I completed the English Marilyn list on Peel Fell (33) on 6 August 2000 to find a fell race in progress and a marshall on top who kindly took my photograph to record the event. Other milestones included my 200th Corbett and my halfway point on Fraoch Bheinn.
Highlights:
Ben Aden (10B): climbed in a fantastic five-day spell at Inverie. Boat to the end of Loch Nevis reduced the day to ten hours.
Black Combe (34D): One of the worst gales I can remember -almost impossible to make progress downhill.
Ben Cleuch (26): Discovered the delightful 'alpine' path up from Tillicoultry -one of the best kept secrets in Scotland.
Beinn a'Mhonicag (9C): Painted Ladies beating the hell out of Red Admirals on the summit. Can anyone explain why they were doing it? It was painful to watch and listen to.
Lowlights:
Little Whernside (35B) (SubHewitt): Motor-cycle hooligans churning up the fell into quagmire. Lapwings watching in horror.
