Tomdoun Hotel
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Sgurr Coire nan Eiricheallach
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Tomdoun Hotel
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Sgurr Coire nan Eiricheallach
Getting there...
Our holiday began with a rendez-vous in the Glen Nevis Youth Hostel on Saturday 27th March. Grant Minshull, Hermione & Duncan Roy had driven there from Brighton in a one day (except that Duncan didn't do any driving).
Ian Beck had set off the night before from Cardiff by train. A connection at Crewe left him with sufficient time to observe the street fighting that is the Friday night entertainment there. Then he caught the sleeper train to Fort William, with the luxury of a cabin to himself (a 40th Birthday present from Duncan), but unfortunately he had to get off the train quite early in the morning because there was a replacement bus service from Kingussie to Fort William. He arrived in Fort William in the morning and awaited the arrival of Marc Poley.
Marc had also travelled from Cardiff, driving himself through the night. He got to the shores of Loch Lomond, parked up and slept before driving on the following day to meet Ian in Fort William.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, once Ian and Marc had met up they decided to go to the pub, where they spent a delightful afternoon. This precipitated a decision to get a very early night and so they were in bed by the early evening. After a couple of hours kip, Duncan woke them up and the whole gang returned to the pub.
Glen Garry at last...
The following day, we took it easy. We picked up some provisions and drove to the Tomdoun Hotel in Glen Garry, where we took it easy and recovered from our journeys north.
Sgurr A' Mhaoraich
On Monday 29th March, we all crammed into Grant's car and drove west to Sgurr A' Mhaoraich (linked page contains mountain pronunciation - Gaelic seems to involve as many letters as possible with as few sounds as possible). Sgurr A' Mhaoraich (3369 ft) is a large mountain on the north shore of Loch Quioch and overlooking Kinloch Hourn. From the south it appears as a grassy mountain of easy to moderate slopes but it's north face is steep and craggy.
We didn't get to the summit, due to snow, but settled instead for the top known as Sgurr Coire nan Eiricheallach.