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Well may i say what a fantastic site,
Started walk about 8 in the morning with 3 work collegues, we were using ben lomond as training for the caledonian challange which we are doing in June, so we thought we would bag some Munros on the way !!!!
first section was really easy through the cut down woods and on to the path and made our way up the path by this time i was in my t shirt as it was quite warm, looking back we had some great views over the loch. We stopped half way had something to eat and drink, some welcome energy
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next part was really easy until we reached the zig zag path up thought it was going to be harder than the first part but we found it easier. not before long we were in the clouds so i new it was going to be cloudy at the top off the mountain, not long after that we reached the sumit and could not see 2 feet in front of us
. We made our way back down the mountain on the other path, at this point it was a wee bit scary as the rocks were still covered in thick ice but managed it ok after that it was straight forward decent, came out off the clouds and we were met with the most fantastic views of the arocher Alps, made our way back down the mountain and back to the carpark, thought it was more difficult coming down especially on my legs, used muscles i never knew i had and paying for it
Now i have the bug, and hope to get some more Munros done, think the next on the list is the cobler, looking forward to that
