Day 2
Sunday 15th May - Bealach Duibh Leac to Alltbeithe Farm
Twelve hours later Michael must have wondered what he had got himself into as we battled our way over Sgurr an Lochain in 60mph gusts and driving rain. I was now having second thought about wearing shorts, this now seemed like a silly idea and I was forced to don over trousers, the only time on the whole trip. Scottish weather was threatening not only to (frost) bite my legs but was working its way north to more delicate parts of my anatomy.
There was no future in being here so Avril & I caught the others on the top of Sgurr an Doire Leathain (our third Munro). I shouted at Joe from about two feet away that we had better get off while we could and, as he had been thinking the same, five bedraggled Challengers arrived at Alltbeithe Farm at three in the afternoon after taking eight hours to complete three Munros - it felt as though we had completed the whole Challenge in one day.
During our "epic" I had managed to lose my camera case (blown out of my hand while using the camera) and the map complete with case. After a hot drink Michael set off for the Tomdoun to meet his friends whilst we walked down to the road and found a sheltered spot amongst the gorse and pitched for the night, on the wrong side of the ridge having completed only three of our projected ten Munros. So much for my positive attitude, it was no match for the Scottish weather!
