I’ve an I Vow View (WHW) Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/28/2005
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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A 4½ mile walk at the top of Loch Lomond along part of the West Highland Way ending with a fantastic view down the loch.

Your starting point for this there-and-back walk is the car park of the Inverarnan Hotel, it’s a well know stopping point for walkers and climbers (or if you prefer, the Stagger Inn opposite). This is on the A82 just north of Ardlui and a few miles south of Crainlarich. In the olden days (some of you old boys might remember!) steamers used to come up the river and connect with stagecoaches here when tourism in Scotland was in its youth.

Going north from the Inns find a road on the right after a few hundred meters and cross the bridge. Turn right immediately and walk along the bank of River Falloch. Carry on down until you meet the Ben Glas Burn (which comes down from the waterfall you can see up on the hillside). Follow the burn back upstream till you get to the campsite where you can turn south again and cross the burn over a bridge apparently constructed by the Royal Engineers. From here you will walk near the ancient cattle-drovers ways (Rob Roy and all that) and through the Caledonian pine forests that once supplied timber for iron smelting.

Heading down Glen Falloch, when you meet a fork in the path take the high road. Eventually you will come across the ruins of the hamlet of Blarstainge, which looks like it was quite a large settlement at one time. Turn round and look north for a view of Ben Lui and Ben Oss from here. You then drop down again and pass by Dubh Lochan (black loch) on your right. As you rise again towards Cnap Mór the wicked view down the loch emerges. The cache is hidden among the rocks at a high point to the right past Cnap Mór. You also get a good view over Ardui from here. If you’re feeling fresh you could descend to the loch-edge where there are some oak woods.

If you’re walking the West Highland Way it’s likely that you’ll approach from the south so just follow your GPSr less than a hundred meters or so off the path and take a rest for a while at the cache site (well, as long as the midgies allow you to!).

The northern most Island of Loch lomond lies in one of its narrowest parts. It is likely that the name Island I Vow was derived from the Gaelic translation of ‘Island Of The Cow’ and that this name owed something to the professional interests of its inhabitants.

The Macfarlanes, who were notorious cattle thieves, built another stronghold here after their earlier castle had been destroyed. The ruins of the castle remain today and steps still lead down to the dark, dank dungeon below.

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