Walking in sunshine

Most people went for a big day to An Teallach today - they were walking for about nine hours and had a great day. The weather was sunny and dry with a very light breeze; perfect for walking. I decided to do my own walk. I parked the car at Corrie Hallie and walked up the track to the waterfall. It was uphill all the way but not too steep and I had great views of the mountains all around. Beyond the waterfall I came out of the trees into open moorland and I had a rest in the sunshine at the path junction before climbing off the path up to Carn na Canaich, my highest point at 450 metres, which meant that I had ascended about 400 metres over 5 km. I had lunch and enjoyed the scenery before retracing my route downhill. After a quick shower back at the hostel I drove to Ullapool and visited the Ceilidh Place, which is one of my favourite places in the whole world. I had coffee there and went to its great wee bookshop where I bought a book about the Munros for Cat's birthday. I also bought her a card with a painting of An Teallach with a little cottage in the foreground. As I made my way back to Dundonnell I saw the very same cottage so I jumped out of the car to photograph the scene. By the time I got back to the hostel the rest of the group were arriving back and we prepared our communal meal. First there was a delicious sweet potato and coconut soup made by Bob, then my lasagne which I served with garlic bread and salad, and finally sponge cake, fruit compote and custard courtesy of Miriam. It was a very pleasant evening of chatting; everyone was happy and exhausted after all of our exercise and fresh air.