Repair for film star mountain
REPAIR work is under way to fix eroded paths on one of Scotland’s best-known mountains.
The £200,000 project will involve a helicopter flying stone and gravel on to the high slopes of Suilven in Sutherland.
It comes as the peak braces itself for a rise in visitors after the release this month of the film Edie. The movie stars Sheila Hancock as an octogenarian who decides to climb its remote slopes.
Footpath officer for the John Muir Trust, Chris Goodman, said: “The work is taking place at a fortuitous time”.
Though not a Munro – Scottish hills of 3,000ft or more – 2,398ft Suilven is one of the Scotland’s most distinct mountains.