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a couple of years ago i was asked by my good freind mark if i fancied a couple of munros in killin and to be honest i didnt fancy it at all and had no intention of climbing a hill now or ever!i had just turned 38!
- my pal mark
well i went and am so glad i did because on meall a choire leith i caught a bug that was going to change my life for the better!
on that first climb everything changed and all i wanted to do was climb and luckily for me a live right next to the glorious ochil hills
- ben cleuch
- the law
- dumyat
the ochils became my playground for months and i found myself getting fitter all the time!the hills were makin me feel good!
i was 38 by this time and made mysel a wee challenge,a was gonna climb 40 munros by the time i was 40 years old!well im a wee bit proud of myself because on sunday with ma friends greig and linzi a went a wee bit further by climbing my 50th !!
greig and i had been out walking many times before and it was really nice to have linzi join us for this round of 5!greig and i had been up lochnagar before but were always looking to walk the whole route!
the walk up to lochnagar was good and the weather was fine!lochnagar is an amazing mountain
- alfie
the weather changed for the worse on munros 2 and 3 but only for an hour or so,we were well soaked!but it didnt dampen our spirits !i was pretty excited about reaching 50!to some thats a small amount but am no done yet!i was a wee but touched by the plane crash on carn an t-sagairt mor
- wing of canberra
- crashed in 1956
found the walk from carn an t-sagairt mor to cairn bannoch enjoyable and then onto broad cairn!yes!!
- carn an t-sagairt mor
- cairn bannoch
- greig and linzi on broad cairn
we were all feeling good and i was made to look a right fool by giving a wee hand gesture to celebrate this special munro for me
- 5-0 hand gesture......****!
it was a great day with some great company!from broad cairn it was a long walk back to the car and we decided to walk down to the side of the loch!
- from broad cairn
- loch muick
was glad to get back to the car and was feelin good about my first big landmark and by the way av still got couple of weeks before a turn 40-something else am looking forward to......NOT!but ye know what a dont feel am getting old,a feel really good and thats all down to the the hills of the ochils and the mountains of scotland!av seen some really amazing places also,places i would never have been if mark hadnt forced me up that first munro a couple of years ago!!i love a good day out on the mountains!thanks!