The day at Laggan started with a nice ‘red sky’ dawn,ominous ? In any event I was packed and on the road before 9 a.m., firstly travelling along Loch Laggan,
looking across at the mountains with a dappled sun shining onto them below , and I stopped several times to drink in the views (and keep drinking my tea!). Then as I travelled I saw a sign for Creag Meagidh National Nature Reserve,http://walking.visitscotland.com/walks/northhighlands/cread_meagaidh I’d heard of this area as a great climbing venue,especially in winter, but hadn’t previously visited, so drove onto the car park, changed into my boots and went for a short walk before the later rain promised !
Following a good path, and later track from the car park, I was soon climbing up into the hills, towards what I found out to be ‘The Window’ at the top of the valley, and the access into the mountains behind … what a pity I hadn’t planned for this, ah well, I can still return.
I climbed a few hundred meters along the path, until it started to drop, and so, turning round I started back towards the car park, and the black skies above.. as I was almost at the car park had a very interesting chat with the estate manager, who encouraged me to return, and park Wally there whenever I wanted – I’ll do that !
I continued then towards Fort William, passing the Spean Bridge memorial to the Commandos,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Memorial inundated with ‘foreign tourists’ !!
Then into Fort William, where I got some supplies, and went to the Glen Nevis campground,http://www.glen-nevis.co.uk/ for a few days leisure, oh and a tricky ascent of Ben Nevis (by the Commando route !)…more to follow, on my return…
-and the heavy rain descended-as forecast whilst England was basking in record temperatures ,I was avoiding the puddles !
Happy Days…
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