The intention was to set out and climb SCS via the marvellous 'hidden valley' and take in Bidean Nam Bian on the way down Coire nan Lochan. Theory and practice don't often go hand in hand in Glencoe however and so it proved on this occasion. The ladies dropped Fraser and I off along the A82 and sped away for coffee, cake, lunch and cake. Fraser and I made good pace up into the hidden valley and the weather wasn't bad at all. As we were taking the 1st day's munch, a small tit flew out of nowhere and literally sat a foot away as Fraser fed it bread. I couldn't believe the audacity of the wee thing and it happily sat eating and tweeting as we photo'd the wee bird. We headed on up the corrie towards its headwall and it was about this time that the weather began to close in. Abandon all hopes of a decent summit photo I imagined. As we approached the high bealach, the route became quite precipitous and with the increase in rainfall, the scree was very unstable underfoot. We managed up okay and it was a fairly straightforward route to the summit of Sgreamhach. We didn't hing aboot and decided in 3 stone trouser sets to head back down. The initial decline down the 'gully' was 'interesting' especially when we encountered the white trainer brigade - quelles dongues. We got back to the car park quick enough though we were pretty soaked by this time - once we were chauffeured back to the Bridge of Orchy hotel, I can honestly say that shower I had was one of the finest. As was the beer. And the whisky. A weet but sweet, tweet day.
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