Coimin Peist

Met Patricia at Cronin's yard at 09:30 and headed up the track, our aim is to do a gully on the western side of the spur that runs down from Cnoc na Peiste.

There is a new metal stile over the fence near the fiord. We can tell that is new as the paint on the rungs is still in good condition.

We slog across the bog - wet & heavy - Patricia pulling ahead. Me at my own pace. We cross the stream that flows from Loch Coimin Peist. Around the end of the spur and climb into the glen. After a while we see our gully between two rock faces. Looks steep but do-able. We have a light snack and start our climb. Not too steep for a start. Plenty of stone to step on, we proceed,
getting steeper, we stop and put away our walking poles.

We join the bed of a stream and use it for a while. It swings left into very steep ground. We can see no exit from it so we leave it and go right. We contour right on steep but good ground. We climb again, the ground now easing off. All that is left now is the slog to Cnoc na Peiste.

It is very windy on top, no place to linger, we head for the Bone, drop about 100 feet to the Bride side to get shelter for a cuppa. We descend the Bone, getting a snow shower along the way. After a while we rejoin the path back to Cronin's yard. A good day, six hours out.

Cnoc na Peiste