Meg’s third Munro and I felt as if we had a guard of honour en-route – so many red deer – so I kept Dianna the Huntress on her lead all the way to the summit: even so she still flushed out several black grouse! They looked beautiful with their white frilly rumps.
The walk follows a really good stalkers path – and as this is the stalking season Sunday is only day walkers have easy access to the area. Mostly the walking was on grassy slopes – so very lab friendly, and even close to the summit where there were rocky outcrops, it was easy to manoeuvre around them.
The weather was dreich with exceptionally low cloud. What momentary glimpses there were teased me with the beauty of the surrounding landscape. Fortunately there are lots more Munros to do in the area (Loch Quoich and Knoydart peninsula) so I’m bound to –eventually – get the glorious views the walks promise.
What we did see as we came down from a subsidiary top on to the bealach was a dry stane dyke: what was unusual about it was the stones were vertical rather than the usual horizontal build. Will consult a friend who is a dry stane dyke builder to hear the reasoning behind this.
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