Kerloch

Six of us rolled in to the golf club car park at 9 am and then made our way out to the small car park next to Knockburn Loch, which was to be our start point for the walk. Prospects didn't look too good - there was low-lying cloud sitting on the top of the hill - but we hoped that this would lift before we got to the summit.

The first part of the walk is a fairly gentle stroll up well-gravelled Land Rover track. Colin claimed the first pee stop as we crossed the first stile:

Eventually we took a turn to the right up a narrower, rocky path strewn with leftover snow, with trees either side. The upwards climb really started here. Coming out of the trees, we soon caught sight of the Kerloch wind farm, with the mist sitting on top of the turbines:

The final part to the summit was up a narrow trail and in to the low cloud. Just past the cairn at the top there was a wind shelter where we sat and had lunch:

The altimeter reading at the top was 1,725 feet. We took a slightly different route back down the first part and before long we were coming out of the clouds and we could see the sunshine in the valleys below:

Time for another team photo then:

Further down the hill there was a small memorial plaque:

Back at the car park, time for yet another team photo - this time with misty Kerloch behind us:

Map my Walk says we walked 10.9 kms in just under 3 hours.