The 2016 Challenge, day 11: Once More Into the Hills (9)

I reached the summit cairn of Creag nan Gabhar at 11 o'clock - exactly two and a half hours after setting out from Braemar Youth Hostel. Considering that it was a little over 9 kilometres, with nearly 500 metres of ascent, I was pretty pleased with that!

What lay ahead, however, was an interesting descent into the Bealach Buidhe and then down to Lochallater Lodge. I hoped to be at the Lodge by 12.30 and then, after taking some lunch, away again by 1.