I had intended on heading back up the Munros again but the timings weren't right so I decided to keep the drive reasonable, and instead decided on Gairbeinn from Melgarve bothy. I had the bike unloaded once more, and from Garva bridge, it was a nice ride along the road for about 4 miles, all done in 22 minutes. Unsurprisingly, the bothy was locked but it looked a nice place to spend an evening so I'll definitely come back in Winter. Gairbeinn stood tall and as it had been so dry, what would have been a boggy approach was actually dry underfoot. I fair pelted up the slopes, and once at the plateau, the views opened up nicely to surrounding hills. Although the wind turbines were a definite blot on the landscape. There was still some snow patches lying around and there was a real frigidity to the wind blowing from the North. I didn't hang about and descended quickly to the bike. The 4-mile cycle back out was lovely and the amount of deer near the river was incredible. When I got back to the car, I fired up the cooker and got some curry down my throat, with a wee can of Dr Pepper. I felt great and it was good to get Corbett 122 in the bag - ONLY 100 to go!
