Training Log Archive: SarahD

Hanging controls at Glen Davan with E for the Swedes. Lovely as always.

Tarland trails with E. Good job. Mostly beyond my current confidence levels but will have to sneak back and practice when it's quieter. Hoochin with families and others.

Walked in late evening from Corrie Hallie to camp at foot of An Teallach. Nicely timed with rain just about passed over.

Sore throat - touch of E's lurgy.

Awesome day in the hills. Plan said hill reps; weather gods said playtime. Cycled in from Linn of Dee past Derry Lodge and a few km further up Glen Derry. Then back again at the end.

Climbed first up to Lochan Uaine (cp12) in the corrie to the east of Derry Cairngorm. Then on to the summit, where I met AT and RC. From there there was some nice running across and down to Loch Etchachan (cp13). Decided to work the climb up into Ben Mheadhoin and felt pretty good on it. More nice running along the top to the high point on the tor. Don't think we climbed this on my only previous winter ascent so it was a first proper summit for me. From the top dropped diagonally down to the Larig Lui and back along the path to the bike.
Lovely weather and felt good throughout, so a great day in the hills.

Pleasant ride out the DW from tennis club to Dinnet and back.

Wee jog round Bell Wood checking mobile signal. R knee a bit niggly.

From Keiloch cp up Gleann an t'Slugain as far as the old ruin (cp 20) then back down again at the end of the day. Saw a green woodpecker in the forest on the way back.

Long cp bagging run from the Slugain up to Dubh Lochan (cp19) then on to the top of Ben Avon (cp21) and back by Creag an Deal Bheag (cp22). Lots of new ground for me. Was hoping for a fine day but the cloud was down, visibility above 900m was dire and the wind was vicious on the tops. Very glad of map and compass, especially approaching the Sneck and dropping off the top of Ben Avon. Just started to relax with the latter when I came across some serious south facing snow fields, with the path / stream disappearing into them. Condition was poor for running shoes (hard-packed with melting surface) and didn't fancy a repeat of my snow bridge episode, so had to contour / climb again to avoid. Eventually managed to get round the end and drop to my descent route along the stream side. Seemed a long way back to the bike from the top end of the Gairn.
Plenty of ptarmigan on the high ground.

Tired.