A chance to head South after a meeting on drinking water. Of which there is very little after this prolonged spell of good weather. My plan was to take in the 3 Donalds to the South of Loch Trool but I never got down there until 1340. Despite my best efforts of running along the tracks, it wasn't until 1440 before I started up on to White Hill, just N of Curleywee. And it was a tough slog through tussocky heather, which ended up lacerating my lower limbs. The sweat was pouring off me, while the afternoon was still with no breath of wind. I eventually climbed up on to solid ground, the frustrating and coruscating terrain behind me (until the descent later). I could see the Merrick to the north, imposing and to the east, Mullwharchar was in view. I carried on up to the airy summit cairn of Curleywee and stopped for some sustenance. I could see previous accomplishments in the form of Millfore - a cold day with Craig almost 18 months ago.
The drop down off Curleywee was quick and the ascent up on Bennanbrack was pretty nifty too - looking back to the 1st days' hill and it was a wee belter. From here and on up to Lamachan Hill, was so straightforward but the summit itself is devoid of anything of interest because it is so flat. The cairn was part of a wall which ran West and it was at this point, I had to consider whether I should add on Larg Hill. It would be a round trip of about 4km with some ascent but the time was now 1641 and I knew I had a hard descent ahead to get back to the land rover track. Simple enough down to the two lochains before Mulldonoch but from there down to the track was rough, tough and equally as hurtful as before. I eventually got back to the track and enjoyed the walk back to the car, which was an hour from the summit. A nice but painful day out, these hills require care and a guid pair of trousers I think.
