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Set off walking through the woods from the starting point and was quickly at the large boulder marking that start of the Scottish Natural Heritage National Nature Reserve - then the path forked.
Followed my infallible sense of direction and took the right-hand path, crossed the bridge and continued up the track for a short while. For once, actually listened to the quiet voice in my head telling me something wasn't right and dug the Satmap out of my rucksack. Yep. I was on the wrong path. Turned around (thank goodness for satnav), re-crossed the bridge, returned to the fork and chose the left-hand route, the correct path. Headed up this terrific built-path through the pine and followed it for several kilometers until it abruptly ended at Allt a' Chrom-alltain.
Then it was onto a track created by many boots, visible from the built path for quite a distance, and up for a few hundred metres until that too abruptly petered out. Saw a path crossing the hillside pretty much from north to south but couldn't tell if it was an old deer or sheep track or if it was an easy route to the bealach to the south but given my track record of blindly following random paths and ending up going off in the wrong direction I opted to ignore it and instead make a bee-line for the plateau.
Was a wee bit disappointed the hill fog hadn't lifted but hoped that by the time I made the top the cloud base would lift enough to reward my efforts with some nice views. Reached the summit plateau and was battered by the ever-increasing wind as it blasted across the top. Cloud began to lift a little and I could make out the top of the munro but I was keen to see the cliffs so I made my way towards the edge rather than the summit and hoped the wind didn't gust hard enough to blow me over it!
Hill fog began breaking up - perfect!
Sat for about an hour enjoying the ever-changing views then headed off towards Geal-charn. Hill fog had returned to Sgor Gaoith by the time I got there.
Flopped in the shelter cairn and managed to grab a quick picture of a very large and strange looking bird that looked like a cross between a grouse and a large pigeon. Turned out to be a rock.
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