Ben Vane

This is the smallest Munro in Scotland and barely makes it at 914 m high. Don't let that fool you. Once you have parked at the Inveruglas car park on the A82 and you begin your walk past the Sloy power station, it's not even that long a walk-in to the hill. However, once on the hill you have about 1800 ft of a 45 degree angle to negotiate and it's relentless. I walked up this hill with Big Al and Wee Iain and they fairly galloped up it - as I reached the summit (bit of scrambling to be done), they began their descent and I could only follow at their pace as best possible. We got up and down in just over 3 hours and to me, while it was a great physical test, I can't say I enjoyed it. But, from then on I was hooked!