Beautiful Ben Ledi

I'm not sure why yet but many of the hills in Scotland are named Ben Something. Last weekend I hiked Ben Cleuch with the University of Stirling Mountaineering Club but this weekend was Ben Ledi.

We got a pretty early start, leaving from the downtown Stirling bus station at 8AM (which involved a 7:20AM bus for those of us on campus). After a forty minute bus ride from Stirling we arrived in Callander which neighbors Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. This may be recognizable to you if you have heard the folk song.

 

 On the hike up

To begin we were all covered in many layers to avoid the chill morning air. As we hiked up and the sun shone brighter layers were stripped off. Once at the top all the layers came on again as we stopped for lunch with no protection from the breezes. The wind wasn't nearly as bad today as it was last week but it was still there. The weather though was great! Not often there are sunny days without rain around here.

That's a decent lunch view

Another view from the peak of Ben Ledi

It's a good day when a mountain is conquered before lunch

A quick look back 

(Ben Ledi is off to the left, not really visible)