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2 days in Glen Kinglass. Finally a plan had crystallized for Beinn nan Lus, we would cycle in from Inverawe with camping gear, climb the hill, camp, climb Meall Garbh the next day, and cycle out. A good forecast towards the end of April and off we went. It is undulating along Loch Etive and there are some loose stretches in both glens, but it was a splendid cycle in with only occasional pushing. Cached the kit by the suspension bridge, lunch, cycled up a bit further to the burn, then a steep initial ascent up Beinn nan Lus. We both found this hard going after using lots of effort to cycle up all those hills in the morning. Gradually the angle eased and we picked up a breeze. Quite windy on top. Excellent views down Loch Etive, across to Cruachan, over to the Glen Etive hills, Starav looked good. A darkish photo cos time was getting on.
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After a refuelling stop, we returned the same way, luckily recognised the way through the crags, and just had time to set up camp and eat dinner before it got dark. It was fun to be camping in the wild again after several years, now that we have stopped backpacking. The Hare was enthusiastic "we could collect cyclable glens".
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- View from near the tent
Next morning was cloudy, mainly, and a sheltered ascent. Breakfast, packed up tent, across the suspension bridge (why is it there?) then rising more and more steeply through rough grass. Little way through the crags on ridgeline, then a bit more steepness before easing somewhat as we passed lesser crags before slanting left up a ramp to another break in the upper crags, then easily across broken crags and grass to the summit.
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- Meall Garbh and the suspension bridge (the thin black line)
Another windy top with a splendid view, this time also to Achalader and Stob Gobhar. Back a similar way, past a landslide, generally a gentler descent. Lunch back by the river, this time sitting on the rocks with a super view. Warblers and cuckoos. Not bad cycling out down the glen but the return along the loch was full of steep gravelly sections and we were tired. There was a lot of pushing. And afterwards there was no more mention of cycling up glens for fun - though what with Munros, Corbetts and Grahams, we probably have been or will go up many of them.
