Sunday, June 10, 2012

To finish off Helen's visit we climbed a Munro near to Laggan Locks on the canal. Sron a Choire Ghairbh is just a Munro at 3074 ft, and as we climbed from Laggan we were about 100ft above sea level so we had an advantage for this one.   The walk involved a trek of around 8 miles and the climb so we were both tired when we got back to the boat; unfortunately this day was also the day the weather broke and the heavens opened. We were like drown rats and didn't see anything from the top but cloud. Luckily we always carry a compass and an appropriate map as we ended up following our instincts on the way down which got us a little lost. This in turn meant we had to regain the summit and take compass bearings to the path down.  After all these years complacency can creep in if you aren't careful.   Once back at the boat we tried out reasonabley quickly and had a great evening and meal on the Eagle floating Restaurant .  Next day we were joined by Bob and Janet for a trip down the canal and a sail on Lochness.  Great day

1 comment:

helen said...

Just to clarify we dried out (not tried out)!