Day 1 - ullapool to achiltibuie

Limited sleeper faff last night. Scabbers and i passed time in preston at the dodgy old dog inn. Brilliant scally pub and complete with collapsing chairs. Sleeper train was fine and another good taxi ride by www.taxi2.com. Weather was blue sky with few clouds and a strong easterly wind. Views from ullapool were great and got better as we headed out. some tough work into the wind before we left the main road and headed west. From here we were cruising along at 30mph with the wind behind with awesome views. We needed bigger gears. Stopped at stac pollaidh and headed up. Went up to the eastern summit and then traversed to the higher western one. A good bit of scrambling and one hairy move got us to the summit with amazing 360 views. We could see the sutherland mountains, harris and even the black cuillin. Photo below shows the view west from the central col. Amazing mountain. More great lochside riding before grub at the summer isles hotel. Couldnt ask for a better day. 27 miles ave speed 17mph