Well. That was interesting!
Had a bit of an equipment failure so that took some of the fun out- decided to wear my downhill pyjama trousers to keep the legs warmer, turns out the venting panels that never really seemed to do anything before, actually do 😳 Lovely warm legs, very cold balls. Everything else worked as planned, I ended up far too hot at some points. Those Glacier Gloves are fantastic- I’ve got bad circulation so anything that can keep my fingers not just working but comfortable is pretty much miraculous. Most people will find them too hot almost all the time I think.
So, must admit I totally spat the dummy after toiling up the ranges road (which is looking quite mad with all the refrozen and torqued up ice) and went down to Harlaw to mess around in the woods instead of going up maiden’s as planned. Can’t say it was a nice day out, but satisfying. You know something’s going on when your camera and haribo freeze.
Oh- and nailtrail has had an outbreak of log-leaving, I removed a bunch earlier in the year, no chance they were deadfall (one was an old log sawn at both ends!) Haven’t been down for a while.