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Back to the cairngorms for me ,Ian and Jake for some unfinished business,the plan was macdui and derry cairngorm which we were supposed to climb a few weeks back and maybe also do cairn gorm as well.So we set of at 8 sharp on the path up macdui from the ski centre.
- nice high start
It's a good high start from here and we were making good progress when we spotted a reindeer on the hill in the distance
The beast soon shot off and we thought that would be the last we would see of it when it returned with it's mates and headed right down the hill toward us
The herd came down to within about 10 yards of us to check us out before heading of back up the hill ,took loads of pics and then continued on up the path and got to the macdui summit in about 2 hours
- lairig ghrudown there somewhere
- ian and jake on ben macdui
The wind was blowing hard up here so it was on with a brew in one of the shelters before heading towards derry.Could see derry cairngorm in the distance and came to the conclusion of NO.We changed our plan and began thinking about beinn mhheadhoin instead
- loch etchachan
Of course when we got to the bottom of that hill we binned that plan as well
- crags over loch avon
So we kept on down the path to the shelter stone and loch avon
- shelter stone?
- ian getting his feet wet
Glad we came down this way ,it's a right quiet place also got a good laugh at ian trying to cross the burn
A quick bite to eat and then up the rocky pat of the coire raibert
- jake in the coire raibert
It's quite a steep climb up here over some slippy rocks but we were soon up on flatter ground and on our way to cairn gorm
- cairn gorm cairn
Quite a few folk milling about on the summit so just a quick pic and then headed down the path to the ski centre for a pint
Another great day ,never quite achieved what we set out to do but still a great walk and decent weather if a bit windy(mwis spot on today)bring on the next one
- the wee choo choo train