Strathfarrar 4 t'other way round

[martin.h]

Holidays again, Cannich was our first port of call with the newly acquired caravan, we had our fingers crossed for good weather especially for the Strathfarrar 4 on Sunday.

I posted on the meet up board for this one and had a good response from
Martin (FifeFlyer)
George (dibs)
Parminder (parminder)
Stan (sunshine65) and
Andy (AJNicholls)

After several PM's backwards and forwards and in different directions we arranged to meet at the gate to the estate at
9:30 am, everybody turned up on time which was brilliant considering the distance people had to travel, just shows how the experts have honed their timing skills to perfection
Seven people and four cars in total so no problem with logistics, two at each end, sorted

Martin had done this walk the WH way round and suggested we did todays in reverse to get different views, that suited everybody so we piled off to the beginning of the walk at the end (if you know what I mean) got ready and set off up the excellent track towards Loch Toll a' Mhuic and the bealach below Sgurr Fhuar-Thuill.

Nice waterfall.
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Good track
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Advance party
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Come on Martin, put the camera away
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The weather was ok, there was cloud covering the summits but no rain or threat of it.
On arrival at the bealach we walked into the clag so the first summit was clagged out a bit breezy and coolish, the gloves were added to stave off the chill for most but the real hard man with us decided to shed a layer or two.

Show off
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I've got the map
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After a snack and photo's we set off for Sgurr a' Choire Ghlas via Creag Ghorm a' Bhealaich which was once a munro I was told. This part of the walk was over fairly steep and rugged ground.

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The trig pillar and summit cairn on Sgurr a' choire Ghlas was a welcome sight, still in the clag however. Martin wasn't getting his views.
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Me and Denise
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It was as we left the summit heading for Bealach Sneachda when the clouds decided to reveal our surroundings, everybody stopped to take photo's, it was great to see things.

The summit of Carn nan Gobhar is a rounded boulder field, awkward to walk on so care is needed.

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We could see our final summit Sgurr na Ruaidihe away to the SE, it looked a big lump but the path to the summit was plain to see.

It's a 240m descent into Bealach nam Botaichean and almost the same for the ascent to the summit of
Sgurr na Ruaidihe, my legs were feeling it by the time I arrived.
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Well, that was four munros in the bag, all that was left to do was the long walk back to the cars, the weather was good although not that warm, the company was excellent, it's a nice change for Denise and I to be part of a group, many thanks to Martin, George, Parminder, Stan and Andy for joining us, lets hope we can get together again in the near future

We were going to tackle the Mullardoch 4 the day after but chickened out because of the 60mph wind gusts on the tops, we weren't bothered though, it's just the excuse we need to return to this lovely part of Scotland.