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In 2013 I decided to commit to climbing at least one small hill per month and with this walk I have managed to keep that going, but only just! My previous walk, six weeks ago, had seen my knees react badly to the last 300m of steepish descent I put them through. I'd had to descend the last part with a straight left leg to stop the pain. Got to the road and thought I'd got away with avoiding injury but have just been plagued with aches and pains in both knees since. So, gentle exercise only for the last six weeks left me looking for an easy hill to climb to satisfy my small hill per month ocd. Fourman is a go-to hill for recovery walking; gentle incline, good path, little ascent plus fine views.
The year had been going so well too, walking-wise, so I should have realised something was going to go wrong. Fatigue, I'd like to think, due to a busier than usual few months.
Always a pleasant walk up through the woods.
The not so distant lights of the big city, Turriff.
Sky warming up.
At the trig point.
The sun starts to appear.
Tillymorgan might be cloud-capped but the cloud cap itself is lit up spectacularly by the early light.
The morning light show fades and it is time to descend.
Knock Hill gains a cloud-cap too, making Fourman Hill the only clear hill around, so another reason it was a good choice!
Annoyingly, my left knee was complaining quite a lot today (the day after).