Gwilym's Adventure Blog

A speculative trip to Torridon unfortunately didn't pay off. The climbing crags of Beinn Eighe and Liathach were wet and the temps were high. It will be a few days before winter returns to this location. Still, a 13km walk and a haggis and egg bap is not to be sniffed at.

On my last day in Scotland, whilst Jake and Mandy went to climb a route at Diabaig, I decided just to chill out and wander around enjoying the views. The winter season hasn't quite gone to plan and although I have walked nearly 400 km since mid January looking for snow, there has been nearly as many summer adventures as winter ones this year. The journey south starts tomorrow and then it is back to the "flatlands" for a while. I will even get to sit in a kayak again next week which I haven't done yet in 2019.

Having decided to embrace summer fully, Jake, Mandy and I headed to Torridon at early o'clock for a traverse of Liathach. A brutal pull up from the road to the first summit was rewarded with a bit of easy scrambling and a sandwich. It was a little sad to see 2 ptarmigan still in winter plumage trying to hide against a grey rock. We stuck to the ridge to keep the interest going but unfortunately, the mist did not lift and we did not get to see the potentially stunning views. As always, as we got down to the glen, the mist cleared as we looked back up to the ridge (last picture)