The Merrick has merit

Whilst staying en famille in Lochinvar, a lovely isolated mansion in Dumfries-shire, I took time to bugger off and grab this solitary Corbett, which was outstanding from my Southern Upland count. The drive from Lochinvar winds its way through the Galloway forest in some exquisite countryside and the drive along Glentrool was equally as fine. The weather was beautiful and conscious of my time, I fair rattled up the excellent path to Culsharg. There were steamy windows but I didn't stop to see if there was movement in the back seat and so progressed through the forest, while swatting away persistent invertebrates. Once up on to Benyellary, I was free from fly-life and I took time to rehydrate and admire the sweeping slopes of the Merrick. Unfortunately, the cloud was sitting at about 750m so I was not privy to any amazing views. Loch Enoch flitted in and out of the cloud, as did Mullwharchar and while I could easily have combined that and Craignaw, I didn't want to be away for too long as I was on curry duty. A wild camp plan was hatched or perhaps a wee bothy stay from the East and Tunskeen. My return trip over Buchan Hill was fine and I was round the circuit in just under 4 hours, which was pretty good going. Once home, I found out that my sister in law was in hospital and not too well, so glad to have been out of the way of the likely consternation. Pretty sure, other things will hatch over the next few days. Fingers crossed.