Beinn Tharsuinn (Ardross)

While staying in Jemimaville, I spied this hill every day. On the 5th day of the holiday, I finally agreed to head over after Martha was put to bed, and claim it as part of an evening sojourn. I left Jemimaville at 1745 and was soon up at the large layby, which had various signs up suggesting that walking into quarries was a bad idea. As I started my run along this track, the skies looked gorgeous, with beautiful cloud formations stretching over my intended hill.

The first 4km of this were very runnable and within 30 minutes, I was starting the climb proper. Once past the quarry, the ground was awkward with deep heather but I pushed on and within 45 minutes, I was at the summit trig point drinking the views in. Although the immediate views to the North sea were  nice, I believe I possibly had a 50 mile view to Suilven, which was poking out in the distance. Certainly Seana Braigh was the obvious large hill in that direction. I sent a text to Em saying all was well and began the run back down the hill. My pace was good and I felt pretty liberated. I was back at the car in 1 hour 50 minutes, which wasn't bad for a 13km run with 550m ascent. Great wee hill.