I decided to venture a little further afield this week and do one of the Glencoe hills; Bidean nam Bian was the one of choice. It was a great walk, slightly longer than I'm used to, and the initial climb up Coire nan Lochan was fairly relentless. The top of Bidean nam Bian itself was a harsh, barren land (strongly constrasting to the greenery at lower levels), and I kept thinking that this must be what Frodo and Sam felt like when they were climbing Mount Doom, which appeared to be similarly grey with razer sharp rocks. Except I didn't have a volcano to contend with.
Some scrambling was called for too, towards the top of Stob Coire nan Lochan, on the ascent to Bidean nam Bian, and at one point whilst descending just after Stob Coire Sgreamhach, although looking at my photos it appears that the latter descending scramble (I'm not too fond of descending scrambles...) can be avoided by backing up 100m and heading north-east once it starts getting vertical.
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