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 How walking up 'Cnoc Badeirach na Gaoithe' was a highlight of our recent week in the Motherland is a cause for literary concern! I mean it's hardly a Suilven or An Teallach. I don't think for a moment it's on anyones mountain bucket list, in fact I doubt if anybody has even heard of it! Perhaps I should explain a little more... In the wee township of Trantlebeag, about 4 miles south of Melvich on the north coast of Scotland, we were in striking distance of Ben Hope, Ben Klibreck, Ben Loyal and Morvern, yet I brushed those aside in favour of a nondescript peak of just 213 metres stuck in the middle of countless square miles ubiquitous bog! To be quite honest it isn't really even a hill, the 180m contour line plateaus out at the top of the cycle track where I commenced the walk, giving an elevation of a mere 30 metres! Certainly not a giant in terms of height.       Cnoc Badeirach na Gaoithe literally translates as Windswept Hill You will notice from the above ma...