Am Faochagach, 1st February 2025
The first trip out of the year was really me taking advantage of an offer of a spare bed for a night in Coylumbridge. I had friends staying in their holiday cottage and I figured if the weather was half-decent, I'd be able to squeeze in a more northerly Munro, and then get down to Aviemore for the Saturday night. I managed to park a few other things, and had planned enough in advance that I could squeeze a few extra hours in at work through the week to shuffle off early on the Friday afternoon. The days are still short, and driving hours at night is not something I particularly enjoy, so as I left on a reasonably bright Friday afternoon bang on 1500, I was glad I would have at least a couple of hours of driving in daylight. I stopped at Aviemore on the way up for chips and then headed north again in the van, over the Kessock Bridge and up the road to Garve. I pulled into the Silver Bridge car park about 1915, parked the van up and checked in at home to let Isa know I'd made it...
