What a day! The team were up and out this morning by 0500 with Henry Munns as navigator. It was pretty wet in the night and was pouring when they opened the barn door. However rain wouldn’t dampen the spirits of the team as it was support team member Lewis's 20th birthday! The day was incredibly long, with the guys on their feet for another 20 hours. But amazingly they are now back on track and have managed to catch up the whole day that they lost earlier on in The Mission. The team are in great spirits and are feeling really good. This has given them a massive boost and loads of confidence for the final 2 weeks. Henry did a great job navigating them over some tough Munros and they managed a total of 11 by the end of today.
The team climbed Garbh Chioch Mhor, Spidean Mialach and Creag a’ Mhaim , all dedicated to The Rifles. They then climbed Druim Shionnach which was dedicated to Marine Paul Warren of The Royal Marines. Aonach air Chrith was dedicated to Lance Corporal Darren John George of The Royal Anglian Regiment, and Maol Chinn Dearg was also dedicated to The Royal Anglian Regiment. Sgurr an Doire Leathain was dedicated to Lance Corporal George Davey of The Royal Anglian Regiment.
The next Munro, Sgurr an Lochain, was dedicated to Corporal Darren Bonner of The Royal Anglian Regiment. Tom Elliott had gone to meet his mother Christine Bonner at the foot of Sgurr an Lochain and take her up. It was pretty tough going all the way up and back and although it ended up being a long day for her, Christine was very pleased to be able to lay a plaque at the top of the Munro as well as a heather posy in honour of her son.
Creag nan Damh was also dedicated to the Royal Anglian Regiment, and Sgurr na Sgine was dedicated to Rifleman Stuart Nash and very kindly sponsored by Bill Nash and Region 3 UGLNSW & ACT. Lastly, The Saddle was dedicated to Corporal Stephen Thompson of The Rifles.
It was wet and cloudy all day but the guys kept a good pace. They also met some really nice people along the way who had heard of the Munro Mission and were very keen to get a photo of the team which they are going to try and get it in Trail magazine! Luckily the weather cleared towards the end of day and they managed to get into camp over 2 hrs early ready for support team member Lewis Ashton’s birthday! Sadly Lewis had to leave to pick Tom Elliott up so there was no time for birthday cake. But the team enjoyed a wonderful sausage and mash supper before hitting the hay at around 2200.
End of day 34 – 196 Munros climbed. They’re almost at the 200 Munros mark!
The team are now on the beautiful Isle of Skye. Below is a photo of the early morning sun on Skye this morning (Sunday), as the boys do a 4 hour cycle, approaching the Kyle of Lochalsh.
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