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Decided to bag Munro No.4 today and take the hour drive up to Arrocher and climb Ben Narnain. Just went on my own and it was quite easy to find, just drive to Arrocher on the A83 that goes to the left, not the right at Loch Lomond, drive to Arrocher past the petrol station and then park at the next car park thats on the left, only £1 to leave your car all day ......
So, started at the path which is the path for both Ben Narnain and Ben Arthur (The Cobbler) It was about an hour and a bit on the path until it forks to the left or right depending which mountain you want, I wanted Narnain so that was to the right. It was a very cloudy day so I couldn't even see what I was climbing, it was a very easy climb to the top, just followed a path the whole way and hardly any people were out today so got to sit at the top on my own for a while until the only other two people climbing it came up and the had a gorgeous dog too !!! The trouble was getting down, the path is not as clear when it's cloudy and I lost it so started making my own path but just be careful, some quite high drops around the summit coming down and not clear to see when it's cloudy, I eventually found the path and made my way down, thought about the cobbler but I will do that another time ..... 4 hours up and down for Narnain, nice wee day to stretch the legs.
- The start of the path to Narnain + Cobbler
- A view up the loch at Arrocher
- Not much to see up ahead
- Just before last climb to summit where the clouds are hanging, was quite spooky seeing all the boulders and nothing above them
- At the summit of Ben Narnain
- My view of the Cobbler