Paradise Lost...Paradise found?

Hard day in the hills nav'ing around craggy ground above Ardlui. After a few weeks of good nav practice, today proved more challenging and despite knowing where I was, I just couldn't tick the boxes in terms of contour interpretation; a knock to the confidence but good to learn from my mistakes.

On the promise of tomato soup, Mark will do many things...thankfully nav is one of them, and he is a good coach despite his age. Lots of rope work too despite my attempts to kills us all :) Anyway, timings, pacing good up, across and down but interpretation needs polished. After a very long day in the hills, Mark managed to get his carnation sorted at late o'clock, while I got kicked like a dog on arriving home :(

A wee video to entertain...the ground we covered was super for climbing, scrambling, nav'ing and walking...shows you don't need Munro ticks to have a great day. We even saw a herd of deer and got a damn good soaking to finish off the good day.

Cadbury's milk chocolate...worked it out yet?

Great couple of nights over a week with Marko nav'ing in the Arrochar Alps nr Beinn Ime. Super clear one time, the tail end of a hurricane the next...can you identify which is which??? Bet you can. Burns in uber spate last night but good nav practice was rewarding; timing, pacing and walking on a bearing in the dark all worked fine. Wild life was interesting to say the least

Never even knew he was there... Great rock structures also seen - neat mica schist boulder split around a million years ago...good for climbing on tho'.

All in, great value nights and hopefully things going in at a faster rate than they go out...Mark, the every present coach, was fed and watered at every opportunity...he's even putting weight on...but Tuesdays are out for marriage...take note Jane; Sunday's too and the occasional Saturday :)