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Hi
First Munro yesterday (Sat 29th Aug).
Arrived at Rowardennan at 7am.Very breezy and raining,white horses on the loch with 2 foot waves.Spent the next 15min helping a guy get his car started,just what i needed,pushing a car round the car park.He was going to have to wait for the ranger as it wouldn't start and none of us had jump leads.
Anyway,got my gear on and headed up at 7:30am.A very good path as many others have described and only met one other walker on his way down so had the place to myself (almost).Just amazing how quiet it was,no road noise,no nothing but the wind.Very peaceful. The first half was pretty calm and occasional heavy showers,with the rain jacket coming on and off a couple of times.Little did i know it would be a gale on top.Below is the view on the way up.Didn't think i would see anything when i got up top.
Made good time and loved the view back over the loch.
Got near the top and woolly hat and fleece went on under jacket as the wind chill and the rain made it feel really chilly.(Scottish summertime eh)
Took a few shots from the top,and got back down before i got blown down.
On the way down met many folks on there way up,one group were heading up with "Harry" who was completing his last Munro,what an achievment.It was so nice having everyone saying hello and morning.I run 4 or 5 days a week and the number of folks that look at their feet when you pass them, pretty sad.
Anyway,got back to the car park at 10:55 and absolutely loved my walk.Hopefully the start of many.
David.