Over night Trip including the Ullapool Hill Path

Ross and Comarty, this part of Scotland is amazing, driving though endless hills the views are spectacular, from valleys, to snow covered hills, to the lakes, to the sea, to forests everywhere you look you see endless beauty.....

Once you leave Inverness behind you seem to be transported automatically into fantastic countryside, passing small towns and villages and then into the mountain ranges, completed different to what I am normally used to, city life in Aberdeen or the coastal life in Findochty.  After a few hours of driving and a few stops to take some (bad quality) photo, I arrived in Ullapool for the night. 

Ullapool Hill Path

I was exploring around Ullapool when by accident, I came across this path. I had know idea where it went to or what the mileage was, (there were no signs around) but I decided to give it a go. After some research  back at the guest house, I found out that the path was about 3.25 miles.This path is fairly easy to walk apart from the very top, where it becomes quite vertical, with some loose stones but this is not an huge issue. I was quite unprepared for this walk, the only bit of my gear I had with me was my boots and I did get some strange looks from some of the other walkers, who where kitted out in the correct gear (I was wearing a normal coat and a dress). 

The path is simple to follow, its clearly marked although care is needed as there are a lot of rocks on the path. After about 25 minutes you reach what appears to be the top of the hill, a large flat area. This gives you a great view over Ullapool and the surrounding area. However, at the opposite end of the large flat area, you will see another incline. This path leads to the actual top of the hill. This part of the path is quite steep and has a lot of loose stones/rocks, they aren't much of a problem on the way up but did cause me some issues when making my way down. It only takes about 10 minutes to make it to the top, from here you can see some more amazing views of the hills. I returned the same path that I walked up, there were many additional paths on the hill but I didn't have a map and compass so I avoided these so I wouldn't end up lost. The walk took just over an hour to complete. 

Although there were many small winding roads, the stunning scenery made the routes worthwhile. I wish I had more time to explore on foot, there are many places and hills that I saw from the car were I would love to walk but this trip didn't allow it, maybe sometime in the future I will return........

Here are some photo's from my trip:

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