Braeriach

11 miles, 510m ascent, 6 hours 30 mins

I rose early given that we had to make the afternoon train.  Ben stayed sound asleep whilst I took the tent down around him.  He wasn't too pleased at being woken at 6:30 but soon came round.  We saw a white reindeer on the ascent of Braeriach with her young which made the morning for Ben (and me).  It was magnificent to be on top of Braeriach at 9am with no-one else there, not a breath of wind and a decent covering of snow.  Quite bizarrely Ben started talking about how we was looking forward to a school camping trip to Sunderland whilst we were striding across the roof of Braeriach.  It felt good to be descending as the day trippers made their way up Braeriach and Ben found much to amuse him in the forest.  By 1pm we were near Loch Morlich so we had a while to wait for the bus, then the train journey home.  I was just sad that Ben couldn't enjoy his usual Pizza in Glasgow whilst walking between stations, as sensibly he didn't want to risk it with his stomach bug. 

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