Well this is the last walk of the week as we are now heading home. We have woken to a beautiful day here which is just fantastic as we have a 10 mile walk ahead of us.
Glen Brittle lies at the foot of the Cuillin mountains and it was here we parked at a very busy car park.
Thankfully the other tourists were taking a lower path to visit the Fairy Pools but we were heading up onto the forest track to take the circuit that would take in the views of the Cuillin ridge, Loch Eynort and Loch Brittle, the former being a sea loch. The sea was a beautiful shade of blue/green and the surrounding area was really shown at its best in the sunshine. Dragonflies, butterflies and damsel flies were in abundance. Thankfully there were very few midges but we were bothered a bit by flies at some points.
The walk was well waymarked and had several picnic benches and we chose to sit for 5 minutes while we had some refreshment.
The terrain underfoot was quite stony in parts and we were all feeling it in our feet at the end. Ivor had a good time off lead for the whole walk but we noticed a slight limp in him at the end (later on we noticed that one of his pads was a bit cracked which would have been down to the stony/rough ground).
As we were nearing the end of the walk the sharp teeth of the Cullin ridge came into view again - these hills are positively scary, grassy looking to their mid-way point and then rock/scree to the top.
Back to the car and we headed home, deciding to drive straight home in the end. We arrived home around 3.30pm having really enjoyed our week away and feeling refreshed (though not sure how long that will last!).
