A girlie hill ....

Sunday 4th July 2004


It sounded like a plan …

Work an “easy” nightshift, grab some sleep on Gina’s floor then a ramble up and down Ben Ledi before heading back to Edinburgh to see Bonnie Raitt at the Usher Hall. In the end the shift went horribly wrong and I only made it to Gina’s for a cup of coffee before Ailsa picked us up. Don’t think I saw the end of the street and was gently woken in Callander about an hour later.

Last time I was up on Ben Ledi was with my favourite Texan (who put Lance Armstrong into 2nd place) – a lass called Wendy. This time was with a group consisting of Emma, Gina and Ailsa. The previous route was reversed saving the aptly named “stank glen” for the descent. Weather was pretty much everything – heat and sun to start with, wind and rain on the summit, dry and breezy on the descent.

There is something special about being in the mountains with girls – LUNCH !

In the same way Wendy always brought an interesting change to my garage bought stuff, this time was no different. Can’t remember who brought what but as we sheltered just off the summit cairn, a selection of oat cakes, goats cheese, camanbert and cashew nuts were passed about.

Once back at the car it was sleep time again for me … for an hour at least. Still plenty of time to catch up on that mid-week.