Bonus Day at Portmoak

Three of us flew on what turned out to be a pretty special day, after waving our friends off in the morning as they set off for home.

Marks Player and Hawkins and Mike T took the 561k challenge set by Portmoak hero Santiago Cervantes, and headed out towards Inverness and beyond.  Thermals and streets were epic at times, but rain stopped play near Inverness as it spread like an east/west wall across our return path.  We crept back through clattering snow showers to the good stuff and headed back for TP2 at Crieff, then headed back north again towards Fort Augustus, which also delivered rain/snow showers, so again we cut that turnpoint by a few tens of kilometres.

Results on the ladder for the keenies.

Great views of Loch Ness and its mysterious patterns on the water…..

Lots of 8 knot+ climbs and strong streeting made for a brilliant day out for those who could stay.  This sort of mirrors last year’s trip when the best day was the Saturday.  Memo…. Adjust return date for next year!

Alastair couldn’t resist a peep at what was going on whist travelling home.  You can get WhatsApp messages in the air here!

Mike Thorne