



Finally after a 6h drive we arrived at the campsite and I fell in love with the bothy. Apart from us there was only one more couple and we had the choice to sleep in a bothy (6 Pounds per night) or use the campsite.
We opted for the campsite and the onsite shower, toilet and kitchen block were spotless and one of the best I have seen...remoteness with some added luxuries of a bothy with electricity and lovely warm showers...brilliant!!!
We woke up the next morning before sunrise after a 6h sleep...not the best start for a long walk, but I was looking forward to be in the mountains.
Nice an early we arrived at the designated car park and set off. The first part of the walk is through some lovely forest...wide forestry tracks were easy to follow and about 45 min later we reached the open moorland. The path was still easy to follow although it was much narrower. We followed the path up the hill and soon in the distance An Teallach showed its craggy peaks...lovely! After another 45min we reached the point indicated by a small cairn where the path split.
Walking to the left would mean an easy start up the mountains, but a hard finish as the highest Munro would be the last one. Walking to the left would mean to climb the highest Munro first and have an easy finish.
We opted for the left path and walked towards the first Munro (Eididh nan Clach Geala). With excellent weather and a clear path we left the maps and GPS in the bag and just enjoyed the experience to be alone in this great wilderness. Reaching a loch we looked up to a bump of a hill to our left and decided that cant be the first Munro as it looked too small - big mistake!
We continued around the lovely loch and followed the path which we guessed would lead up to the first Munro. While the path followed a really gentle way up the hill, I kept on thinking that something felt wrong...this was too easy!

But there was no other path...by the time we were between 2 hills and the path lead down hill again I switched on the GPS and looked at the maps...Ah

The little bump of a hill was indeed a Munro`and we walked around it.

We reached the top feeling fresh and relaxed and decided that it was really easy.



Having a quick drink we left the summit and made our way down the stone wall in order to return to the car. The walk back to the crossroads point was easy, as you only needed to follow the burn, but by that time the long walk back was a bit de motivating. We had another break to eat the remaining sandwiches when we reached the bottom and including the break time it took us 3h from the top of Ben Dearg back to the car...
We reached the car 10h after leaving it and after taking walking boots and socks off ...one of the best feelings in the world after walking for 10h



All in all I enjoyed the walk, but the Munros are nothing special in comparison to An Teallach and some of the smaller hills in the area...would I do the 4 of them again...no, but sometimes I guess the long not so exciting walks make the shorter ones more enjoyable.
Just in case you wonder about the wall up the mountain (Ben Dearg)...I googled it and found out that it is a 'famine wall' and was built by destitute people for food in the 1840's