2019 Walk 10 - Keiloch Crag
One casualty and one call-off meant just 5 of us took part in our 10th monthly walk of 2019 yesterday - Dave picked up Jeb - and then Ruby - and Andy drove Colin and I down to the meeting point at the walkers' car park on the Invercauld estate. I had the directions and instructions but failed at the first hurdle by accidentally taking the clockwise route - mistake number one. The outward path through the estate was familiar to Dave as it was the same route the Freewheelers had gone on when cycling out to Linn o' Dee. As we came almost level with Invercauld House and the large sculptures in their grounds, we took a right turn and zig-zagged a bit as we climbed the hill. Despite the mists and grey skies above, we still had some pretty good views up the valleys: Given the benefit of hindsight, we now realise we went too far north up the hill and should have made a right turn back a bit sooner than we actually did. Up to now, it had been fairly easy to follow the pr...