Meall nan Tarmachan’s concise guide to the law of Mr Sod

[old danensian]

Take three assumptions:

1 - MWIS suggested that Tuesday was going to be better than Monday
2 - An early start would beat the forecast advancing rain
3 - If I waited long enough on top it would clear – there’s no point in doing a fine ridge if you can’t savour it


Briefly, and with photographic evidence: 1 - it wasn’t; 2 - it did; but there was no point as - 3 - it didn’t.

Go on, it'll lift

Thirty minutes and counting ... it might still lift

But, of course, twenty minutes after leaving the top it did start to lift and by the time I was back at the car ...

Mr Sod's revelation

Moral of the tale: take what comes, Mr Sod always has the last laugh, holds the final card, or will inevitably kick you in the bum. And anyway, I won’t mind going back up to do the ridge as well.

[morag1]

Aw, thats a shame Never mind, you will enjoy your walk all the more once you do make it to the top

[rockhopper]

snap ! - had similar condiitons - saw nothing on top, clearing when lower down - as you say, you can always go back....but it would be great to have accurate..ish forecasts - cheers

[PeteR]

A real shame, as this is a great little ridge. Mr Sod is just that.

I call it the 3pm effect. At (or around) 3pm on a Sunday afternoon on days like you had here, just as I am either nearly off the hill or just walking back to the car the clouds part, the sun comes out and all that I couldn't see before is suddenly there all around me. And it doesn't seem to matter where I am either, the effect is always the same

As for MnT, you must get back there sometime to do that ridge. It's well worth it

[neilmci]

The number of times this happens is making me reconsider my entire approach to bagging. I am thinking rather than an early night to get on thep, I should set off such that I aim to get off the hill say 2 hours before darkness. Nothing worse than being back at the car at 3pm having seen nothing all day for the tops to clear as you take your boots off.

[colgregg]

Yep. That's what I saw last Saturday too.

[L-Hiking]

Ah wonderful clag

it will make you come back again, you havent so far to travel now

Cheers