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Ben Reoch(661m) & Tullich Hill(632m)

Saturday 19th April 2014

12kms

7hrs

Sitting to the south of the A83 between Tarbet and Arrochar, I have often passed by these two hills, but never climbed them, so I was looking forward to a good day and two new tops. With a very favourable weather forecast, the car park at Tarbet was extremely busy, not just with cars, but with tour coaches disgorging their passengers as we arrived. Thankfully, they were all heading for the pier and the cruises, while we were the only ones setting off towards the hills.

Ben Reoch is a deceptive hill, it's grassy slopes rising quite steeply in part, and fooling one into the false impression that the next little bump is the top, this hill has its fair share of "false summits" before you finally reach the cairn marking the true summit. En route, however, the views just grew bigger, better and more extensive as we gained height, with visibility extending to the far horizons in every direction.

Taking a break and enjoying the sunshine on the summit, it would have been easy to just sit there for the remainder of the day. David, however, had different ideas, and soon had us on our feet and descending south west down the grassy slopes towards the bealach at An t-Sreang, with some impressive looking rocky outcrops dominating the hillside across the bealach.

Keeping to the south of the rocky outcrops a clear grassy rake ascends just below them, and makes for a relatively easy climb which filters you nicely between two rock outcrops as you reach the highest point of the climb. It is here, literally as you make a final step at the top of the climb, that you are presented with a small gem; a beautiful little lochan sits gleaming within a rocky bowl.

It is then just a short walk, passed another, but less impressive lochan, to the small summit cairn which marks the 632m top of Tullich Hill. Again, it took some persuasion to get us moving after we had taken our lunch atop Tullich Hill, it was just a day for enjoying hill tops and extensive views. But move we must, and so we made our descent via the Trig Point on the 447m top to join up the Three Lochs Way track just south of Arrochar for our return around the northern base of the hillside and back to Tarbet.

A great day, on two really beautiful hills - Thanks David

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