Marhofn 171.09 - May 2007

Baglogs: Upper Hall:

Baglog: Pete Simpson (+114=1027)

2006 was a good year, as I achieved four milestones:

• Completion of the Corbetts, on Clisham on 26 Feb, the day before the snow came, transforming Harris into a land of extreme beauty but making hill bagging much slower, and leaving a car parked to go walking a rather anxious affair.
• My 1000th Marilyn, Beinn Donachain (3C), on 3 August, when an unsafe bridge necessitated a detour.
• Finally getting across to the Isle of Man again to combine the final two there with the Manx marathon.
• Completing the English Marilyns with the final two in Northumberland.

My final tally of 1027 followed a rather uninspiring visit to region 26 in November, when I was woken twice in one night by police, while camped in my van in a car park; a practice which is normally uneventful despite ignoring 'no overnight parking' notices on occasion. Although I fully intend to keep on bagging in 2007, I probably won't complete the Grahams or the Murdos this year, partly because of the longer travelling distance to new hills, and partly because we now have a property in Turkey where my wife wants us to spend as much time as possible (but there are lots of good hills there).