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My route would start with a short 30-minute ferry ride from Mallaig to Inverie on the Knoydart peninsula. But first I would have to officially sign out from the West Highland Hotel. Situated just up the road from my slightly more rustic hostel. The hotel overlooked Mallaig and had a wonderful clear view out to the jagged peaks of the islands of Rum and Skye. The Skye Cullin impressively silhouetted in the distance. There were several fellow TGO challengers, one Dutch, one American and a Scot, waiting for the reception staff to arrive so we could sign out. The TGO attracts a mix of people from all around the world. With the ferry booked for 7:30am there was a sense of eagerness to get going. We’d probably not be this clean again for a couple of weeks!

I quickly left Inverie and followed the track out towards the hills. My first aim was to bag the Munro Meall Dearg which soon loomed in front of me. I left my fellow challengers and took a rough trail directly towards the hill. A quick cross of a slightly lopsided bridge and it was straight into the first Scottish bog of the trip. Despite it being very dry weather the bogs are amazing at retaining the water. But some well-placed “tuft hopping” meant I got to the other side without getting too wet. And then the uphill walking began.

It was a sharp pull-up from the Glen floor, but it meant I quickly gained height, and the views began to open up. A broad grassy ridge would gradually become sharper with the summit up in the distance, a good path meant the going was straightforward and before long I found myself on the summit of Meall Dearg. The views were amazing looking out over the rugged Knoydart environment and the coastline below. The turquoise water looking almost tropical with only the chill in the wind reminding me I was still in Scotland. Read more

My original route plan for the day had me heading down and going to Sourlie’s Bothy for the night but with the weather being clear and stable I thought it would be rude not to go and bag the neighbouring Munro of Luinne Bheinn. It was still a couple of kilometres over a ridge line onto the second Munro so I knew it wouldn’t be a small extension to my route. I was also aware I only had a litre of water with me and even that was nearly gone, so I knew sourcing more water was key. With the consistent dry weather we had been experiencing, a lot of the small Burns (streams) higher on the hills were dry... Read on here.
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