First Day with the Ladies
Beinn Chabhair 933m (m)
D: 16.13km El: 876m T: 5hrs 8 mins (7 hrs 6 mins)
https://www.strava.com/activities/6813439844
My first away meet with the Ladies Scottish climbing club, they were all lovely but I was a bit out of my comfort zone, thought I had forgotten my big boots didn’t think I needed crampons all got a bit much. Turned out another newbie had forgotten her compass which made me feel better. It was great walk though and lovely people. We had a wild wet windy walk up Beinn Chaghair.
Think I will like this club.
Meall Chuaich
Meall Chuaich 951m (m)
Bike D: 9.28km
https://www.strava.com/activities/6787784358
Hike D: 6.32km ElL533m T: 2hrs 10 mins ( 3hrs 19mins)
A nice wee hill with Janet, a bike and hike made it easier
The Mountain Club walk
Creag Dhubh 787m
D: 14.35km T: 3hrs 47mins (6hrs 3 mins ) El: 557m
https://www.strava.com/activities/6677899426
I think this was my third walk with the mountain club recently and it was very enjoyable. I am getting to know them all a bit better and we had some good banter as we went up the hill. We went up Creag Dhubh which was a hill that Roger and I turned back from a few years ago as the wind was terrible. I remember huddling behind a big boulder on Creag Mor eating our sandwiches. Today it was not so windy and was also fairly dry. there was a fair bit of slushy snow but it was a nice ascent. It was a bit of a long walk back round the east side of Loch Gynach
A Walk up Creag Ghiubhsachan
Creag Ghiubhsachan 603m
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Getting pretty sick of the windy stormy weather Dot and I wanted to go away for a van trip but while Friday was ok Saturday looked windy again. Deciding where to go was difficult but in the end we decided on this lovely hill. Not to far to drive and just a nice we jaunt. This time last year I was up it in skis with Anne and although not enough snow to ski it did have a wintery feel. As always nice to be out.
It was a lot better day than expected
Sow Of Atholl 803m (c)
D: 7.24km El: 389m T: 2hrs 2 mins (2hrs 59 mins)
https://www.strava.com/activities/6619931129
I think dot thought I was mad but there was supposed to be a little weather window and it was a much better window than I expected. I nice we walk up a hill to keep our mountain legs in condition while we wait for winter to come back. I have been up a few of the Drumochter hills lately starting to recognise them.
Feeling Tired in Cumbria
https://www.strava.com/activities/6594256011
Steel Knotts 432m 
D: 4.99km El: 286m T: 1hr 31mins (2hrs 22mins)
After a lovely few days with Kai Blair and Rosie, Joe and I headed to the hills but we were not on tiop form and neither was the weather. Drizzle and mist. Joe was feeling a little sick and I was a bit weary so we cut it short after Steel knotts and headed back to Joe’s for a lazy afternoon.
Beinn Each
Beinn Each 813 (c)
https://www.strava.com/activities/6564208507
D: 7.35 El: 627m T2hrs 35mins (3hrs 7mins)
I decided to break the journey to Haddington with a wee trip up a hill. I wanted to see the view across to Ben Vorlich but as it was so misty I couldn’t see anything. It was a bit of a reminiscing trip that I wasn’t expecting as it is not an area of the highlands i have been too for a long time and I passed loads of places and hills that i had been with Roger and the boys. There ar4e lots of hills to go up in the area though and i thin k i will make this detour a few more times on my ways South. The hill was the 4th mountain day i have had in 6 days and my legs were a bit tired and also it was very steep. But now my Corbett’s and Grahams are equals ha ha
A Two Munro Day
Geal-Charn 917m (m) A’Mharconaich 975m (m)
D: 12.54km El: 702m T: 3hrs 24mins( 4hrs 34mins)
https://www.strava.com/activities/6537982462
It has been a fantastic week for hill walking for me, today was my 4th mountain day in the last 6. The forcast was looking good a bit of wind but it was due to drop as the day went on. It was one of those lovely days in the hills blue skies, great views. I am really getting to recognise the hills now in this area which is great. It wasn’t an exciting pair of munros in that the walk was grassy and rounded but so worth it. I didn’t see a soul all day. it was still a bit frozen right at the top and some bits of very hard snow.
A walk with the Mountain Club
Leanna Mhor ( East) 676m (g) Carn Dearg 834m (c)
D: 12.92km El: 805m T: 3hrs 59mins (5hrs 45mins)
https://www.strava.com/activities/6528037056
It was my turn to co-ordinate the mountain club walk – the first time so I didn’t really know what was expected in terms of anything but it all worked out. Bob gave me Dot and Jinty a lift which was nice. I lost two of the group early on Jinty turned back due to her bad hip and Dot at the water crossing which wasn’t supposed to be so full. I was left with the fast fit ones with no excuse to bail after the first hill. I was glad i didn’t it was a good walk. the top of Carn Dearg was in the cloud but all the rest was clear. We just got back to the car before the rain and had a nice cuppa at Jinty’s on the way home. I was last on the top of Carn Dearg with Roger in January 2013.
Meall na Leitreach
Meall na Leitreach 775m (c)
D: 13.54km El: 427m. T: 3hrs 39mins (4hrs 49mins)
https://www.strava.com/activities/6522311944
I was only back I from Sue and Chris’s on Wednesday evening but Janet was keen to climb a hill so this one seemed a good choice as it wasn’t too big a drive from home and I had to get the car to the garage before we left. It was a lovely sunny day with no wind. However there was cloud swirling about so by the time we at the summit we were in the flag. We did see an amazing fog bow – a first for me. We decided to carry on along the ridge but then dropped down before the end to the track along the shore and a 4 km walk back to the bridge. It wasn’t so bad! The day was a good one but I should have had my camera with me not just my phone.
Mountain Days and Photo Nights 