Sunday, 24 April 2011

The Glen Striddle horseshoe


As I was on-call, I couldn't stray too far from Glasgow so I opted for this wee morning out, near Luss. I was at the car park within 45 minutes of leaving the house and away over the wee bridge, I had driven under so many times. From there, I fair pelted up the slopes of Beinn Dubh, with lovely views back across Loch Lomond - it looked so peaceful. The good wee path took me up over the first bump before the second bump surprised - as ever, this wasn't the summit. Views were now opening up across to Beinn Chaorach and Beinn Eich however, the cloud was rolling over the hills. Once at the beautifully appointed cairn, I decided to carry on and go over the peaty, rolling Mid-hill before a quick trot down the steep slopes to the wee farm. A quick stretch along the road brought me back to my starting point after 3 hours. Fit a crowd there was. A nice wee leg-stretcher and one for Winter, no doubt about it.