"The spirit was already aloft, I was pulling on my boots" - W H Murray, Mountaineering in Scotland
Tuesday 25 March 2014
Thursday 13 March 2014
12 March - Glen Bee
Upper Glen Devon res from our lunch spot |
It's a very fine walk out to Glen Bee if you take the right route, but what's missing from this photograph is the presence of...
Upper Glen Devon Reservoir and Burnfoot Windfarm - soon to be extended by 8 turbines |
11 March - Sun, larks and the Angel's Share
Distant Ben Cleuch, (centre) from the road to the Glen Devon Reservoirs |
Ben Cleuch and Ben Buck, right. |
Later, a buzzard was seen and heard, a common enough experience but never, ever, one to be taken for granted.
The Law - for another day |
..... in the end we opted for Cleuch.
Lower Glendevon Reservoir and Wether Hill |
We sat here soaking up the late afternoon sun. All was well with our world.
The trip was around 19km.
Monday 10 March 2014
10 March - High Pressure
Castlehill Reservoir - where the car is parked |
I'm not going to post much about the forthcoming trips other than briefly record the day out with a few photographs.
The view to Whitewisp Hill from just below the cairn on Tarmangie Hill |
We had a grand day (18km) in spring sunshine, birds singing, shadows drifting over the hillsides.
Northwards the hills are plastered and gullies would be death on a stick I reckon. That said, if the mood takes us we might just take a drive further north and have a day on sunlit snow.
Easter Downhill from Castlehill Reservoir |