Smiddy, Dundonnel

13-15 August 1999

Present: Alison B, Steven C, Gordon C, Lynne E, Lachlan L, Caroline L, Pamela T

The FMC response for this meet was disappointing, but most of the places were filled - by people poached from the Jacobites at the last minute!

Friday night was spent in the Dundonnell Hotel, and most did not make an early night.

Saturday dawned clear, sunny and still, not to mention very midgy. A mass ascent was started on An Teallach. The lower slopes were not a suitable place to hang around if you did not want to lose too much blood, so the pace was fast. The cloud then closed in on the ridge, denying us views. A downpour started just before the pinnacles, which would add extra entertainment to Lord Berkeley’s Seat, although the view between our feet was nothing other than cloud. The weather would then pull another trick by reverting to its sunny state on the walk out.

After a further night in the Dundonnell Hotel, and waking to a rainy morning, the main event of the day was lunch in Aviemore.

Gordon C