So after walking around the coast, through the fields and pastures, in the forests and along the river, the only left was to hike up into the mountains. Cairngorm is a ski resort near where we were staying. It has an option to ride a train to the top, but it you ride up you have to ride down. If you walk up, you can ride the train down (thank god!). So we decided to do that.
Amazing experience really. The views were lovely, and we went through about 4 different climate zones on the way up. Darkstar and Elijah thoughts it was great, and Elijah must have climbed the whole thing 3 times :)
There were 2 paths to the top. Our original plan was to take the easy one, but we met a ranger at the bottom who recommended the steeper one. He said it's only steep for a bit, then levels right off. LIAR! It didn't level off until we got the the house on the top.
We started off in T shorts, then gradually added fleeces shorts, rain jackets, gloves and hoods as it got colder and wetter. We packed a lunch to eat at the top. Fortunately, the place at the top had refreshments and we were able to get a pint and a wee tipple to warm us.
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