Balmoral Cairns
Good turnout of 9 for Friday's walk round the Balmoral "Cairns". Ian had done it before and decided his time could best be spent elsewhere and Nigel made a late decision to continue lopping trees with his chainsaw, but otherwise, it was a pretty full turnout of the regulars. The logistics were a little complicated as most of us also had a Headbang to attend at Dave's later on, but, in the end, we managed fine and all (eventually) went well. Matters got off to a slightly tricky start, however. I had printed off 13 sheets of step by step directions and also downloaded a live tracker app from ViewRanger. Both of these guided us in a clockwise direction but Dave and Steve, who had done the walk before and knew it well, decided it would be better if we went anti-clockwise, so they led us onward and I pocketed my printouts and tried to disguise my petted lip. Some of the guide books and web sites mention 7 so-called cairns, but it seems there are more than that - some...