IN THE SHADOW OF SUILVEN
Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area, North-West Scotland
Three days exploring this classic route in the shadow of the Suilven and its neighbours. This was a trip we’d been waiting to do for ages. A combination of weather and holidays have delayed our attempts, until now!
The star of the show is undoubtedly Suilven and you’ll see that from the video. It’s almost impossible not to have the hill in shot, thankfully! :-)
We parked at Inverkirkaig and ordered at taxi from Ullapool, we’d prebooked it using Ullapool Taxis, nice guys. Wasn’t the cheapest but was the only option open to us at the time. The taxi dropped us at Elphin where we walked the short distance to Loch Veyatie. The wind was blowing so we made the decision to have a short leg on day one. Day two’s weather promised to be an improvement and the wind was to be pushing us from behind.
Day two we moved from camp one through the loch towards Loch a’ Mhadail. We wanted to get the view of Suilven from here, we weren’t disappointed. We then got back in the boats and moved through the narrowing western end of Loch V, into a short section of faster flowing water where we’d camp for night two.
Day three seen us move from our amazing pitch into Fiona Loch. Two thirds of the way down the loch where the loch flows into the River Kirkaig we got out the water and moved on foot down the path. A visit to the falls of Kirkaig is a must on the way down. It wasn’t long until we were back where it all began.
Another extremely enjoyable adventure, give it a go! :-)
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