It was the final day in the North-West Highlands so with a couple of Graham Bagging friends headed for Destitution Road, a stretch of the A832 between Dundonnell and Braemore Junction. There is off road parking for several vehicles immediately north-west of the vehicle track leading to Loch a’ Bhraoin.[…]
Achgarve north of Laide
On a dreich day in the North-West Highlands headed to Laide on the A832 Braemore Junction to Gairloch Road then north on the single-track Mellon Udrigle Road parking on the grassy verge at its junction with the minor road to Achgarve. In the rain crossed the Achgarve Road, went through[…]
Aultbea South
Left the car at the start of the vehicle track heading east at the ‘U’ bend on the A832 Braemore Junction to Gairloch Road immediately south of the village of Aultbea. Walked along this track which soon ran alongside a secure area used by the Ministry of Defence, a prohibited[…]
Rubha Mor
Meall nam Meallan and Meall Feith Rabhain – Parked at the entrance to an old quarry, space for a single vehicle, near the highpoint on the minor road leading to Mellon Udrigle, accessed from Laide on the A832 Braemore Junction to Gairloch Road. Walked east through heather and to the[…]
Beinn nan Ramh from Incheril
Joined a couple of friends to climb Beinn nan Ramh from Incheril east of Kinlochewe. This was to be a new route for myself having climbed this Graham twice from the A832 east of Achnasheen. Left the vehicles in the car park there, not many spaces left, and set off[…]
North of Aultbea
Set off from the accommodation in Mellon Charles, located north-west of Aultbea which is on the north side of the A832 Braemore Junction to Gairloch Road in the North-West Highlands. Walked through this hamlet, passing the Perfume Studio, now a private dwelling, to the turning place at the termination of[…]