Meall Ghaordaidh, summer 2013: the first field after leaving the car park, farmer heads in my direction in a landrover, window rolled down, clearly worried about me crossing the field, because a cow had given birth the previous night. So I offer to go somewhere else to do a different mountain. But farmer says to get in the landrover, and he givese me a lift across the field! We saw the little calf curled up in the grass, mum eating the afterbirth, and the other cows forming a protective ring. Farmer took me to the stile at the far end of the field in the landrover, to make sure I was safe.
I did my walk as planned and on the way back, I managed to stay outside the field, by edging along the fence, by the river.
A magic experience the whole thing. A big Thumbs Up and Thank You to the kind and brilliant farmer!!
I'll never forget that calf, and that very memorable mountain.