A night out on Ben Cruachan
Ever since I first read Dan Bailey's inspirational book " Great Mountain Days in Scotland " (published by Cicerone) a few years ago one challenge I've really wanted to have a go at is that of walking the 4 munros of Ben Cruachan, Stob Daimh, Beinn a'Chocuill and Beinn Eunaich in a single day. The route offers a bit of everything - big mountains, high level ridge walking, easy scrambling on good rock and spectacular views. The main reason I've not got around to doing this sooner is that it is quite a long way to travel from Edinburgh, certainly it's too far for me to drive there and back in a day. Also family life means I can't be out for entire weekends for camping trips that frequently. On a recent trip to the Ben Alder area I took the train to Corrour station as it's not easily accessible any other way. As I was sat on the train in Crianlarich station waiting for it to split in two, with the first part going on to Oban, it dawned on me that Be...