Tuesday May 14th 2019

Another glorious day with wall to wall sunshine. It was only marred by Fiona having to leave in the afternoon to return to London.

In the morning we climbed another Ben Loyal outlier, Cnoc nan Cuilean, which is also a Marilyn.  In the above picture, Fiona is sitting at the summit looking north east.

Fiona then drove me and the bike to Garvault House, which claims to be the most remote hotel on the British mainland.  We dropped off my gear and I then continued with her to Helmsdale, leaving her to drive to Inverness and the overnight sleeper, while I caught the train back to Kinbrace and biked onto Garvault. While away the whole Glen had been engulfed by smoke from a nearby moorland fire, a further sign of the exceptionally dry conditions.

Distance walked 8k
Height climbed 560m
Distance biked 12k
Marilyns climbed 1

Totals for the trip
Distance walked 219.5k
Height climbed 11995m
Distance biked 35k
Total Marilyns 593