A gravel path up through a heathery hillside. Higher up is a rounded summit, then behind that a pointy summit, the top of the hill is white with snow. There are a few rocks in the foreground, with Moray the dog in front of them. Blue sky.
Heading towards a pointy summit with a small rocky outcrop, the ground is mostly white with snow & rocks showing through. But there is a gravel path up which is mostly clear of snow. Moray the dog is stood on the path. Blue sky.
Moray the dog stood on snowy ground at the summit of a hill, there are some rocks showing through, he is next to a concrete trig pillar. In the distance the lower ground is fields and areas of forest, all free of snow. Hazy blue sky.
Summit selfie, Moray the dog and me. We are sat on rocky ground which is covered in snow. I am wearing sunglasses and wrapped up well against the cold wind, with yellow padded jacket and woollen bobble hat. In the background the lower ground is hazy but clear of snow. Hazy blue sky with clouds onthe horizon.
Ben Rinnes is a distinctively shaped hill, always in the view from the Northern Cairngorms, & has always been on my to-do list. Today we did it.
Lovely bright sunshine, but the wind was baltic, and from the south so we had no shelter from it at all, apart […]
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