Left home just after six planning to try the Lui munros, bike in the back of the car for the 3 mile out and back to get to the hill. Driving up the loch side low clouds prompted a route change, back to Arrochar for a run over Vane and Ime. Set off round the Glen Loin trail to the new path up Vane from Coiregrogain, not many out at this time, Nearer the top you could feel the heat from the sun then the clouds turned bluey grey before I popped out into a blaze of sunshine above a sea of cloud. Quite a few sitting around takin in the views. Stopped for a few pictures, something to eat and drink then plunged down into the cloud lying between Van and Ime. Good run down in the thick clag a couple of navigational handrails near the bottom confirmed I was going the right way. Found the small ridge I use going up towards Ime, there's a zig zag ramp through a crag half way to Glas Bealach then a featureless tussocky climb, veered left to ensure I didn't miss the steep pull up to Ime's summit. Towards the top the heat built up and popped up through bluey grey clouds into sun and sea of clouds again. Ime is a few hundred feet higher, even better views. Another crowded summit everyone gazing at the rocky islands sticking through the cloud. Took the walkers path back to Succoth, the cloud starting to break up as I reached the lower zig zags.
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