Apologies for not responding sooner to the latest replies. The info supplied has been great and although opinion is divided on best way to tackle it (all for very sound reasons) it's given me plenty of food for thought. The maps have been out and studied thoroughly. Ultimately the weather will determine much of what we do and in what order. Everyone in the group will be left in no doubt as to the size of the challenge that the traverse offers. As we could all be arriving in various states of fitness, taking in Braeriach first at least gets us all up onto the top reasonably early on. After that a decision can be made as to how many continue (hopefully all) but also gives the option of returning for anyone that isn't confident of keeping the pace.
Less than three weeks to go and we're buzzing about it....well a few of us are anyway
I hope you all count your blessings every day that you have these wonderful mountains within
relatively easy access. I'm not knocking the Mourne Mountains but we could traverse all of the bigger peaks in a day
Thanks again for the help