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I'd been keeping an eye on the forecast, a week out it was saying snow then the day before it changed to fairly clear but with moderate winds and so I decided I would set out early from St Andrews and walk up Mayar and Driesh, it had been a while since I had the pleasure of walking up a Munro.
A little bit of cloud was around as I pulled up at first light on the car park where I paid £2 to park for the day. Made use of the facilities (which were nice and clean) and set off into the forest.
The view from the car park was rather pleasant
and I spotted this little fellow wandering down the path
It wasn't long before I came out into the opening for the absolutely stunning Corrie Fee
The walk up to the waterfall had been rather kind however it quickly becomes a bit more tricky (but not too difficult) up the waterfall and it was here that I could really start to feel the wind.
The view back down into Corrie Fee was also rather nice.
It wasn't long before I was at the summit of Mayar and this is where the wind started to really pickup, I struggled to hold the phone steady to take a picture, this being about the best I could do.
I didn't stay for long, with wind chill it was about -10c up the top and I still had Driesh to go. This is where it got much worse, I'm not sure what moderate winds are but I could barely stand up and I nearly turned back, it was quickly becoming rather miserable as I was battered by the winds and my face was being stung by the sleet. I stopped put on a scarf and some sunglasses to protect my face a bit better (certainly didn't need them for the sun at this point) and decided to attempt the summit of Driesh, I'm not sure I had a lot of choice the wind was pushing me that way anyway.
It wasn't long before I was at the summit, I took a quick selfie and one of the "view" although by that point the view was about 100ft thanks to the clouds.
Then it was time to descend, this time into the wind and boy was that hard work, I met another walker who decided (probably more sensibly) that it was too windy to go up Driesh and had turned back. Typically just as I started the walk down the clouds parted.
One last view of Corrie Fee
Then a spot of lunch back at the car park
On a nice day, that would have been a rather enjoyable walk. Even with the wind and cloud the view of Corrie Fee isn't something I will ever forget!
