Just back from a trip to the far North-West of Scotland to climb one of the country’s shapeliest mountains, Suilven.
It’s not even close to the nation’s highest peaks, at 731m (2,398ft), but its Torridonian sandstone flanks rise steeply above the lochs and moors of Assynt, near Lochinver. My knees and thighs can attest to the steepness of its slopes. But the views, out as far as the Isle of Harris, were worth the effort.
