Classic FM toast on Stob a Choin

You know you've done it all when you hear your name mentioned on Classic FM. En route to Stob a Choin, I pulled over to inform listeners of my intended route and describe the Super Moon in Scottish skies. A piece by Mascagni was subsequently played, very soothing it was too. And so I drove down the long road to Inverlochlarig with loch wisps forming in the cool, misty morning. When I arrived at the destination, the road of the stag reverberated around the glen. I was glad I had not taken Winnie, as she would have been going nuts.

My intended route had always been to climb the NE shoulder, spotted on a descent from Stob Breac a couple of years ago with Graeme D. However, once over the burn, could I find that fire break through the trees and on to the hill proper? Could I f**k. What followed was a sweaty mess at getting through rows of trees and eventually I made it out on the other side. From here, a steep incline up on the shoulder saw me emerge at about 450m with some great views back down the glen to Loch Voil. From here, I made my way round, over and down to the 'zip wire' before re-ascending back up over to the summit area of Stob a Choin. In Winter, this would require serious navigation but the fence line was accurate.

Unfortunately, the clag never lifted from the summit for expansive views so I headed down and was back at the bridge over the river in 35 minutes. A 3 hours 15 route around a great wee hill. I have mopped in this area with only Creag Mhor and the Bhaintigearna Corbett to do. I shall definitely return though as this is a great area.