Mist Cairn

Hill-walking notes, weather and cairns.

19 October 2024

Low cloud on the ridge

Autumn on the tops is a negotiation with the cloud. Some days it lifts by ten, some days it never does.

Yesterday: low cloud on the ridge, visibility maybe forty metres. Three cairns rebuilt, one I could not find at all — either buried in new peat or taken down. I marked the gap in my notebook so next time I know to count paces from the stile.

Down in the glen the sun was out the whole time. The hill keeps its own weather.

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