Lochgoilhead Circuit
(This was a joint walk with the Dungannon and District Rambling Club)
The walk split into two groups at the foot of The Steeple with one group (11) climbing The Steeple and only walking part of the way to Stuckbeg before returning to Lochgoilhead while the other group (18) walked to Stuckbeg before returning to Lochgoilhead.
Date: 2nd October 2021
Leader: David Clark and Mike Carder for The Steeple
Grade: B
Number on walk: 29 (11 group members + 18 from Dungannon and District Rambling Club)
Click here for GPX track of the walk via The Steeple
Click here for GPX track of the walk via Stuckbeg
The group of 29 walkers ready to set off for the waterfalls above Lochgoilhead at the start of the walk
Walking through the woodland alongside Donich Water
Crossing the Allt Coire Odhair above Lochgoilhead
The waterfalls at the confluence of the Allt Coire Odhair and the Allt Airigh na Creuge where we had our morning coffee break
Looking towards The Steeple – the daunting prospect of the ascent deterred all but the hardiest of the walkers.
Eleven hardy walkers at the summit of The Steeple
The sensible walkers who had missed The Steeple had lunch on the shore of Loch Goil
One of the many waterfalls cascading into Loch Goil