Meall Buidhe/Glen Lyon Wild Camp

(2.8.13) Meall Buidhe 932m,Glen Lyon, 3 hours, Ascent 551m

A good mate of mine Scott had been harping on at me for a while now about taking him for a wee hike up north so I thought of Meall Buidhe which could be done in an evening stroll followed by a wee wild camp. The MWIS for the Friday highlighted 80% chance of cloud free Munro's so we set off from the burgh in the afternoon with a stop off en route in Callander for their braw pies and a few tins. In his case a bottle o buckie. You can take the man out of Glasgow but cant take the Glasgow out of the man. Got suited and booted for 5sh before we set off along the landrover track above Lochan na cat then up the boggy'sh path NW to the summit ridge. Views opened up over to the Lawers. Soon as we hit the ridge the wind battered us. Met another walk highlander coming from the summit. Rusty guy, hope you enjoyed your can. Brief views over towards Schiehallion and Loch Rannoch. Got to the summit and the waterproofs came on as the clag and rain descended upon us. The wind was pretty strong thus the clag soon passed and the distant lochans shone over on Rannoch Moor. Back to the car within 3 hours and found a wee camp spot further along the glen where we set up the tents and had a good scoop. Woke up being surrounded by highland coos. Apart from the odd back pain twinge I felt relatively good.