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Cnoc a'Bhothain (not a Marilyn but I don't think it cares) is a nice wee walk from the road with some good perspectives on this not-exactly-overpopulated landscape.
We started with the track that winds its way over the first (and steeper) half of the route.
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- Track up
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- Further up, looking back
I was surprised how much snow was still on Ben Loyal.
At the top of the hill is a vaguely convex area with the mapped peak (according to my satnav) somewhere in a dip between several rocky lumps. We duly stood on each of the highest-looking rocks and took pictures from what I'm pretty sure was the highest.
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- SSW - Be(in)ns Stumanadh & Loyal
Excuse the dusty lens...
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- A bit of Borgie Forest in the northwest (zoomed)
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- N across Loch Stephan and others
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- East - Griams just about making in an appearance
