Great weather and a great turnout of eleven Carnethies (Marcel, Nick, Nikki, Ruth, Aileen (sp?), Anne, Carolyn, Neil, Richard, Chris, and myself) for the second slow Sunday run in the Pentlands. We started at Cobbs/Craigdon, crossed the bypass and stayed low along the track to the Dreghorn parking spot. Then we headed away from the bypass onto nicer trails towards the Bonaly carpark and the up in the direction of White Hill. Then cross country towards Capelaw. We contoured around to the east and down to the stile where we met Mark and Barra for a chat and photo. Then up to the summit of Allermuir. My timing/route planning was a bit off so Carolyn and I descended the most direct way towards Swanston and back over to Craigdon in order to get her back in the promised 2 hours. The others carried on across the ridge to Caerketton and down past Hillend. Our large numbers and a crowded cafe meant we were split into two very social groups for post run coffee, cakes and at least one sausage roll. In the end it was about 7 miles and 1200 feet in just over 2 hours.
If you fancy something similar come out on Sunday April 30. Same start point, 9:00 am. Route TBD.
Sean Walker