Ah, 36. Can you believe it? I was planning to tick this little baby with Shaz and Daz and we all met up at the large layby beside Loch Lubnaig - Scotland's most beautiful loch, a mon avis. Daz had brought MIlo - fit a size o mutt! The path takes the right of way in to Glen Ample and it was large enough. Before long, we had reached the tree line and the views back to snow-clad Ben Ledi were heady. In fact, as we got higher on Beinn Each, we could see as far as the impressive Stob Binnein, head and shoulders covered in the dandruff but looking great. It was steep in places but the wonderful thing about this little beauty was the variability in gradient and the views. The stags were roaring and poor Milo was a little bewildered by it all. As we entered the snow-line the last 300m up to the summit took a very impregnable appearance but once on to the top, great views were had to the Wallace monument, Stuc a Chroin more immediately and the Lawers range. Apart from some miserable muppet at the top ("would you like your photo taken?" "No thanks" - well, watch you don't slip.) it was a very pleasant walk and our descent was most enjoyable. A pint of the Waylade back at the Lade Inn with Shaz rounded off a lovely start to my birthday. It doesn't get any better.
