Goatfell

Today we all woke up early to start our day by having breakfast and making our lunch for the day. Soon after we tided out dishes and left to go and search for animals by the beach. We so many seals including the grey seal and common seal while we were watching through our binoculars. After about half-hour we headed back to the lodge where we got ready to leave and climb up Goatfell. We left to reach the bus stop to get the 11:00 bus to Corrie. The walk to the summit was 2 1/2 miles. We also started with high spirits as we went up the hill. As we were walking up we saw many different types of plants including the sundrew. At 13:45 we stopped for lunch on a large rock slab to stop the ticks however this did not stop the midges attacking us while having our lunch. We continued on after lunch and started the steep ascent towards the summit. Once we reached the summit we saw some beautiful sights around the Arran and we even saw Northern Ireland. After taking in the sights we started the steep accent of the hill where we jumped down the path to get back to the lodge. While jumping down we spotted some butterwart. We soon later reached the lodge where we all had a nice shower and had a great meal made by group 2 of thai green curry and ginger cake with custard. Also Rob got a tick today.