Keen for a day out
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:10 pm
Just a follow up to stretch"s brilliant report of our day on Mount Keen.With Alan and James only having Saturday off we were desperate to get out somewhere.after contacting stretch late Thursday we left mine at 5.45am,swung by St Andrews and were in the carpark at Invermark and on our way by 9.00am.
The view and walk up Glen Mark was a delight . After 4km you pass The Queens Well and jb went over to take a look .Soon after this you pass Invermark Cottage and cross the Ladder burn and start to climb The Knowe of Crippley on a good track.we made good time up here even though there was still a lot of compact snow around .After approx 2 1/2 hrs and Andy was nearing the summit .With me being a wee bit behind got a pic of stretch at the summit taking a pic of me coming up Had our break here to fuel up and take some pics,with great views over to Lochnagar The walk back down was done under clear blue sky"s,with Alan and James trying some ice-axe arrest on the compact snow. Here are some more pics of our day. Another fine day in good company,can"t wait till we get out again
With this being the first time the boys had met they all had a good chin wag to pass the timeThe view and walk up Glen Mark was a delight . After 4km you pass The Queens Well and jb went over to take a look .Soon after this you pass Invermark Cottage and cross the Ladder burn and start to climb The Knowe of Crippley on a good track.we made good time up here even though there was still a lot of compact snow around .After approx 2 1/2 hrs and Andy was nearing the summit .With me being a wee bit behind got a pic of stretch at the summit taking a pic of me coming up Had our break here to fuel up and take some pics,with great views over to Lochnagar The walk back down was done under clear blue sky"s,with Alan and James trying some ice-axe arrest on the compact snow. Here are some more pics of our day. Another fine day in good company,can"t wait till we get out again