Around Loch Affric

Yesterday saw me plugging away at a 10 mile run/slip & slide around Loch Affric. I have often wanted run the route around the Loch and so I took my chance. Mistakenly I thought that the route would be clear of snow but was proved to be very wrong when I set off into a calf deep blanket that must have been there for a good few months.

Thankfully when I reached the south facing slope, the snow had all but disappeared. The first half of the run is along an estate track and the next half along a good old fashioned stalkers track.

All in all it was a good run and I am pleased with my latent fitness. It was wonderful to be away from roads and vehicles and as tempted as I was to get up high, the conditions did not allow this.

The weather was mixed with sunny periods and driving sleet.

My time: Pretty slow @ 1:55 with a total ascent of 1251 feet.