I thought I said it was quite a nice little walk with comments such as “but a nice little walk in the hills” and “it does have a little lake on the top and it does have nice views too”. I also said things such as “Things were a little steeper here but we soon made it to the hilltop cairn and trig point where the wind was blowing” which suggested that it wasn’t a completely flat walk without any challenges.

However, I can only write from my perspective as this is afterall a ‘personal weblog’ and for me it was nice and easy despite recovering from a heart attack. The whole point of choosing this walk as the first walk in the hills after a debilitating heart attack was that it was on nice easy tracks without too much elevation gain and no challenges from a navigational point of view. That doesn’t mean I didn’t appreciate any of it – If anything I appreciated it more as it provided me with the perfect opportunity to ‘test my heart’ whilst still feeling as though I was in the hills. It might only have been a tiny little hill but for me that was what I needed on that day.

I doubt I’ll ever be out in the high mountains again as my heart won’t allow it but I am at least making the most of what I am allowed to do.

Al.