Well, the craic was poor on Friday morning when I discovered that there were only 10 names for the bus! However, undeterred, a small (but very select!) band of intrepid mountaineers ventured into Feshie, complete with 3 cars which allowed us to complete a wee traverse from Achlean. George Herraghty and Rob Murray met Ray Harron, Corinne Ferguson and Tom Summerscales in Forres where we were joined by prospective new member (if we haven’t scared her off!) Alex Davies.

There was then a journey to Aviemore where an Anglo-French connection was rekindled as Natacha joined the merry band. Morale was not high as the mist was low and weather was miserable, however, a few hundred metres up Carn Ban Mor and our heads popped over the top of the cloud base to be greeted by a beautiful sunny morning. The group journeyed on to Sgor Gaoith, Sgoran Dubh Mor and northward to find the famous (!) Argyll Stone. A picnic stop saw the group high above the cloud base feeling like they were the only folk alive. Views across to Braeriach were stunning. A pub stop at the Cairngorm Hotel and fish and chips for some members finished the day off nicely

We hope Alex will be back – although Tom’s instructions to take a cold bath might just have finished her off!!

Corinne