The weather has been mixed recently with quite bit of rain interspersed with sunny periods, with the weather forecast often worse than reality. However Sunday's forecast was completely correct and rain it did - all day on and off! With trip to the Skye Cuillins coming up I need to get out and get some longer walks and hill days under my belt, so I roped in a friend to accompany me on Sunday. We changed our plans once we were out and realised that the weather wasn't going to lift and kept to paths below 600 metres. Starting in Kinlochleven our walk took us out to Loch Eilde Mor, up and over past Meall na Cruaidhe, down to the Blackwater Reservoir and then down the Kearan trail along the river back to Kinlochleven. A good walk that gets you out without going too high. One thing all the rain was good for was waterfalls. As we walked back into Kinlochleven we went past several that were spectacular. Some of the river crossings were 'interesting' as water levels rose during the day - we were both glad we had poles to help us balance as we crossed over some quite fast flowing water.

Anna