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A walk with the Langcraigs led by Peter.
We parked at the side of the loch just passed the last of the caravans and chalets for Drimsynie, opposite Corrow Farm, we took the track up through the farm and followed it for 2-3 km we crossed the Lettermay Burn. Just after the bridge we branched of on what is part of the Cowal Way, a couple of white sticks were all I noticed by way of a marker.
After following the path through the woods we climb up the slope to the left of the cascades on the Sruth Burn, and continued above the falls with views towards the craggy East face of Beinn Bheula. We left the Cowal Way to head SSW and then SW in direction, over or round the grassy knoll avoiding the crags.
A final push and we were at the summit with the round trig point, a quick stop for a couple of pictures, there was a bit of cloud and some wind which made it cold, we got out of the wind and had a bite to eat, the sun came out and the weather improved for the rest of our trip.
- Gary, Marie, Cathy Gordon, Ian and Peter at the front,
- Looking towards Lochgoilhead
We then headed towards Creag Sgoilte. The direct descent from this hill is barred by crags, which we avoided on the west side. Once below the crags, we found several pieces of an aircraft scattered across the hillside.
- Langcraigs look for Survivors at the 1940's crash site,
- Gary checks out the wing.
These are the remains of a Grumman Martlet which crashed just below the crags of Creag Sgoilte in 1940. They are remarkably intact, you can find out more info at
http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/martlet_bheula.htmwe then headed towards Lochan Nan Cnaimh, we had a very pleasant sit in the sunshine before a not very nice decent down the side of a burn
- Ian makes it across
and the along a break in the trees and a final 2-3km along a forest path which took us back to the cars.
Lots more pictures @ Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/ under the group tag search for Langcraigs
Thanks for an interesting walk Peter.