Final Leg 3 recce run

Today six brave souls and a dog ventured out on the final leg 3 recce for the Devils Burden. Paul Davis, Alistair McGouldrick, John McTaggart, Colin Reid, Neil Campbell and Bill Duff. Bill was going to do leg one but had not left enough time to get over so he settled for leg 3. ” So at least I can get a run in”. He might have gone on to regret that thought.

It all started well being quite cold but with nice sunshine. We climbed up and made our way along to the Bishop where we passed some other runners. It was only as we started over the Devils Burden and up West Lomond that the weather closed in. We got a lot of snow being blown in with the wind. Now you can understand the need for full body cover even in the Lomonds! Visability was right down at the top so we had to navigate off the top with a compass. As we got down past the spring things opened up again and the snow stopped.

After that we had a fairly easy run in to Strathmiglo. Well done to John McTaggart who really had to work hard today but kept his sense of humor. A good run and a great effort from everyone.

Some photos below.