Path Construction work on Benn Narnain

Over the past week I have been working alongside one of McGowan Ltd's hand-build pathwork teams in the Arrochar Alps. The path that runs most directly from the village of Arrochar to the summit of Beinn Narnain is, in it's current state, a bit of a mess. Not so much of a path, but rather a line of worn down ground scarred into the landscape up until the scrambling sections nearer the summit. The work being done over the coming months is a 500m stretch of established path with a lot of stone pitching in areas with a particularly steep gradient. The work that I was involved in mostly consisted of building a section of pitching. I spent Monday on the summit of the mountain filling helicopter bags with rocks that would be used later on, but from Tuesday onwards the focus was pathwork. I was given a stretch of ground that had been worn down by footfall, and tasked to build a section of stone pitching that would accommodate hill-users in a more sustainable way. Having built the section of pitching, I reshaped the surrounding ground and planted turfs to begin the process of blending the path in with the surrounding area.