Hillwalking - First Hike of 2012 - An Old Favourite

This is the first time I went hillwalking in 2012. Great to be back out. What looked like great weather with barely a cloud in the sky was actually bitterly cold in the wind. All the way up the hill I was buffeted by the wind. I had first climbed this hill in 1989 with my family and it has been quite a few years since I had been to the summit so it brought back some great memories. The summit itself has a huge cairn on top dating back to the bronze age. The practice of taking rocks from the bottom to the top has being going on for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. I don't participate in this. I think it is largely discouraged at present. But its great to know the history of these ancient structures. On top of the cairn there is a view finder which I assume has been blown over. At first I didn't recognise what it was. I think the heavy winds we have had across the country in the past few weeks have took its toll on the monolith.

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[dcox01]

Colin Saw a vid by dragonflyhiker where he said something about putting a band-aid over the mic to cut down on wind noise. Dave

[ColinOutdoors]

@dcox01 Hi Dave, great idea my friend, something I will give a try, thanks :-)

[delboyjdf]

What part of scotland are you from buddy? Im over on the west coast near Helensburgh!

[ColinOutdoors]

@delboyjdf I am from the east side of the central belt.

[Grunt922]

i remember when i first started watching colin's videos.i had no idea what he was saying because his accent was so thick, now i can understand every word. learned to love that accent ;P beautiful over there.

[ColinOutdoors]

@Grunt922 Lol, thanks my friend, glad you can understand me now. Really appreciate your support and kind words, take care.

[ColinOutdoors]

@Smith28Adventure Hi Smith, yeah the cairn is huge. The winds have died down a bit for a few weeks ago. Still windy on the hills though. Thanks my friend, take care.

[Smith28Adventure]

Holy COW that is an awesome cairn. I love how people have made wind shelters into the sides of it, very cool. Have certainly been hearing about the crazy winds in Scotland on the news, stay safe out there Col!

Nice to see more vids Colin, glad you had a good new year!

[ColinOutdoors]

@redeyesinthedark Haha, snow on the hills would be nice :-)

[redeyesinthedark]

needs to be colder and have Snow :o)