What was this? Glorious weather on a bank holiday! Unheard of in Scotland. To make the most of this weather and to avoid most of the Bank Holiday crowds we headed west to Coigach an area of wild land – hills and lochs – northwest of Ullapool. As we had climbed Cul Mor on a previous trip we decided to tackle the wee brother, Cul Beag. We thought this would be an easy walk to get us back into the hills after a bit of a hiatus.
We studied the map for the area and considered the long gradual approach from the east, however we thought this looked a bit far for a late start (it was almost 1pm before we approached the single-track road to Achiltibuie). Instead we chose to take the short, steep ascent from the west.
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