Twas good for the soul…

With a rubbish summer weather wise, September still had some delights up its sleeve. And with the forecast for Aviemore set to stun, off I popped with my friend Liam to celebrate the last of summer (and his birthday a tad early). 

After an eventful journey up, Friday night saw a back to back sun set and moon rise as we munched on a bunch of homegrown produce turned into bbq delights. The beauty of it just blew us away. Then Saturday was a cycle in Rothiemurchus – Loch an Eilein, Loch Morlich and Lochan Uaine – 40km with the sun splitting the sky and not a cloud to be seen. Truly Scotland at its finest. The sun just shone and shone and fed our souls before summer ends. Another great night spent by a wee burn – more fire and bacchanalia before Sunday saw us climb Sgor Gaoith. As we slogged our way up we broke through the cloud and spent the rest of the day surrounded by a marvellous, massive cloud inversion – the higher Cairngorm peaks just poking through.

Vanventuring is a great life – and we had a total blast for a few days before the sun starts to really recede and winter comes fully on. I did welcome my shower on my return however, before waking on Monday feeling very grateful for a vanventure well spent. Twas good for the soul...

Happy Preemptive Birthday Liam!

Sunset in the West

And Moonrise in the East

Panorama struggled but you get the gist!

Loch An Eilein

Cycling out the Cairngorms

Loch Morlich

Camp

Into the Cloud

Inversion 1

Inversion 2

Twas good for the soul