We'd planned this trip for a while and were intending to walk the North and South sides of Glen Shiel taking in 20 munros over 5 days. What we hadn't allowed for was sweltering hot weather and the extra exertion of successive days walking. None of these routes are particularly hard but in succession, over the four and a half days we managed 17, not bad but no cigar.
A Ghlas-bheinn
We left Glasgow at 11:30 ish and arrived in Glen Shiel around 3:30 ish. A quick inspection of the choice of two campsites at the end of the glen revealled Morvich to be the less sodden of the two and even though it was slightly more expensive we pitched up there preferring not to sleep in a marsh. A quick bite to eat, geared up and off for our "warm up Munro" A Ghlas-bheinn. Setting off at 4:30 meant we had great views from the summit of the setting sun over Skye to the West. By the time we got back it was getting pretty dark and after a quick wash we cooked pasta and midges by torchlight then retired for the night.
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