Nice walk

After a frustrating fallow patch, I went for a nice hill-walk today. With the short days at this time of year, one's options are limited, but we managed a couple of Munros from Drumochter. This does make things easier, as you are (vertically) half way there. The weather was good after the horrible storms of many recent weekends, although the large quantities of recent rain have washed away most of the snow. We had the traditional will-we-need-crampons conversation at the car, and said items were left in the boot. I did take my axe, and found a few places to use it, although the lack of one would not have been a problem.

Some fine wildlife on show too: a mountain hare; two ptarmigan pottering about on a very small snowfield; and a herd of hinds sheltering in a col.