Up to Glencoe, to get the hill that hides away. Found a spot by the side of the road (A82) to park and got ready in dry weather. A nice easy walk, slowly climbing, along a track for a mile or so. As the track peters out and becomes a path you begin to see the mountain ahead, looking quite accessible. The day being pleasant you could see the obvious way up, not a path but the line you needed to take. The Munro book says climb steeply up grass slopes riven by drainage channels of many little streams. The drainage channels are like mini ravines and we got caught in one. No real problem but meant a steep climb out. Graeme hates climbs up onto ridges as they are all the same. You see the top, usually a col or similar, but as you reach what you think is the top it goes on further and further and you feel you are never getting there. As usual we were very slow but Graeme at least was happy with his feet. He had just bought some Brasher boots and this was him testing them out. We decided on an early lunch, though it was about 1.00. Could not wait though held on to my Guinness for the top. Nice pleasant rest by some large stones then a simple slog up on to the ridge and up to the top Stob an Fhuarain. From there it is a straightforward walk up to the cairn at the summit and the can of Guinness. Sometimes at summits if it is cold or wet the Guinness, while nice, still takes some taking but on this occasion it was a delight. The weather was mild, no wind and it was great resting on this summit with the can. Nice views of Bidean, at least they were when Graeme pointed it out to me. I had thought it was the Aonach Eagach and was talking about how from this angle you could not see the pinnacles. Actually you get really good views from this hill, over the Mamores, Ben Starav and Ben More over the sea on Mull. The way down was exactly the same as the way up. We even noted we were passing the same boulders we had seen on the way up. Not too difficult and we were soon back on the path to the car. An ideal hill for a first day.
