Hart Fell

Eventually got my act together this morning and headed South. Set off with no idea where I was going to hike. Weather forecast had high winds, which was accurate. Headed dowbn the A702 and started going through various options in my mind. Thought for a bit I might park at West Linton in the Pentlands and do a loop from there, but quickly ruled that out. Kept on driving. South of Dolpinton I chopped over to the A701. It was about this point I decided on doing Hart Fell again from the Devil's Beeftub, this time clockwise.

Set off just after a middle aged group of hikers who managed to get lost right at the start by going into a nehighbouring field. I too advantage of that and managed to overtake them as they attempted to rejoin the path. Kept pushing for a bit up the first hill as they were loud, annoying and obviously incompetent! Never saw them again. I think they gave up and turned back as I didn't even see them in the distance again. Or maybe they got lost again. Anyway, I did the full loop. A lot of up and down along the way, close to 3000 feet of ascent according to one of my books. According to the Garmin 10.5 miles. High winds on the top. I could see into England today from up there. The hills in the Lake District were visible across the Solway Firth.

Eventually made it back to the car. The final section was a drag, Had to climb back out of a valley to the car. Didn't get wet, it rained briefly a few times, but not severe. On the way home it was dark and wet roads.

That was the final warmup. Not the best hike of recent times, the weather wasn't great. A few more preparations to come this week, then I head off.

Cheers,

Stu B