley and I) managed to catch the other half of the group by Loch Dhochart and it was a sweaty trio that arrived at Forest Lodge anxious to set up tents and start cooking a feast of spaghetti bolognaise.
- Arrival at Forest Lodge (16.07.1977.)
The next day we were due to head over the tops to the King's House but, sadly, the weather had other ideas and we were obliged to follow Caulfeild's post 1745 military road (now used by the West Highland Way) instead. So, at the time of writing in 2018, these hills still remain unclimbed for me... but it shouldn't be too long now!
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