Clearing my backlog of walk-reports I start with the most pleasant and last walk of this summer's walking-season.
The weather forecast was fairly good and I took the chance to tackle another loooong walk -- the most prominent feature of the walks this year: loooooong and very often awfully boggy.
To save me another approach over boggy ground I took the five Western Fannichs in one go and won my Fannichs-Finisher-T-Shirt which Callum, the nice guy from Ullapool Youth Hostel, promised me to bring about - well I think work is still in progress ...
There were only a few cars at the layby and a small party of three which I met several times during this walk was heading ahead of me and soon out of sight. I was in no hurry and enjoyed the solitude of this isolated countryside.

The first part of the walk was very boggy - as described on WH. And I probably managed to find the most steepest pathless part of the arduous ascent which seemed almost endless. But once upon the ridge all efforts had been forgotten as usual, the views were great and happily I followed the route towards the first munro of the day. However, the closer I got to Meall a'Chrasgaidh the foggier it became and views had been veiled by the fog at the first summit.




At the cairn I met the little party for the first time and they asked me whether I could take a picture of the three of them - of course I could. So the Scottish flag was taken out and they were posing victoriously , then continued their walk in a speedy pace. I followed in a more moderate speed and very soon the fog lifted and views opened up again.



The next summit, Sgùrr nan Clach Geala, was reached and the horse peak, without any obstacles and nice views. Only few other walkers popped up form left or right and I wondered where they came from.









After another photo-session at Sgùrr nan Each - but this time without the flag - the Party took off again and I took my time to enjoy the views and had a little break. Then it was time to tackle the traverse which - to me - was the most unpredictable part of the walk. On my way down to the col I passed the party while they were sitting on the slopes and contemplating their bearings (not that they didn't know where to go but the man was instructing the two women in mapreading). At the beginning the path was quite good but became awfully boggy for about the last third
The party cought up with me again on the far side of the col and in close following we ascended together towards the next ridge on a surprisingly good path!! Still, it was quite a loooong walk until we finally reached Sgùrr Breac, the fourth munro of the day.
And again a looong distance had to be overcome to A' Chailleach with the wind getting quite strong along the ridge which made me a bit tired.











For quite I time I was ahead of the party but at the summit they resumed their walk very quickly while I spent some time to enjoy the views from A' Chailleach before I reluctantly turned around, and retraced my steps back to Toman Còinich not much motivated.
There I met the party again which have had a break and the man offered to go back together. So together we took off and down Druim Reidh but when we came to the point where the path was going down almost vertically I waved goodbye. I couldn't keep up with their pace, else I wanted to enjoy the lovely evening sun - there had been not so many opportunities this year - and took my time.








Finally I got back to my good old car which needed a little bit TLC before driving back to Ullapool.