Goat Fell Walk- Arran 28.5.2012

Yesterday I had a fantastic day. Breath-taking literally with the route I took up Goat Fell, on Arran.

I got the 945am ferry over and headed out of Brodick and towards Glen Rosa. - My route was to take me past the campsite then up through the Glen..

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Glen Rosa


At top of the Glen you then turn right and head up over the three Beinns. This involved some big steep clambering over rocks just to find the paths again.. The scenery was amazing... By this time I had walked around 8 miles and was feeling it with the heat.







Video from top of the Glen Rosa as I head up over the ridges to North Goat Fell Summit


Eventually after nearly 4 hours I got to the Summit of North Goat Fell. If I had came up the normal route I would have done it in half the time... but not have had as much fun.


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Goat Fell Summit


It was obviously quite busy when I got to the top, prob around 15 people at the top, including someone setting up a para-glider for some summit fun. rather them than me lol....







Video from Top


By this time it was after 4pm, and clearly I want going to get the 440pm ferry back, so I headed back down the normal tourist route and as usual i went of track and ended up in Brodick Castle's grounds... From there it was another 3 mile walk to the ferry terminal and by then my feet were very sore..


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Made the ferry with 30 mins to spare and relaxed on a chair in the early evening sun....







Paraglider at top of Goat Fell


Great end to a great days adventure.


Photos next blog..

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