We had a fun social outing tonight as 22, sometimes 23, and sometimes 21, runners and 2 dogs enjoyed a mixed route with trail, trod, woods, open hill, a few fences to cross and not too much mud. Starting in Morrisons Car Park was a new one for many of the runners, but this is where I start most of my runs.
Taking the Squirrel Woods trail and crossing around the back of the barracks, we enjoyed grassy trod and woodland ridgeline climb from Dreghorn up to White Hill, followed by a lovely downhill trail blast to the woods on the Bonaly side. A climb up Scaeletrix to the north west corner of Bonaly reservoir woods, then a quick trod up Harbour, over the fence and a wind assisted summit of Capelaw, before crossing the stile to the Allermuir massif. A smashing descent down to Green Craig, past Todhole Knowe and along to Shearie Knowe had lots of smiles on faces. A return via Covenanter’s Wood brought the group back to back end of Morrisons car park. As most runners disappeared into the mist, a few of us retired to the Hunter’s Tryst pub to enjoy a (cheap) pint where Amber and Barra were looked after exceptionally well.
The forecast rain never arrived and the breeze wasn’t too bad. Magic.
Peter Macdonald