Highlights of the year? In chronological order, Garbh-Bheinn, Clach Glas and Bla Bheinn under testing conditions at Easter. A couple of days later, with snow showers blowing in from the north, I had a excellent run from Sligachan to Coruisk, via Ruadh Stac and back over Sgurr na Stri. Highlight was rounding a corner on the coastal path to see into Coruisk, just as the clouds blew clear of Gars-bheinn, leaving it streaked with snow. Followed that up with a excellent longish day on the hills north of Kintail, doing as many hills as FMD restrictions allowed, plus one. No new summits but a classic and beautiful ridge walk.
Followed the Easter trip with a long weekend in Ardgour in early May, which was hard work at times but rewarding. Later in the month I had a second bout of load-carrying through Knoydart, starting at Lochailort and working round to Inverie, linking new summits with old favourites. I was hoping to get out to Rum but the weather broke, putting an end to hopes of completing the Corbetts by the end of the year. Thereafter I didn't have the best of luck with weather, except for a couple of days in the Galloway hills in autumn and two weeks at Killin around Christmas. Low point of the year was pitching tent in the teeming rain in Gleann Beag, then realising there was no wind and that the tent also served as a useful shelter for the local midge population. In the circumstances there was no choice - I went up Carn Ban, despite the rain.
