Total distance walked: 4km
Total ascent: 324m
Time: 1330 – 1715 Sunday 14 September 2008
Does it really count if you drive to a height of 500m? I say “yes”. A bag is a bag.
This was my 150th recorded outing, and as such deserved better than what was the easiest hill I have ever bagged (easier than Dumgoyne, easier than The Cairnwell, easier even than Meall nam Maigheach near Ben Lawers).
It wasn’t a bad hill at all. The views were good, and after six weeks of rain-stopped-play I was thankful of a little sunshine.
The route, for what it’s worth:
We drove along Glen Lochay from Killin, winding through the narrowest road I’ve seen in some time. Near the end we found ourselves in a genuine bona fide sheep-jam, as what must have been five hundred sheep were being herded along the road in the opposite direction from us. This slowed us down for five minutes as we waited for them to pass.
At Kenknock farm where the road officially ends there is a tarred track the zigs and zags uphill to the pass into Glen Lyon. The potholes were the main feature of this road, and we inched slowly upwards. The guidebook said to stop at the gate, but we didn’t see any gate before the road started to descend again. We parked here, about 500 metres south of the small Locan Learg nan Lunn, and struck off uphill.
Within 40 mins we were on the wide ridge that led over many lumps to the summit, with great views across and up Glen Lyon. We sat here for a bit and ate, before we barrelled back downhill, gaining the road just by the lochan, a short distance from the car.
One hour forty-five minutes. Bagged.
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