Log No 105. Thu 8th Aug 2013 - Glencripesdale to west of Dorlin, 14 miles (1642 miles walked)

For a change it never rained through the night and the tents were taken down reasonably dry.

Setting off at 07.50 it was an easy start along the forest track to the big house at Glencripesdale and from there a footpath sign directed us over a bridge in front of the house and along the forest track.

We'd been going a good few minutes along this track but it wasn't feeling right, it was a newish track and not shown on the map. According to the map we should have crossed the river by the bridge after the house and then a footpath through the forest. The GPS confirmed we were a good bit off the path.

We decided to go back to the house and take the route as shown on the map. On the way back we saw a footpath post directing us away from the track, this post was hidden from view in the other direction.

This path put us back on course and we started to climb up hill. The sun was out and it was very warm now.

Coming out through the trees the path still climbed, going through the ferns it didn't look like it was used very often and it was slow work. We had excellent views of the loch from up here.

Once on top we skirted the cliffs on the side of Beinn Ghormaig and then started the descent to Loch Teacuis.

We lost the path on the way down and had hard going across the rough ground before picking up the track down to the road.

We went round the head of the loch and onto the forestry road on the other side.

We had to make the most of this good road because it would end in 3 miles leaving us 2 miles of rough pathless walking. The first mile would be felled forest, which Mick's knee may not be able to stand up to.

Arriving at the bridge just before the end of the track Mick saw a footpath sign to the small island of Eilean nan Eildean. This was brilliant news since we would have been walking past this island anyway.

The footpath continued on from the end of the track and made what might have been a nightmare for Mick a pleasant walk.

We were hoping the path might have carried on to join up with the path at Doirlinn but it didn't. That just left a half mile very rough walking and it took us an hour to complete this, getting to the track at the cottage Druimbuidhe.

Surprisingly it was occupied by a Glaswegian who had lived here for more than 50 years, he now spends the winter months in Glasgow, returning here each summer, he filled up our water bottles for us.

It was 16.30 and had been cloudy for a while but it was still dry.

We continued walking for another hour finding a reasonable pitch on some high ground with super views up Loch Sunart.

The wind was very strong so there was no fear for any midges.

14 miles in nearly 10 hours.