21/07/2012 Beinn Sgulaird 200 or bust Part IV

Beinn Sgulaird (m)
Creach Bheinn (c)

Length 11.6 miles 18.7 km
Ascent 1661m
Naismith 6h 31m
Weather patchy cloud, dry some cloud on tops.

A second attempt; the first had started optimistically with a passable forecast that turned progressively worse as the day went on. I reached about halfway to the first top and decided that the horizontal rain and gale force wind wasn't what I'd signed up for and so retreated back to the car. Fortune favours the bold but it's hard to be bold with wet pants. Anyway, not all was lost as I had taken a wrong turn on the way up the hill and discovered the true path on the way back down. The true path avoided chest high bracken and climbing fences.

Loch Creran with the tide in

The return visit couldn't have been more different, so different I managed to pick up a cheeky wee Corbett on the way back. Some cloud at the 2500 to 3000 foot level required the use of a map and compass but nothing terribly serious.