Weeks and weeks of lockdown. We hadn't seen our parents at Christmas as it would have been folly to spend time with them when Covid was rife. We had abided by the rules but having only had 2 days off in 10 weeks since the start of the year, I was beginning to lose the plot. I decided I would take a day off and fuel the car up to full, before leaving early and avoiding any traffic. I drove the 2.5 hours along past Kinloch Rannoch and parked in the car park, just beside the power station. Not a soul around. I got the MTB out of the car, and began the cycle round to the start of the Land Rover track that would take me to the high point of the road down to the lodge. The track is excellent and while some of the road was steep in places, it took me just over an hour to get to the 655m point, where plenty of snow was lying on the hills. I left the bike just off the road, and began the last wee ascent up to the summit. Although the views were lovely to the point where I left the bike, the same could not be said for the summit.
