Loading Image...TGOC2008: Day 11 – Shielin of Mark to Tarfside
[Trail blog is here]
We woke around 7:30am and were off by 8:30am. The prior night’s slog up through the peat hags to Shielin of Mark was exhausting but we were very pleased to have gotten it over with. From the bothy we headed up over Muckle Cairn and got a little lost on the top by following the wrong path. We ended up traversing Muckle Cairn and finding the path down to Stables of Lee. This is rustic bothy but very dry with a fireplace that could be used if you’re super cold.
From Stables of Lee, we continued on to Loch Lee and ran into a bunch of Landrovers hauling folks in shirt and ties up the hill (?). We passed by a small castle (N0442804) which looked like it was in danger of falling down at any moment. From there it was once again over the hill to reach Tarfside where we were pleased to be able to get a spot on the floor out of the rain.
Lots of beer, cookies and bacon butties later (and showers too!) we had a great time socializing with other challengers. Most of the usual crowd were there including Andy, Richard, Gordon, Des, Andy Howell, John Manning, Alistair, etc. Good times!
Distance today was 18km making 224km to date
On to day 12
Indeed, they were very fine times Nigel. Great piece of writing this.