We had a day of shocking weather and geocaching on Thursday (Sarah was in her element) so we didn't try and get up any mountains. All was not lost though! we made Bannock Bread with dinner which was very exciting (photo below).
The weather was supposed to be better in the morning but deteriorating in the afternoon, so with that in mind we had an early start. I shan't waste time recounting the start of the walk, if you want to know what it was like read my previous post, conditions under foot were much the same.
We had pleasant views as we left the fence line and headed up hill and our tracks from the previous attempt were still just about visible.
We made good time navigating our way up, its amazing how much a bit of visibility can change your perception of the the mountain! I could not have told you what it looked like from our previous attempt.
The weather was supposed to be better in the morning but deteriorating in the afternoon, so with that in mind we had an early start. I shan't waste time recounting the start of the walk, if you want to know what it was like read my previous post, conditions under foot were much the same.
We had pleasant views as we left the fence line and headed up hill and our tracks from the previous attempt were still just about visible.
We made good time navigating our way up, its amazing how much a bit of visibility can change your perception of the the mountain! I could not have told you what it looked like from our previous attempt.
Bannock bread in the van. Winning!
The cloud did come in however and obscured our views ore some time. When they cleared, however, we were met by the below view. Stunning. Anyway the cloud rolled back in and soon we were navigating again. We reached the summit at about mid day, its not very impressive. In fact we were walking off it towards Ben Lawers before we realising that we had reached it.
We stopped for a bite of lunch before turning round and heading back down the mountain. The key learning outcome of this, was that if your going up and down the same way not to try and be cleaver, but to navigate the same route (follow your original way up) so as to avoid descending unknown slopes.
That said we made it back to the fence without any mishaps. Here we met a walker with a very cold looking dog. They turned back too. We then met a couple of walkers coming up... They turned back shortly after as well.
A good day out I think!
We stopped for a bite of lunch before turning round and heading back down the mountain. The key learning outcome of this, was that if your going up and down the same way not to try and be cleaver, but to navigate the same route (follow your original way up) so as to avoid descending unknown slopes.
That said we made it back to the fence without any mishaps. Here we met a walker with a very cold looking dog. They turned back too. We then met a couple of walkers coming up... They turned back shortly after as well.
A good day out I think!
Sarah heading purposely across the mid way plateau.
