Wanderings up North

     I recieved an email today from some people ive shopped with  before,about an event they have planned,so i offered to help share the event for them.Here are the details                                                                                                                                                                          Meet The Challenge The New Two-Day Event Being Held  In Northumberland on 20-21st August Online retailer and adventure specialists, Above & Beyond, are holding a two-day outdoor event based in Northumberland, created to test the stamina and endurance of all those who enter.  Called The Challenge, the event will see participants who take part enjoy a free nights camping at Ingram before being bussed (free of charge) to Kirk Yetholm in Scotland.  From there, they’ll have to navigate to Clennell Hall in Northumberland National Park, via a route of their own choosing. However, they must hit our check points

  So day three started nice again,blue  skies nicely laced with moving clouds,we had chatted about routes back towards Loch Fada but happily agreed to not drop to Loch an Nid and then head round to Fada We dropped down Coire nan Clach then headed southwest to past the small lochs to drop back down around 065720,some lovely wild ground no pathes just deer and lovely grass.   Sadly i failed to "Leave no trace" at this camp spot   Ive been to Loch Fada a few times and its such a beautiful wild loch,so we sat a while and had a second breakfast    We crossed the outflow and started down Gleann Bianasdail,but we left the path at roughly 035685 and just headed upwards,a bit rough in places but its great to make your own way over wild ground   Loch Fada beach from about half way up Slicoch   The views from this great mountain ( Slicoch ) were as good as last time i passed this way,the only worry was the thunder storm we could see an

  Day 2 of this trip started dry with some nice high cloud,much relief after the mid 20s of the day before,we dropped back down to the col left the sacks and clambered up Ruadh Stac Mor Back to the packs we cut across to the low col at 544m and then the steep pull to the North end of Beinn Tarsuinn,what a great bit of ridge it was along to the table top and then onto the summit.When id been last time a strong 60-70 mph wind had me crawl to the summit from the East side,no such problems this time    Lovely cloud sat on the summits of Sgurr Ban and Mullach coire Mhic Fhearchair   We came across some of the wild goats on our way across,these were much bigger than ive seen before   Beinn Tarsuinn ridge Looking down Gleann Muice towards Shenaval bothy   We used the bypass path on Meall Garbh and then the stiff pull up onto the highest of these prized peaks..Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair We carried on over the top,left th