Daniel was still limping … and it does not seem to improve. He wants to continue though. The first destination was the Shielin of Mark bothy. Nice setup for maximum 5 people inside but plenty of camping spaces outside.
The 4 km took 1,5 hours – pathetic!
So I asked Daniel to take a different tour via Glen Lee while I was going the planned route towards Mount Keen and we would meet again later when both paths and his would meet again.
Mine was so damn exhausting! 12 km in the peat without any path … I enclosed some video to give you an impression on the conditions.
But at least I was compensated with great wildlife views. Many many grouse pairs, deers that were hidding in the peat holes that realized the human intruder quite late.
And then I saw a Golden Eagle. What a great sight and wonderful animal. Stunning with Lochnagar in the background.
I eventually arrived at the smack center for the ascend to Mount Keen. With paths left and right I decided to leave my backpack at the bottom and go up directly.
Up to now decent weather! Within 10 minutes it turned and started to heavily hale. I got completely soaking wet and of course I forgot to protect my backpack – also wet 🤬. By the time I made it to the camping ground in Tarfside the cloths at least were dry again.
And then – after I met Daniel – we continued to Tarfside. First a short stop at St. Drostans with a short energy reload (Apple, Banana, Cake 😁). The camping ground was another 200m and we were so happy that the local masonic lodge were open offering BBQ burgers (I had 3) and beer. Awesome, no premade dried food!
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