Weather was excellent but the planning will have to be improved upon next time to say the least! The "plan" was to test out 3 gadgets of mine too... the walkie-talkie watches which my sister got me for my birthday/christmas, and try and have a BBQ by lighting a fire with my fire-stick knife - and cook the massive amount of meat I had purchased at the butchers in the morning on a BBQ-grill for walkers I had randomly got myself some time back!
I am sure I had been told it took 4 hours... but after a slow 6 mile walk to the foot of Mount Keen we were all pretty knackered!!!
Nick & I made it to the top and toasted the Old Man Of Lochnagar - as its summit could be seen clearly across the way - whilst downing a few drams of its 12 year old malt.
The walk down was sore to say the least, with only the comforting few hundred metres of snow walking which felt like walking in sand compared to the coal-walking that followed our 6 mile lumber home. Our soft feet blistered and our stiffening legs ached, and there wasn't enough time to sit back and enjoy the BBQ... at all! The walk ended in darkness but lessons had been learned on a previous walk - and my head-torch lit the way back to the car.
The weather was amazing and it was great to get some fine Highland air. There is a nice feeling to be had when you are sore all over and you can sit down knowing you deserve a lazy night in front of the telly! Which is what I'm doing right after this! All in all a great weekend and I can now tick off the most Easterly Munro on my map!
Enjoy the pics (a combo of Nick's and mine). Some are great!
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