Wester Ross - 2004
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| A few days off
in early August saw us heading north-west towards Poolewe in Wester
Ross. |
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On-route we made an overnight stop near Inverness before heading further west. We passed through some areas with spectacular scenery such as here on the A832 to the south of Loch Broom which you can see in the far distance looking north. | ||||||||
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The following day, a Sunday, we
cycled north along the western shore of Loch Ewe as far as we could
before chaining the bikes to an old abandoned tractor, and then heading
up the slopes towards An Cuaidh, SOTA Ref. GM/WS-337. It is only a
1-pointer, and it was a long slog across very boggy terrain. Here I am taking in the views to the
south and south-east back towards Poolewe while operating on 5 MHz. |
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Back at the campsite in Poolewe Christine insisted on putting her feet in a tub of warm water to ease the aches and pains after the long slog back to camp. | ||||||||
| The following day we headed along the A832 south
and then up over the hill towards Gairloch until we came to the footpath heading towards
Slattadale on Loch Maree. This
footpath goes within a couple of kilometres of another SOTA hill;
GM/WS324 Meall an Doirein. There is however, no footpath going up
to the summit. It was just a scramble across very rough terrain. |
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The view north from WS-324. In the distance is Loch Ewe. | ||||||||
| On the way back from Poolewe we had intended to do at least one summit in the Glenmore / Loch Morlich area, but the weather closed in with low clouds and drizzly rain so we had to be content with some long walks at lower levels around the loch. We shall be back there though! | |||||||||
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