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Photographed from the hills behind the village of Laide this scene shows the rugged coastline of Gruinard Bay and the massive bulk of one of Scotlands finest mountains, An Teallach, with its many peaks. The coastal road in the Scottish North-west Highlands is the main road leaving Laide which one would follow if travelling to Inverness, an hour and forty-five minutes distant, a drive to be savoured for most of its way.
Here the road is seen running through the next two villages, First Coast and Second Coast, just a few houses in each case, beyond which the roads drops down an extremely steep hill before turning sharp left to run northwards along the far shore of Gruinard Bay.
Several of An Teallachs peaks are revealed in this view, beginning with the first lower one, about one third of the way in from the right, Sgurr Ruadh, then following the clearly defined ridge we have Sgurr Creag an Eich, Sgurr Fiona, Bidein a' Ghlas Thuill and Glas Meall Mor. This massive mountain of great extent lies right on the edge of the area known as The Great Wilderness. Apart from the superb climbing offered by An Teallach, there are many excellent walks all around this area and a long stay is needed to enjoy them all.
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