Allan, Davie C, Davie Mc, Dougie, Gus,
Ian, Johnny, Malcolm, Rex, Robert
We took coffee and scones at the Visitors
Centre and watched the weather change by the minute from sunshine to showers,
from bright skies to dark wintry ones. Eventually, Robert got us moving despite
a suggestion from Derval Davie to go straight to Wetherspoon’s for lunch. Yeah,
the times they are a changing!
The Lochgoin circuit would do us
today and the first section saw us chilled by a bitter wind. This would be a
day for heads down and get the walk done. After an hour, we encountered a five-minute
shower with a hint of hail, but nothing drastic. The circuit is eight miles in
length or seven if you cut across the wee dam and it was the shorter option
that was opted for. As we approached the access track up to the Lochgoin
monument another decision was made in that we would give the monument a miss
today and head straight back to the shelter of the centre. On our final
approach (sounds like an aircraft) the rains came again but we were close
enough not to let it bother us and we took shelter in the toilets to get
changed. The centre allowed us to have our pieces in their café if we bought
coffees and so today’s lunch was taken in relative comfort.The walk had taken two hours and ten minutes, not bad for seven miles, and FRT was taken at the Kings in Fenwick.
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