12/07/15 - Stob Coire Raineach, Stob Dubh - (me, Steve)

The day was a little brighter when we woke in the morning and I was questioning my stupidity for wanting to leave the night before. Steve was pretty stiff though and only just seemed willing to do a walk. We'd planning on doing Aonach Eagach, but given the weather that was off the agenda. We went for one of the safe back-up options - Buachaille Etive Beag (Stob Coire Raineach, Stob Dubh). Essentially this was the completion of the walk which I'd started on the intro day of my Scottish Mountaineering course.

We went for a fine breakfast in the cafe in Glencoe and then set off from the car park at the base of Buachaille Etive Beag. The visibility was improving and it the chill from the air (and our bones), was dissipating. In fact we soon got pretty warm as we ascended the fairly steep path. 

The route was fairly uneventful, but very pleasant,with great views to Buachaille Etive Mor and beyond. I was keen to try and spot the route down from Etive Mor as I was thinking of completing it on Tuesday when Steve would have returned home. However, we were also taken with the view of the path which we could see winding through the valley and wondered if it would be rideable. 

The descent was once again aided greatly by my walking sticks,which Steve once again refused to share. 

We went went back to the camp site and then walked to the Clachaig Inn on what was turning out to be quite a pleasant evening. We studied the maps to see if we could find a route to ride the path we'd seen and found a potentially interesting route which would start in Glen Etive - this was added to the agenda for the following day. Then, a steak, a beer and several whiskies were enjoyed before turning in for the night.

Munro - Stob Coire Raineach, Stob Dubh

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