The previous night we had been delighted when a pine marten came to visit the bird feeders while we ate dinner. The feeders were also drawing in chaffinches, coal and great tits, and siskins. Having decided to delay my rest day to the following day when bad weather was forecast, I still pleaded for a slower start that morning, which meant that with a 90 minute drive back to my start point we didn’t set off until 11am. It was a steady and in some places, steep climb out of Kinlochleven, but with a breeze blowing, no midges and plenty of interesting geology to work out. In these lower stretches there was metamorphosed limestone which almost looked like marble in some cases. Further up we saw slate bedding which had been skimmed off by glacial erosion…. Martin acted as model for my photo. We got to the first col at 12 with fine views back to the north face of some of the Glen Coe crags up the Kinlochleven valley, and into the High Pass where I would continue to walk. Granite was now ...