This morning Fiona and I took a trip up to Glen Affric - me to run, Fiona to take photos. It had been a while since we last visited but it's still as beautiful as ever, infact some would claim that it is the most beautiful glen in Scotland and who am I to dispute this. A landscape which holds remnants of ancient Caledonian forest against a back drop of high snow capped mountains, it is not for no reason that this area is highly protected as a National Nature Reserve.
To walk round Loch Affric takes about 4hrs but as I am in training for an event at Aonoch Mor in two weeks, I was keen to do a fast run round in 1hr 45mins. What I had forgotten though is that although the track is good, there are many leg sapping 'ups and downs'. There is also ( be warned) one river crosssing which although not bad today you can not avoid getting a bit wet. Anyway, I did my run in 1hr 50mins so was well pleased Fiona meanwhile had been taking lots of wonderful photos some of which she will have up on our Facebook pages in the next few days.
Now.. I'm off to put my feet up for the evening!!