I
parked off the main road about half a mile North of the start of the track leading to the hills. After walking the half-mile back down the road, I followed the track leading towards Cearnabhal, Liuthaid and Loch Langabhat.
Start of track leading towards Cearnabhal and Liuthaid:
As I ascended, the views back towards Loch Seaforth and Eilean Shiophort were quite nice.
Yesterday I was wishing I had a kayak to get to Taransay. Today, I was again wishing I had a kayak to cross the stretch of water between myself and Eilean Shiophort.
Looking back towards Loch Seaforth:
View towards An Cliseam from track:
After following the track for approximately 2.5km, I took to the hillside heading towards Cearnabhal.
Ascent towards 329m top of Cearnabhal:
It didn't take long to reach the 329m top. From there I continued on to the summit.
Cearnabhal from 329m top:
I think the large rock, a few metres away from the cairn, is the summit.
Summit cairn of Cearnabhal:
After a quick drink, I made my way back to the track via the same route. As I descended, I almost stood on a Golden Plover. As the bird moved away I noticed its eggs. Really glad I didn't stand on them!
Golden Plover eggs:
On reaching the track, I descended a short distance to the base of Liuthaid. The ascent was fairly steep – I tried to follow various grassy lines in the ascent.
Liuthaid:
Steep ascent of Liuthaid:
Euphorbia/Spurge?:
Looking back to Cearnabhal from Liuthaid:
After 150m or so, the angle of ascent eased-off leaving an easy stroll to the very large summit cairn.
Loch Langabhat:
I spent a fair bit of time at the summit as it is a really good viewpoint.
Large summit cairn at summit of Liuthaid:
View from summit of Liuthaid:
View from summit of Liuthaid:
From the summit, I carried on a short distance towards Mullach a'Ruisg before ascending back down to the track.
View towards Eilean Shiophort (Seaforth Island):
I chose a line of descent taking me to the left of where the Abhainn a'Mhuil starts to become a wee gorge.
Descent from Liuthaid:
I then walked back out along the track and half-a-mile back along the road to the car.