Tuesday 27 February (John)
Had breakfast, and decided to go up Slioch. Weather windy
and showey. Loch Maree has a lot of water in it. Eilean na Craoibhe is under water
- only some bushes are visible.
We
take the track into Gleann Bianasdale and then up a cairned track. Laurie diverges
at this point.
Higher
up we are joined by Laurie, who is annoyed that we didn't follow him earlier.
In
Coire na Sleaghaich it's very windy and cold. Plod on through drifts.
Stop
in the shelter of a boulder for something to eat.
Camera must have been stashed here.
Then up to the plateau of Slioch. It's very windy with a lot
of spindrift. At the trig point there are views but not to the north, as it's
in cloud - and to look north means facing into the wind. Hurry down, back into
the coire, find another boulder for shelter and something to eat. Trudge back
down to Loch Maree and then back along the Loch
to Kinlochewe.
Our route - 21 km with 1100 metres ascent.
Put the kettle on, brew tea, and vegetate generally. Have
dinner then go to the really exciting Public Bar, where beer is expensive,
service is slow, and it's cold. Other holidaying types are there, probably
bored with lack of newspapers, television, etc. Stay an hour, then go to bed.
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