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A day in two parts: Charge and Recharge

A day in two parts: Charge and Recharge

After a quick breakfast we decided to spend our last day on Arran in drastically different ways. Jen would recharge in town, while Dave would charge up Goat Fell and bag the summit.

Dave climbed the well-built, well-maintained, well-marked, well-cell-serviced main route to the highest point on the island, Goat Fell. From our guest house it was a 17.7 km round trip, with the summit sitting at 850m. It was basically the Grouse Grind without a gondola at the end.

It’s a stream
Brodick is in the bay
Well-built trail
Ridgeline
Good view
Summit
Lots of heather

Jen’s day include repacking our bags to “travel” mode, visiting the tourist information centre, shopping, and chatting with locals over cake and coffee in the cafe, before enjoying some quiet down time in our comfortable room.

Jen snapped this shot of Goatfell when Dave texted he was at the summit.

After Dave’s hike we went to a local bar for dinner, enjoying a final view of the landscape and seascape.

I was surprised to learn that mushy peas can actually be delicious. These were barely steamed then lightly mashed with butter.
Arran was awesome
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3 responses to “A day in two parts: Charge and Recharge”

  1. Josy A Avatar
    Josy A

    Hehehe of course mushy peas are delicious! I’m glad you got to try good’uns, and that you had a good rest day.

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  2. Kristy Avatar
    Kristy

    Both of these sound like pretty prefect days! What kind of cake did you have?

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    1. Jennifer Pelletier Avatar
      Jennifer Pelletier

      It was some sort of pound cake with cream and fresh raspberries

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