Sunday, 11th September 2011.
After an amazing full English breakfast cooked by Sarah the team, joined by Becky and Lucy for the second day running, were raring to go for a day of cycling and climbing a total of 3 Munros.
The team faced some pretty tough terrain on the first Munro of the day, Beinn Liath Mhor, dedicated to Corporal Jonathan Moore, Royal Regiment of Scotland, and soon got a bit behind schedule. Yesterday’s sun was long gone; it started raining on way up and didn't stop for the rest of the day, completely saturated the ground.
The second Munro, Sgorr Ruadh, dedicated to Royal Marine Sgt Paul Bartlett, proved a mental as well as a physical struggle. The team had to head back down, loosing height, in order to come up again. From then on, however, they managed to stick on a ridge and picked up some paths along the way.
Maol Chean-Dearg was dedicated to LCpl Jason Hashmi and Cpl Sarah Bryant, Intelligence Corps. Its sponsors Maureen and Des Feely left this message:
"In memory of our daughter Sarah Louise Bryant"
This Munro was a bit further away and the rain (perhaps the tail end of Hurricane Katia) got even worse. This route was very craggy; the team sad to do an uphill scramble up a scree filled gully. The bad weather and hard terrain slowed the sodden team down a lot. Yet morale remained high despite aching limbs.
The team were relieved to find a good path back down to road just outside Torridon, where they met the support vehicle with bikes. The support team went to leave and follow bikes a few km down to the hostel but found that the lights had been left on too long, leaving them with a flat battery! A quick jump start from some friendly passers by and all resumed to normal.
The team were back in the hostel for 1800 ready for a good shower, a good supper and an early night!
End of Day 42 – 247 Munros climbed, £32,590.44 raised. In the final week of the challenge please encourage donations to http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/decaidmunromission
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