Despite it being the day of the football World Cup Final, Duncanrig Rambling Club set off north to the highlands around Bridge of Orchy with a fully-booked busload of members. Unusually, the itinerary included 3 walks. The main walk was a 9-mile section of the West Highland Way from the Inveroran Hotel to Tyndrum with a shorter 7-mile alternative which missed out the climb between Inveroran and Bridge of Orchy while a third group undertook a more testing ascent of Ben Inverveigh. After a mile of steady ascent on a good track the small group for Ben Inverveigh split from the main walk which continued through open woodland to Bridge of Orchy where, after a short climb to the station, the party followed the route of the West Highland Line south on the Old Military Road under the looming shoulder of Beinn Dorain. The damp, windy conditions lent their own atmospheric effect as the low cloud clung to the tops and a hazy sun occasionally broke through while the recently replenished burns cascaded crazily down the steep slopes. The strong west wind eventually dispersed the cloud and the second half of the day offered remarkably clear conditions which developed into a glorious evening. The full effect of the wind was experienced by the party which climbed up the vague track onto the open moorland towards Ben Inverveigh where the view north took in the winding Abhainn Shira as it snaked down to top up the already over-filled Loch Tulla which, in turn, spilled out to rush dramatically towards the bridge at Bridge of Orchy. After a sheltered lunch stop this group spent little time admiring the views as they hastened down out of the January conditions to the shelter of the lower slopes and the waiting coach. All 3 groups met up at Tyndrum to head for a well-deserved social hour at the Crianlarich Hotel before returning to East Kilbride and the second half of the footie.