I set off early on the Sunday morning to begin my week away doing the Skye Cuillin. I wanted to take in a Munro or 2 on the way up in order to wake my muscles up, but equally I was cautious of over exerting myself - particularly as my legs had been playing up again.
The weather was due to rain, but things were looking OK as I parked on the side of the A82 and started the long in-walk to Beinn Mhanach. I passed under the aqueduct and continued along the farm track (there were a couple of cats-eyes on this path, which were looked properly bashed in and were facing a funny angle - really didn't make much sense). There were several points where I needed to cross a stream that was reasonably in-spate, luckily my boots were really holding up.
Once I reached the foot of the hill it was a pretty constant slog up the side for the remaining 500 or so metres. My legs started to ping a bit, but I hoped they'd loosen or at least not get worse.
The weather remained dry, but got pretty windy at the top. I'd told the boys that I'd do a vlog during the week, so I did a quick "post", but then made a hasty retreat down the other side of the mountain.
The 2 other Munros which I'd not climbed in the area looked pretty close and I was tempted to take them in, but decided against it.
No sooner had I got back to the car and it started raining (and then didn't stop for 24 hours).
I ate the pub at The Bridge of Orchy then continued to Glencoe, parked up in the campervan park and setup the car for me to sleep in. Very cosy.
The following morning I set off for Skye.
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