The Bus meet this month was to one of the best hill walking areas in the Western Highlands, with great weather to match! 23 people (including 8 guests) took advantage of the clear, dry conditions and will undoubtedly have had one of their best ever days in the Scottish hills?

First off the Bus was AndyB, Fiona, Bob and Natacha who enjoyed a traverse over the Corbett, Beinn Loinne. There was just enough wind to keep the midges away, as they complained of arriving a little bit too early at the Cluanie Inn!

David began a little bit closer to the Inn as he made his way up the undulating ridge of Am Bathach and then on to the steep and isolated peak of Ciste Dhubh, for a great day out.

Iain (former President 1989/91), his wife Tina, Chris and guest Davis decided to tackle probably the finest mountain in the area, The Saddle and they did it via the narrow, rocky and scrambly Forcan Ridge. They had a fantastic day on the ridge with great views and hopefully many excellent photos?

The next superb mountain range of the South Glen Shiel Ridge of 7 Munros (and one Top, Donnie!), was tackled from west to east by Graeme, Donnie, Alastair and Jake. They got round this classic traverse in under 8 hours, probably because the thought of cold beer at the Cluanie Inn was too good to miss, if they were late for the Bus!

Another classic traverse (yes, there are many in this area), of the Five Sisters of Kintail was undertaken by AndyL, Paul, and guests Al, Lianne, Gemma, and Chris. There is a very steep start to this walk of 1000m from the glen to the crest of the ridge and Gemma remarked that it was the hardest thing she had ever done, whilst Lianne was very pleased to have “survived”! More photos here.

After all this high level excitement Rob started up from the corner of Loch Duich and headed up the more modest ridge of Sgurr an Airgid and on to a remote Loch for some fishing. There was little chance of any of the fish biting, so he gave up and returned via the summit of the Corbett. John, Gordon and guest Sue set off from the Bus parking area at Morvich and followed the path to the Falls of Glomach. Sue eventually did a circumnavigation of the paths around the Falls, whilst John and Gordon tried in vain to cross the Zambesi-like river above the Falls to reach the summit of Meall Sguman. A nice day out despite the lack of a bridge!

As everybody was back on time, a pleasant end of the day was enjoyed quenching thirsts outside the Cluanie Inn.

Remember next month is a car meet to Glen Strathfarrar. This is the only closed Glen in Scotland but the gate barring access is open in July between 9am and 8pm. Vehicles can go as far as the Power Station at NH183381. You can of course walk or cycle down the Glen, but it is 17 miles long! More details of walks in this area are available on the Club website.

Author: John Henderson
Photos: Natacha Mihajlovic , Donnie Mclennan and Andy Lawson