The weekends give opportunity for longer walks, and once again routes on the Correen Hills have been the logical choice, walking directly to and from home on long circuits. Both days had similar weather with early rain clearing to give bright and breezy conditions, flotillas of clouds racing overhead and clear air. The freedom and space these hills have offered through the lockdown will be long remembered, great striding routes where other people are seldom seen.
One of my routes over the weekend was this 21 kilometre circular walk which could be started and finished from quite a few different points, there's around 500 metres of ascent involved and it covers a nice variety of moorland, wood and farm tracks - there's a good track the whole way around. One of the features of these hills is that distance just seems to reel away.
Alternating cloud and bright sunshine made for some dramatic lighting effects as in this view from the summit of Lord Arthur's Hill over to Bennachie, the hill dark in shadow and lower ground covered in gorse making for a brilliant contrast - it was all good.
I think I'd be keeling over if I did 21km these days. Too many aches and pains now for distance routes like that.
ReplyDeleteI think you'd be fine Bob - the going on these hills is superb with low gradients and grassy tracks for most of the way; the distance just seems to roll along
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