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We'd been lookin at several different hills for the weekend. Then a last minute entry and recommendation from a mate brought us to Beinn a'Chochuill and Beinn Eunaich for the day.
Picked up Martin 'Mears' in town and we headed to meet Dave at parking area at bridge. The rain,sleat and snow on the drive didn't give much hope for a clear day on the hill. The hills we were going walk came into view as we headed up the side of Loch Awe,so i grabbed a pic while i could in case it was the last i seen of it !!
Then i turned round to see 'Mears' tryin to hitch a lift back down the road.
He gave up after 5 minutes as there was no other traffic on the road
By 8am we were booted up and just crossing the cattle grid at start of farm track. The snow had stopped but the the clag remained. Through a few gates to where the highland cows with their calves were waiting. Dave had brought his dog (Diesel),so as mummy cow squared upto us we dicided to take the not so scenic wide route through the bogs and marsh to avoid any cow conflict !!! Continuing up the track it seamed to get warmer,a hint of blue sky brought the top of the hill briefly into view. Time to get a layer off as things started to clear up.....................yessssssss !!
Time to bore you with some(many pics). Everywhere we looked ,more hills came into view.
Continued on track till we turned right and onto the hill at the small cairn. The walk up to the ridge seemed to take a while,stopping for the usual photos ( breather ). The surroundings were just gettin better and better.
Almost at the top
Sadly the clag was upon us at the top of the ridge,but not to thick and visibilty was acceptable
We headed west over to Beinn a'Chochuill .
Looking back along ridge
Onwards
A great walk to Summit,shame no views. There was not a breath of wind,which was quite strange,yet enjoyable,as we could sit down and have somethin to eat.
Even Kate Winslet made it to the top ????
After 20/25 mins we retraced our steps and continued along the ridge to our next target. Tried to get some pics of where we'd been,but never really cleared enough.
As we continued along the ridge we felt the wind behind us,which gave us the extra push we needed
The ascent to Beinn Eunaich came into view. It looked steep in places..........it was.
To Loch Etive
It was now the final push to the summit,the rocky hillside beckoned and before we knew it we were at the summit.
Not hanging about to long at the top we started the descent to the track. Along the top gradualy dropping till we got to the peat hags.......................then it was really down hill !!!! If you don't suffer knee problems,you will after this !!!
Looking back to first ascent and getting back down to the track.
Best sighting of a cairn........................ever !!! That descent was the hardest bit of the walk !!!!
Once we done a bit of track worshiping we headed back to the car. We met the farmer back at the highland cows and had a wee chat.
Dave askin, 'What about walking past the cows with the dog with out thw wide bearth?'.
Farmer, ' Not advisable to go to close with the dog. If the cows come towards or run at you ,let the dog go'
Martin 'Er.........what do we do?'
Me 'RUN'
Martin 'You'll not out run a cow in that bog!!!!!'
Me ' No but i'll make sure i out run you,you can take one for the team!!!'
Martin decided to brave it and walked through them,as we headed back up,out the gate and down the side of the fence with the dog just to make sure.
A great walk again....weather,wildlife and a laugh. Oh,2 munros as well