A Scramble on Eigg

An Sgurr taken from the ferry as we travelled between Muck and Eigg.

I felt as knackered as I looked but it was really worthwhile and the views were fantastic.

John being much fitter than me looks as cool as a cucumber but did admit to actually breaking into a sweat and being quite tired.

I know you think it is impossible to get to the top without being an experienced climber but there is a route and we did make it to the top.

The highest Mountain on Eigg is called An Sgurr and it is a difficult walk to the top. I say walk , but it is more of a scramble especially the final 300ft to the top. The mountain is only 1400ft, therefore cannot probably be called a mountain but a hill. It is however quite a challenge especially for old men like John and myself. We arrived on Eigg on the Tuesday ferry from Mallaig and as the weather was so good we decided to tackle the toughest walk on our first day and then if the weather broke we would have done the most difficult walk. Once we had been dropped off at our B & B in Cleadale at the north end of the Island we set out to tackle An Sgurr and this involved walking back to the opposite end of the Island. The walk took 5 hours and we covered 9 miles and made it back to the main road about 5 minutes too late to catch the 5.00pm mini bus from the Ferry, but fortunately the mini bus works on Eigg time and was therfore about 15 minutes late so we managed to catch it and avoid an extra 2 mile walk back to Cleadale.