Exploring around Mallaig
D: 7.38km. El: 232m T: 1hr. 10mins
A leg stretcher after yesterday’s Munro. Exploring a couple of beaches and the Mallaig circular.
Gulvain
Gulvain 987m (m). Gulvain South Top 961m (mt)
Another fantastic solo trip with a wonderful stream dip on the way back………
A fine solo Day
Ladhar Bheinn 1020m (m)
D: 14.74km. El: 1,141m. T: 4hrs 58mins
Ride: D:6km. El: 65m T: 36mins
Tom gave me a lift to the end of the track which was great. And I had a lovely dip in the stream at the end of the walk. It totally revived me. A great day.
Goatfell Epic
Goatfell 875m (c)
What a day. Joe and I went over to Arran for a couple of days to meet up with Jimmy and Lynne. They were very keen to climb up Goatfell but also a wee bit apprehensive. We set off at about 10am, our route was the direct tourist path up from Broderick. It was a good choice as it still took us 91/2 hours. I couldn’t believe how busy it was but everyone was going quicker than us so after a while they started passing us coming down rather than going up! At the top we had the summit to ourselves which was wonderful. We got down and got sucked into the mountain rescue 60th anniversary by a lot of quite tipsy rescuers.
Back to the hotel for pizza. Unfortunately Jimmy had a bit of a turn/faint and ended up going to the hospital in an ambulance. Luckily all was well by morning.
A great day apart from the ambulance bit.
Sgurr an Utha and Fraoch -Bheinn
Sgurr an Utha 796m (c). Fraoch-Bheinn 790 (ct)
I was staying with Kenny for a couple of nights before going down south to meet up with Joe for our sailing course. Kenny was working and I was missing the hills so I headed back down the Glenfinnan road to the start of the walk. It has been a while since I have had a solo hill day and the weather was good and I totally enjoyed myself. Did a bit of navigation timing practice along the way. Great views.
A wet Day with Joe.
Beda Fell 509m (w). Angletarn Pikes 567 
D: 11.77km. El: 501m T:3hrs 22mins (4hrs 25mins)
Making use of the new car Joe and I headed to a fairly local hill down the quiet side of ullswater. The day ended up a lot wetter than forecast so we cut the day short and headed down a very nice path that slowly traversed and dropped down the valley. It still felt like we had done a bit. My first walk with Joe for a while.
The Severn Big Ones…
https://www.strava.com/activities/11079228348
D: 29km El: 1,750m T: 10hrs 6mins (13hrs 26mins)
⛰️ Creag a’ Mhaim (946 m) • ⛰️ Druim Shionnach (985 m) • ⛰️ Druim Shionnach West Top (935 m) • ⛰️ Aonach air Chrith (1,020 m) • ⛰️ Maol Chinn-dearg East Top (913 m) • ⛰️ Maol Chinn-dearg (980 m) • ⛰️ Sgurr an Doire Leathain (1,010 m) • ⛰️ Sgurr an Lochain (1,004 m) • ⛰️ Creag nan Damh (917 m) •
It really was a big day!!!
Pre Big Day Hill
Biod an Fhithich 646m (g)
D: 10.14km El: 604m T: 3hrs 44mins (5hrs 23mins )
A warm up before the big day.
Escape from Refit Two
Beinn Lora 308m (sub 2000)
D: 7.77km El: 344m T: 1hr 39min ( 2hrs 14mins)
https://www.strava.com/activities/11030087542
It was a lovely sunny day after 3 days of storms and wind I wanted to tackle something bigger but was tired or more weary and everything in the van was damp, so decided to have a late start and go up a smaller hill. It was still great to get out in the wild and see the views.
Escape from the refit.
Beinn Churalain 549m (sub 2000)
I decided not to follow the route in the Hugh’s book because I wanted to visit the old burial ground on the way up the hill. The burial ground was very lovely but oh dear what followed next! Very steep scrub. Then very steep hillside but what lovely views of the higher hills all around. I had picked a lower hill as my energy levels were pretty low after a few days working on Peggy and living in the van. My choice of route for the decent was probably worse than the accent.
Oh well a grand diversion from the refit. And the weather was glorious for March.
Mountain Days and Photo Nights 