{"id":454,"date":"2010-10-31T21:08:52","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T21:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=454"},"modified":"2010-11-04T23:37:51","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T23:37:51","slug":"back-to-the-fannichs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/31\/back-to-the-fannichs\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Fannichs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been out in the Fannichs today, going up two Munros &#8211; An Coileachan and Meall Gorm &#8211; from the Lochluichart road. We took the bikes up the access road for Fannich Lodge and walked from a couple of miles before there, heading up around the incredible Garbh Choire Mor onto the ridge.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/31\/back-to-the-fannichs\/fannichs_john\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-455\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"455\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fannichs_john.jpg\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fannichs_john.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;John Davidson&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;John on top of Meall Gorm in the Fannichs, as taken by Peter Evans.\\rPhoto by John Davidson, www.BL6.co.uk&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright John Davidson. All rights reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fannichs_john\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;John on top of Meall Gorm in the Fannichs, as taken by Peter Evans.&lt;br \/&gt;\nPhoto by John Davidson, www.BL6.co.uk&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;John on Meall Gorm, with Sgurr Mhor in the background (centre)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fannichs_john.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fannichs_john.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fannichs_john-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" title=\"Fannichs_john\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fannichs_john.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fannichs_john.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Fannichs_john.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John on Meall Gorm, with Sgurr Mor in the background (centre)<\/figcaption><\/figure>It&#8217;s a pretty steep start but, once we had gained the ridge, it was easy walking for the rest of the day. The old stalkers&#8217; path down from Meall Gorm isn&#8217;t in good nick, though; it could do with some drainage being done.<\/p>\n<p>The tops stayed clear for us and we enjoyed some magical views of Slioch, Sgurr Mhor, Ben Wyvis and many more!<\/p>\n<p>Once down at Fannich Lodge, it was a couple of miles along the tarmac track back to the bikes, then a superb descent of around 5 miles back to the road. What a fantastic day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been out in the Fannichs today, going up two Munros &#8211; An Coileachan and Meall Gorm &#8211; from the Lochluichart road. We took the bikes up the access road for Fannich Lodge and walked from a couple of miles before there, heading up around the incredible Garbh Choire Mor onto the ridge. 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