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The weather forecast for the Easter weekend was not encouraging, but we were not put off. On Good Friday we caught the ferry from Mallaig to Inverie.The weather had been so bad that there was some doubts about the ferry running, but as the Knoydart peninsula depends on the ferry for supplies the weather has to be bad for it to be cancelled. After arriving at Inverie we caught the Lophelia down the coast to the Torr Cruinn pier. This saved a long walk in over the Mam Meadail pass and left us with more energy fort he Saturday walk. We camped near the Sourlies bothy. 
The Saturday began with some good weather and we began our attempt on Sgurr Na Ciche by going up the path that follows the Finiskaig river. This then turns up the Allt Coire Na Ciche. At about the 800 metre mark we decided that it would not be wise to attempt SgurrNa Ciche because of the icy conditions and we were also losing the good weather we had enjoyed. We went back down the Druim a Ghoritein ridge to a very convivial evening in the bothy. Some entertainment was provided by some musicians who had carried their violin and a guitar in from Glenfinnan. On the Sunday night they played in the Forge at Inverie, reputedly Britain's remotest pub.

For a bigger selection of picutres from the Knoydart Expedition
Click here for a gallery of Knoydart pictures from Jon
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Jon, Malcolm, Patrick, Neil, Mick and Gary on the boat from Mallaig to Inverie

The boat, the Lophelia, in which we went down the coast towards the  Sourlies bothy

Landing west of Camusrory at Torr Cruinn pier

The view towards Camusrory with Sgurr na Ciche in the background