Saturday dawned cloudy and still - ideal midge conditions. Various groups and individuals went there separate ways.
The main group of Denis, Holly, Charles, Judith and Mark were aiming for Sgurr nan Ceathreamhnan and decided to go over An Socach on the way to get up on the ridge and hopefully escape the midges. I decided that the south ridge would make a different way up, although this soon proved to be a mistake - steep grassy hillside that meant those not able to walk fast enough (ie everyone except myself) were plagued by the wee beasties.
However we all made it up to An Sochach for lunch in good spirits.
However the advantage of being slow was that the morning clouds slowly lifted and so by the time we were on the second summit the views looking west were fabulous.
A more tired party then trudged at varying speeds the long road back to Strawberry cottage via the SYHA at Altbeithe.
In the mean time the other parties had arrived back at the cottage and prepared the usual excellent AMC meal. Also special mention should go in dispatches to Ed, Mat and Bruce for braving the evening midges and getting the water pump working to fill the tank from the river.
Sunday again dawned grey and still. Many people had had enough from the Saturday walk and so just walked out along the north shore of Loch Affric or simply drove out. Ed, Scuz and Mark went the slightly longer way back to the car park over the 2 Corbetts of Carn a Chorie Ghairbh and Aonach Shasuinn. This was in order to appease Scuzer's need for thrashing the Goat and her bad case of Corbettitis.
we did come across a useful new path down from the hill though thanks to the Estate.......
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