Sandbaggers and a Corbett ...

A top evening in the Drovers – met up with some old pals and met up with some new. Possibly, the most surreal moment of the night was hearing Guns n Roses being played live in the Drovers …go figure eh ?

I had been meaning to have a ramble up Meall an Fhudair since last May when after the Arrochar hills, I headed back to Glasgow to a Counting Crows gig …and Manny + crew headed to Fhudair on his Corbett Run.

Left the van a little later than I thought I would have …but these things happen sometimes. The route up was very straightforward – follow the road to where it splits then continue up onto the ridge and to the summit (so I had the map tucked away out of use). The wind was seriously Baltic …very cold indeed but clear skies gave superb views over towards the Ben Lui hills. There was an almost perfect line across the group where brown hill met snow covered hill – winter is good. Reached the wee cairn and checked my watch …I had made good time. Took some pics and started down the ridge and back towards the car.

After about five minutes, I got a bad feeling about things. Stopped, took out the map and swore at myself – I had not been to the summit of Meall an Fhudair...only to the 721m top! Continuing to swear, I turned around and headed back up the hill (obviously, my head was somewhere else). Got back to the cairn and laughed since I was actually 1.5km off the correct summit. Checked my watch and broke into a run / walk thing to regain the lost time. On the correct summit, I was much happier.

Cheers to the Gobi Sandbagger folks for making me very welcome indeed – a great evening and a nice wee hill day to follow …a perfect combination.

The route including the faff about !