Day 50: Saturday 28th May 2022
Having stayed at Killin a month ago, one of the main things we had wanted to do was to climb Ben Lawers, the 10th highest munro in Scotland at 1,214m. However, getting there is tricky, as it is about 7 miles away from the campsite, including a single track road for part of that. Having thought about getting a taxi but realising how expensive it would be, and also difficult knowing what time we would be finished, we ended up driving there quite early this morning.
We arrived at the carpark around 8.45am, and already it was nearly full, so harder to find a parking spot. Luckily, there was a spot in a corner so although we had worried about taking up too much room with the size of Marvin, we were out of the way for everyone and not taking up too much space, which worked well. We left the van around 9.30am once we had made lunch and got sorted with everything.
The walk was lovely! In total, it took us about 5 hours, with a few stops for lunch/ other breaks and lots of photo opportunities as the sun was shining! The route took us through the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve, which is managed by the National Trust for Scotland. Here, it is famous for its arctic-alpine plants in particular. We followed the Edramucky Trail for a little way, before following the path to walk up Beinn Ghlas, another munro. This had stunning views of Lock Tay and the other mountains in this area including Ben More.
We followed a slightly different route when walking down, on an easier path, which was good as we were out of the wind this way, and able to stop for lunch.
We got back to the van about 2.30, and by this point the car park had emptied out, so it was a lot easier for mum to reverse!
This has definitely been one of our favourite things we’ve done, having wanted to come here for a while, so we were so glad to have made it.
The rest of the day we spent at the campsite. We are travelling again tomorrow, on to Ayr, near Glasgow.
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