Winter Wonderland

Dry days- 173
Days of rain- 176

I went to see the family Mac yesterday. MadMac and I had planned to walk up a couple of hills, the plan was Beinn Dorain and Beinn an Dothaidh. MiniMac 1 was up at 6:45 so we were ready at a reasonable time. We drove up easily, the roads being in good condition, and parked at Bridge of Orchy station and set off before ten.

Getting to the bealach was quite straightforward, apart from one steep section. We opted to wander up Beinn an Dothaidh first as navigation can be difficult in mist or cloud. The only downside to this plan was that no one had been up the hill recently so we had to blaze a trail through fairly deep snow. It took a lot longer than planned to get to the summit, although the weather was amazing. Clear skies, cloud free tops, crisp. A bit windy with spindrift but you couldn't really ask for better. Looking back down all we could see was fields of white snow with our tracks piercing through them.

I scattered a few of the Old Man's ashes at the summit cairn, then we stomped back down. By the time we were back at the bealach it was gone 13:00 so after a discussion we opted to leave Dorain for another day, as there was only another 150 minutes of light left. After something to eat, we headed back down and drove back to Glasgow whilst listening to Napalm Death's most recent album, very good actually.

Still full of the lurgy, been two weeks now and it's not going yet. Pain in the arse.