12 December 2019 – Bernia

Ten of us for the last walk of 2019

It should have been twelve, but Tom and Sue had to cancel this morning

We have done 25 walks with our Thursday Explorers group this year

Bernia was a suitable choice to end a year of excellent walks

The weather forecast promised a cold, windy day

 

And everyone came prepared, except for John who turned up in shorts and T shirt

Apparently his weather forecast had promised cloudy but warm

Fortunately he had a jacket in his car

Thanks to Steve for this excellent photo of the tunnel

And this one of the exit

As always we had our banana break at the tunnel

To admire this most impressive of views

We left the sun behind at the tunnel

The wind was worse on this side, and very cold

So we pressed on past our usual picnic site

We had lunch at the fort, where there was more shelter from the wind

And another inspiring view to admire

Even here it was too cold to linger for long

Despite the cold, and the grey sky, it was still a very impressive walk

And I think everyone shared our view that it was an excellent walk

Stats

Time taken 5 hours

Distance 9.5 km

Total ascent 492 metres