7 and 8 May 2019
Participants: Neil and Ben
Where: Eilean Duirinnis, 41m/135', P38m, Tump, OS 50, NN 012 332 and Dun Athaic, 166m/545', P49m, Tump, OS 50, NN 144 258
The final full day of my holiday was a bit cloudy with showers about. I was looking for a short day and spotted that the small hill at Bonawe on Loch Etive side was on the Tump list. It obviously receives some visitors because there was the makings of a path. The hill juts out into the loch so there was a nice view westwards towards to mouth of the loch......
and across the loch to Taynuilt.....
but it was cloudy and raining up the loch towards Glencoe.....
I had looked at the hill bagging site to see if there was anything I could do on the way home the next day. Dun Athaic behind Dalmally caught my eye, especially because it had a monument to Duncan Ban MacIntyre, the Gaelic poet, at its summit.....
An added advantage was that there was a road to within 50m of the monument so it really was a short walk and an easy bag! The monument is an extraordinary granite structure.....
but it is positioned so that it overlooks the countryside loved by the poet. This is looking west to Loch Awe....
The weather had been cold all week and there was fresh snow on the tops of Cruachan (yes, it again) and the Glen Strae Munros.....
Time to head home after an excellent week!
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