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Badrallach, Beinn Ghobhlach,
Scoraig settlement, Wester Ross, Scotland. |
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NH 05557 91888 Lat/Long: 57.873989, -05.280399 I left my car in the small car park at the end of the single track minor road at Badrallach. It was still early and only a couple of cars were there. I followed the path along the coast to the west and after just over a mile I came to a small river descending from the gully above. The weather was thick cloud and light rain and there wasn’t much to see. |
 Mist and rain on the Beinn summit |
| The walkhighlands website recommends the walk up Beinn Ghobhlach in done clockwise so the summit descent will be down the gully. It didn’t make sense to me so I decided to do it anti-clockwids. I headed up the gully and just see a faint path. I climbed up to the twin lochs where a strip of land separates them and gives access to the south slope of the Beinn. |
 View from Scoraig |
| I set off up the steep side but was soon in cloud and couldn’t see anything. I continued to the summit ridge then along to the summit cairn at 635m. I could tell that in clear weeatehr this would be a spectacular climb with fantastic views of the peninsula. I continued round the ridge of the corrie and descended down to Coire Dearg where the ground was very wet. |
 Scoraig house |
 Scoraig school 1910 |
 Scoraig school 1931 |
| This would have been the ascent route if I’d followed the guide. The final descent to the coast path was very steep in horrible wet heather. At the coast path I continued NW to reach the remote settlement of Scoraig. |
 Scoraig jetty |
 I think this is a school annex |
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| There is no road access so the locals have to use the jetty for a none official ferry. I had a look at the old lighthouse that had been moved to a spot by the track when it became redundant. Inside was a small display area. |
 Post collection |
| I continued to the jetty and only saw a few locals on the way. At the jetty were a couple of women and a land rover. Nobody was particularly talkative. The return route was back along the coast path. The cloud was still low and I couldn’t see anything on the way back. It was a long day and a tough 22km. |
 Inside the old lighthouse is a display area |
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