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Loch Eireann air Di Saithrne
Bha an latha sgothach , gaoithe agus glé fluich ..... the day was cloudy ,windy and wet having got the 7.00am ferry I was on the shores of Loch Eirean by 8.30 am and headed up of the still quiet hill
- Ceoach
Ach choisich mi faisg an clach ri taobh an rathad ..... I passed the MacDonald stone near the bridge ,an old tale of past deeds
- Clach MacDomhnuill
Sometime around 1620, Seumas Beag Stuibhart was enlisted by the Earl of Murray to expel Clan Gregor from Glen Finglas , with the assistance of his cousin, Iain Dubh Mor Stuibhart the Stewarts were successful in expelling the seed of Alpin .
His hatred of Clan Gregor became legend and he became known as "mad major"
A commemorative stone stands testament to a raid on Ardvorlich by seven MacDonalds, guided by a MacGregor.
Seumas Beag and his men killed all seven of the MacDonalds and dragged their bodies down to the lochside for burial , many years later, when the present lochside road was being built, seven skeletons were unearthed and have since been re-interred nearby.
- Air ais gu Loch Eireann
This Beinn Mhor an t Sluic was to be my 150 Munro which is no bad going since 2011
although with the weather today I was not hopeful of much sealladh !
- Suas
The path is mainland style you could walk up this in flip flops on a good day and although I expected to see hoarde's of folk so far I had the hill to myself .
Must be the weather
Bha an t uisge a fas truim agus an gaoithe laidir ...... it was wet and very windy as I approached the top of my 150 the first wetting I have had on the hill since October last year !
When we summited the view was well .....
- Cárn
Still I should not gurn it has been a splendid run of clear summits I have had since my 117 th so I do not grudge Beinn Mhor an t Sluic hiding her charms from me
I took a bearing from the carn to Stuc a Chroin, as I had no really read up on these two ,since they are so easy! so after taking said bearing I took off for Stuc a Chroin down the East ridge following the fence posts I vaguely minded reading about to follow
Should have been South simple case of following the posts the wrong way and no looking at the bearing I just took! ....... I only clicked 20mins later when the "path" ran out
So back up onto the wet and windy ,easy Beinn Mhor an t Sluic and West to Stuc a Chroin seeing precisely feck all on the way
I was soon on the bealach looking at the Creag Corrach or as you English speakers would say "the prow"
A very wet and slippery rock indeed so we skittered up and onto the summit cárn of an corrach taking care ,she is fairly steep and you would not want a clatter up here.
The ceo was still thick with intermittent howling wind and rain still a bracing feeling though I was not for hanging about to long once I hit the carn at Stuc a Chroin
- Creag Corrach
On the way off we took good care to pick our way down the Corrach and once at the bealach again we got a glimpse back as it momentarily cleared.......
Co dhui bha sin Beinn Mhor an t Sluic agus Stuc a Chroin ..... so that was our wetting on number 150 & 151 of our turás and I refuse to use the anglicised name for her as there is no "V" in the Ghaidhlig alphabet
Cheerie an drasda
- An Cu