steady run 1:10:00 [2]
Lochinver Lochathlon (trademark)
Attempt to swim in as many lochs in one run/go as we could. Had planned on E carrying kit as back up (he's far too sensible to try the whole concept) so we could swim across lochs, however the initial terrain was pretty desperate stuff (inside a regeneration block - it will be lovely in 30-40 years once the undergrowth is suppressed by the trees). He gave up before loch 3 and we had to revert to plan B - out and back swims.
1 - Loch a' Phollain, a bit weedy
2 - Loch a' Phollain Drisich, weedy but nice route across to some Assynt rocks (boulder field down to the water edge).
3 - Lochan Caorainn, weedy and shallow but enough to do a decent out and back
4 - Loch Glac na Goibhre, lovely steep sides, out to rocks and back
5 - Loch Meall a' Chuna Beag, weedy at edge but OK
6 - Loch Meall a' Chuna, lovely rocky entry point, across to some amazing gnarly rocks and back.
7 - un-named puddle to north - managed to wallow across and back - belly and knees in mud most of the way :-)
8 - un-named little logan to NW of 6, found some deep enough water after a bit of a wade.
9 - un-named lochan to west of 6, lovely deep sided cutting, steep slope in and lovely old gnarly rowan on far side.
10 - un-named loch to west of 9, a bit of a wade but fine in middle.
Starting to get a bit light-headed - there was a cold and blowing from west into our faces in second half so cut back from here - the 10m contours on OS 25k maps really don't show much in the way of the size of the hills! Back via Pollan and happy to shuffle quickly along the track back to main road trying to warm-up.
Suitable end to a great holiday.