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Andy Beck - On Location

Route details and photographs of areas where Andy has been walking, sketching and gathering references for future work.

23rd- 28th September 2007. The Glen Affric area.

Camping at Cannich, the idea was to use this as a base to explore the three glens of Glen Affric, Glen Cannich and Glen Strathfarrar. The forecast was pretty reasonable for the week but this was Scotland in the Autumn!

27th September Carn nan Gobhar

A day in Glen Cannich would give us a route to the tops of two more Munroes, Carn nan Gobhar and Sgurr na Lapaich, weather permitting.

From our start point at the eastern end of Loch Mullardoch we climbed upthrough the vallery of Allt Mullardoch before reaching the ridge here with Creag Dubh on the other side of the bealach.

Carn nan Gobhar summit with our next top of Sgurr na Lapaich in the distance.

A Mountain Hare shelters amongst the rocks.

Sgurr na Lapaich was to be reached by first dropping down to the bealach before ascending the rocky ridge.

Approaching the summit there was a fine view down to our intended descent route along the ridge.

Sgurr na Lapaich summit.

Clear views right over to the distant Torridon hills to the north.

On the descent the dogs had the scent of a good number of Ptarmigan.hiding in the rocks.

Top Dogs.

Well camouflagued amongst the rocks and grass.

Sun on Carn nan Gobhar where we had been earlier.

Loch Mullardoch and big hills from the descent.

Perched boulder on Mullach a Ghlas-thuill. From here it was a simple descent back to the car but it involved about 6km of walking along the loch shore.

red deer

Watched by a lone stag.
A fine day on remote hills ended a great week exploring an area to which we will no doubt return.

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