Cairngorm

4 miles, 610m ascent, 2 hours 30 mins

After taking the early train from Oxenholme, we disembarked at Aviemore which had a very unfamiliar feel about it in warm, not to say, hot sunshine.  Whilst waiting for the bus to Coire Cas, we treated ourselves to fish and chips followed by an icecream.  With 5 days worth of food for the two of use and all the kit, it was a ponderous walk over to Loch Avon where we camped by the outlet.  I could tell it was going to be a windy spot, but there really was nowhere else to camp in the boggy tussocks, so we had to pitch the tent right in the funnel of the wind next to the loch, which led to two fairly sleepless nights for me as the wind ripped at the tent fabric.

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