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Second day from the fab Bearnock bunkhouse at Drumnadrochit where a booking 'hiccup' meant we had 2 nights in a private log cabin
This day trip was for 4 of us taking in the Strathfarrar 4, W to E, with a car at each end.
Great day out, started clear with snow on the tops meaning slips and slides all round (except for Scoob who never falls - touch wood!). We made good time and were in sight of the end car before sunset
Walking along at a good pace going down the last of the land rover track, I didn't give any thought to slowing for the wet wooden planks at one point in the track (they were flush with the rest of the track)... too late! Feet went from under me in a 2-footed slide as I crashed down onto my bum
Not the first time I've had such a fall on the hills
but this time I managed to land more on to one side.
I couldn't put any weight on to my right arm and needed to be lifted back to my feet so I could finish the walk out.
In Inverness an hour later, Raigmore A&E confirmed a badly broken wrist and fitted a temp cast.
I've since had surgery... on the fracture scale 1-8 with 1 being simplest, clean break, mine is an 8
After such a daft wee slip when I was really off the hill, I've ended up with a metal plate inside my wrist holding together the pieces of bones
signed off work for 2 weeks
(
knocked them down from 4 weeks; I've only been off twice before in 15 years and proud of my record) can't drive
and told this will take at least 8 weeks to heal
We'll see...
Scoob's fabby video report stopped short of catching my fall - the walk was already done after all!
- permission from MCOS lets you drive right along the Glen - there were deer everywhere!
- Going west to east means starting on a good track
- reaching the snow line and the clag comes in
- hmm, bit slippy along this bit but ice axes all left back in the car :0 (Scoob taking the mick of my flapping arms lol)
- sun almost out at first top
- cameraman turned model :)
- snowing heading for final summit
- last summit of the day :)
- boggy walk out until we picked up the good, solid land rover track for the final stretch...
