Trying to keep up with Abi long legs

With glorious weather forecast I persuaded long legs to come walking at the weekend. I don't think either of us have walked in the hills since spring so I was pretty excited :-).

The lovely approach

I was mindful of the reduced daylight now that we are into winter, I had endless ideas, but settled upon Slioch because its not far away and looks spectacular. Online it suggested it took 7 - 9 hours and was a 12 mile walk so perfect for a gentle return to the hills!

Nice morning light

Rest loch at ~ 700m

We got to kinlochewe and set off at 8am on a glorious crisp morning. I was surprised by the un-forecasted strong winds when we set off, and I thought that these must be katabatic winds. Pretty sure they were as the vanished within an hour as the day broke.

Meall Each is the small lump in the background

The initial miles along the valley and then following the shore of loch Maree surprised me as it was so beautiful with some lovely trees, something that I'd not really thought about or expected.

another wee rest

the top!

After crossing the footbridge at Fasagh we started climbing uphill and into the sun. It was quite a slog but great to be in the hills on such a glorious day. It was great to reach the 500m bealach next to Meall Each and we sat in the sun for 10 mins. Meandering up the Coire na Sleaghaigh it was hard not to be amazed by the scale and grandeur of the place.

Looking back to Torridon and spotting another
walker who's following our route

On to the next top - can you spot 'legs'

We rested again at a beautiful unnamed lochan (on my map) before finally getting to the top of Slioch for 12 noon. The views in all directions were amazing, looking out to sea, to Skye, the Western Isles to the NW, and the view of the letterewe estate and Fisherfields was even more appealing.

Finally heading down

With time in hand we headed East and went across to another hill, Sgurr an Tuill Bhain before heading South and rejoining the outward route. On this section long legs was so quick that I could barely catch her in shot with the camera!!

Just about to lose the sun as we get back to
Loch Maree's shoreline

When we finally rejoined loch maree we were both quite tired and by the time that we got back to the car at 4pm we were both pretty glad to have made it. A great walk though, with fantastic weather.