13.7km/8.5 miles/5 hours
Ascent 925m/3045ft
James Forrest walks a pathless descent of Ben Vane
SCOTLAND is blessed with wild places, but as they’re mostly located in the far north of the Highlands for most people this means one thing: a mind-numbingly boring, exceptionally long drive. Assynt, for example, is a 12-hour drive from London and 9 hours from Birmingham. From Glasgow it’s still a whopping 5 hours. Perhaps there’s a better way?
For a taste of Scotland’s wildness, without such a long time in the
