Scotland trip

Just got back from a cracking long weekend away in the Western Highlands of Scotland with some lads from work. It was my first visit up there. The weather was mostly good and the scenery was magnificent. We stayed at Borrodale House, a big old place which claims some interesting historical connections with Bonnie Prince Charlie. As I suspect does everywhere else up there. Saturday was wet and foggy, so we avoided the hills, but we did two full days walking on the Friday and the Sunday, tackling Gulvain and the Corryhully Horseshoe respectively. Knackering, but well worth it. Sunday was particularly spectacular. The day began with low cloud cover, which we passed through and emerged above on our first ascent, looking down on clouds beneath us and surrounded by the mountain tops poking through. Hard to believe it was on the same planet, let alone in the same country, as the central London we had left a couple of days previously. As the day went on, the cloud evaporated, leading to fantastic views from the summits and suntans all round.