19 miles south of Mingulay House and 7 miles north of Oban is Beinn Lora.  It’s just over 300 metres high and overlooks Benderloch and Tralee Beach. The walk is 3 miles long, and starts from the small car park in the village.  It takes about 2 hours (if you are of moderate fitness) and if you climb to the top you will be 1010 ft high.

Beinn Lora holds a hill race every year, this year it is on the 2^nd December 2012.  It is part of the Scottish Hill Racing.

Last year the Beinn Lora Hill Race was on Sunday the 27^th November 2011 and the winner was James Tullie, a Doctor I work with in A/E at the Lorn & Islands Hospital.  His record breaking winning time was 0:25:50 – fantastic.  The female champion is Nicola Meekin who holds the record time of 0:29:57 in 2010.

The distance in 5km and the climb is 340km.

A 20-25 minute drive from Mingulay House and you will arrive at the car park at the base of Beinn Lora.  There is a choice of trails available from the car park and all of the walks give views over the Firth of Lorne.  My friend & I took the blue markers & walked up Ben Lora yesterday.  We took Minnie our gorgeous dog and we all loved it. We did not make it right to the top; it was a bog and would have squelched right over my MBT’s!! – Next time I will wear walking boots!  We stopped at the boundary of the forest and had a wee rest at the picnic table.  The path gets steep quite quickly but the views are fantastic.  It was a clear day, and we could see south towards Oban, east towards Beinn Cruachan and north towards Glencoe.   Just lovely x