Day 1, 8th May. Oban to Beinn Breac
Amazing sunny weather with hardly any wind as I signed out at Oban Youth Hostel where, as I realised in the evening when I looked for it, I left my lightweight windproof jacket.
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| Leaving Oban |
Oban was busy but the traffic wasn't as bad as yesterday, yet.
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| Glencruitten road |
The walk up the quiet Glencruitten road with all the trees was a delight after the barren Hebridean landscape and what I thought would be a farm track turned out to be newly surfaced and made it easy walking to Connel Bridge.
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| Connel Bridge |
The hotel restaurant wasn't open but they gave me a cup of coffee to take out and I drank it sitting on a bench overlooking the mouth of Loch Etive. Unfortunately the tide was too high for the Falls of Lora to be impressive.
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| Rhododendrons |
Across the bridge and a minor road along the north shore of Loch Etive. I had intended to go up the hill here but the loch side walk was so pleasant I stayed on the road instead.
ArdchattanWhen I did turn up the hill I met a couple in a campervan who invited me to stop for a cup of tea, as I would never turn down such an offer I spent a while putting the world to rights sitting at the side of the road with them.
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| Tea at the roadside |
There was a track of sorts, that wasn't marked on the map, that made the ascent of Beinn Breac easier than I expected as it was only the top section that required route finding.
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| A sort of track |
The views from the top were spectacular, from Jura in the south to Mull then all the mainland mountains from Moidart to Ben Cruachan including Ben Nevis in the distance.
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| View from the top of Beinn Breac |
A short descent took me to my high camp for the night and the discovery of the lack of windproof, annoying! I did wonder about room 101.
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| High camp |
The hills are very dry and running water is very scarce, I'm glad I brought the water filter.
16 miles walked 1000 meters ascent.
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