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Wow! What weather

Monday, November 03, 2008




















After having our fair share of storms the last 10 days of October our luck has changed up here. If you have been on holiday in the Outdoor Capital for the October half term break you have seen the area at it's best: cold, crisp and mainly sunny with fantastic highland autumn colours.

I headed out for a shortish hill day with two friends on Saturday. Starting in Ballachulish - near Glencoe we went up the NE ridge of Sgorr Bhan. An easy grade 1 scramble it's a fun way to start the Ballachulish Horseshoe walk we then went on to the first Munro, Sgorr Dhearg, and then using my friends local knowledge from sheep gathering dropped down into the corrie above the church after descending the North Ridge. Bearing east we picked up a sheep track which although feint at times led us back to Ballachulish with no nasty fighting through pine plantations. We got great views through into Glencoe.

That night the Ballachulish Community Council put on a fantastic firework show in the old slate quarry. This is definitely worth coming to if you are in the area around fireworks night (keep an eye out for posters on community notice boards by local shops for details).

The weather forecaste was predicting rain to come in but the high pressure didn't move and Sunday was another fabulous day. I couldn't resist nipping out for a short walk to take pictures of Kinlochleven and the loch in all it's autumn glory.
Anna

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