Walkhighlands

What a day. Made a decision late the previous week that if the weather held I'd start my holiday with a trip up to Fort William and climb the Ben the hard way. It held. I did.

Drove up from Newcastle on Bank Holiday Monday, to my sisters in Edinburgh and a 6 o'clock start on Tuesday morning had me parking in the North Face car park just after 830. Just to back track a little though, I have to say the drive through Glencoe was simply stunning, quiet roads, not many clouds some of which were sitting on the peaks, I would have stopped to take some photos but wanted to get up to the car park thinking as the forecast was good it may be busy. As it happened it was relatively quiet.

Not sure how much the total ascent or distance covered was ( I've added a guesstimate from other walk reports) as I managed to loose my GPS in the Lakes yesterday Since been found and handed into Cumbria Police, thanks again Dave Richardson and family

Anyway, enough of the waffle from me, let the pictures tell the story of a glorious day in the hills, a bit of a chill in the air when I left the car park, but over 20 degrees when I got back there that afternoon. Enjoy, I sure did.

Looks like you got a cracking day for it, hooter, and even got your gps back,

What a fantastic day you had! A bit of blood is a small price to pay for such an amazing trip.

cookie wrote:Looks like you got a cracking day for it, hooter, and even got your gps back,

Yeah, I was really lucky (x2) !

Silverhill wrote:What a fantastic day you had! A bit of blood is a small price to pay for such an amazing trip.

It will be (the scar) a nice little reminder of a fantastic day.

Incredible time! Did you sprint the entire route?

Looks like you had a great day for it, I see many posts on Ben Nevis with limited views from the top.

Good walk report and cracking pics,I really need to do this.

This is a great report, really enjoyed the read and photos.

Enjoyed this read, and some of the pix are fabulous. And what a great day you had for it.

chompish wrote:Incredible time! Did you sprint the entire route?

No, I'm not one of those "nutters" but I do tend to get a shift on when coming down.

Sarah86 wrote:Looks like you had a great day for it, I see many posts on Ben Nevis with limited views from the top.

At one point just as I was about to reach the top it looked like a bit of mist was rolling in from the south east, but it kind of burnt away as it reached the summit

tommyatr wrote:Good walk report and cracking pics,I really need to do this.

If you get a day like I did, you'll not be disappointed.

Spade wrote:This is a great report, really enjoyed the read and photos.

Alteknacker wrote:Enjoyed this read, and some of the pix are fabulous. And what a great day you had for it.