Day 4: Goat Fell Trek

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUBIN!!!!!!

Today Andy, Ali and Tom woke at 6:40 and ran into Brodick to buy food for a fried Scottish breakfast and the lads cooked it to perfection! It was a great start to the day before the walk. After breakfast, before we climbed goat fell, we walked down to the nearest bus stop to catch the 11:00am bus to Corrie, the weather perfect at the start with the sun shining bright and no wind at all. The walk to the summit of Goat fell was 4 km and 834 m incline the uphill didnt seem to startle anyone as everyone was able to bolt up. We stopped for lunch, as seen below, at a large rock that was able to fit 16 people on and protect us from the wind, well spotted Lucy!   

Shortly after lunch, we continued to climb towards the summit and we noticed 3 ravens gliding above us.

There were some beautiful sights around us as we were on our walk, we were even able to see mainland scotland! We also saw the Isle of Bute, Inchmarnock and Great and wee Cumbrae.

 

When we reached the summit we were hid in the clouds, but still had a 'Group Summit Photo'. The visibility was very poor and it was extremely windy. Some group members started to feel the cold so we made a group desicion to leave the summit quickly and head back to shore lodge.

On the descent different team members had a chance to navigate through forrests and down rocky pathways.

 In the evening, we had a tuna pasta bake that was expertly cooked by Charlotte, Florence (the machine) and Ola. However, the night ended spectacularly with wonderful birthday celebrations for Subin. Today Subin hit the wonderful landmark of 17 and to celebrate the group surprised him with birthday cake to end the night.

Overall, today has been an eventful day but definately a success! Happy Birthday to Subin and we hope you had a lovely day!