Creagan Riabhach 2021
The first opportunity for a Friday bus trip to Ballater for a walk and some ales was taken with relish by 5 of us, despite the mixed weather forecast. It came as a little bit of a surprise to discover that it had been fully 4 years since we had tackled this hill. On that occasion we were having a bit of a heatwave, but conditions were a bit different this time for Gary, Jeb, Ken, Colin and I. However, in the end, we escaped with just a couple of brief light showers. Here's the photos - first of all the team shot at the official start of the walk halfway along the Pass of Ballater where Gary met us - and Jeb played Jacob: Once we'd done most of the climbing and were up on the plateau, we got nice views of Lochnagar which had fresh snow on top: A little further along, Gary took a photo of the 4 of us: Gary then took a selfie at the same spot: Ken chose the spot for our snacks where we had a fine view of the valley below: On the way back down we passed fields of she...