Corserine, 30th May 2025
Weekend plans for Skye had come undone due to particularly poor weather and a lack of hills we could do with only 2 available days, so Steg agreed to join me on my quest to continue with the Southern Upland Corbetts. I dropped Isa at yoga just after 0820, and headed over on the M8 to get Steg at Paisley, then after a tour of his renovations, we enjoyed a wee catch up all the way into deepest Ayrshire. We arrived on the Forrest Estate at 1030, and got our boots and rucksacks on, ready for a nice day on the hill. Weather was looking a bit unpredictable. Rain had been forecast for later in the afternoon and we'd hit some heavy showers on the way down the road. However, it was dry and warm when we started and we made good time on the forest roads as we headed towards Loch Harrow. From there you join a walker's path and head up into the corrie just under Corserine. I read on the sign boards about a cairn/shelter and that was the first marker that we saw. We had been in the mist for ...
