out and about - 2021
30 May 2021 ............... Ballachulish and Glencoe
After my trip up to Ballachulish during the winter when I couldn`t really see much because of the low cloud, I have wanted to go back to the area to see what it is like in decent weather.
So I headed up to Ballachulish and had a cycle around Ballachulish and Glencoe - it has certainly got some super scenery - but it is a bit of a problem in that you are so close to some of the mountains you can`t really get good pictures of them.
However some of the pictures work, so here they are - to start, looking across Loch Linnhe to what I think are the Corbetts on Kingairloch -
Up on the bridge, and a good view across the outer stretches of Loch Leven to the Pap of Glencoe.
On the left and a bit further back is I think Garbh Bheinn, and on the right in the deep shade is the western end of the famous Aonach Eagach ridge.
Round a bit to the right, and on the other side of Glencoe is the huge mass of Stob Coire nan Beith and Stob Coire nan Lochan - still with patches of snow on them.
You get a superb view looking up at Stob Coire nan Beith and Stob Coire nan Lochan towering above you when you are in the village of Glencoe, but I couldn`t find anywhere from where I could get a decent picture of them, there was always a house in the way - which was a bit of a shame, because it is an amazing sight.
The last picture that worked was another view of the Pap of Glencoe taken from the middle of the village of Glencoe - it is called the Pap because of its resemblence to a human boob - you can see the similarity in this view, even the rock seems to have a flesh like appearance -
I didn`t know what I would find as a cycling destination when I went up there - but it turned out it is pretty good - The Highland Council certainly seem to be taking off-road cycling routes as a significant investment in the infrastructure of the area.
There is an off-road route all the way from North Ballachulish to Glencoe village, taking in the village of Ballachulish is an option.
The cycle route meets up with the national cycle route number 78 that heads away down towards Loch Creran - I have no idea how far it goes.
According to my OS map there are cycle routes through the forest to the south of the bridge.
You have got the two back roads on each side of Loch Leven that go along to Kinlochleven.
I know from my munro bagging days that just to the west of Kinlochleven you can cycle up an estate or forest track for miles away past Loch Eide Mor into some very remote parts of the country.
So it is a good place to go if you are looking for some good off-road cycling.
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