Bad weather forces a retreat from Skye's Bla Bheinn

It is said that Skye's Bla Bheinn (pronounced "Blaven") is the best mountain in Britain. It's just over 3000 feet high (a "Munro") and the ascent starts from near sea level, so it's quite a way up. Today, Megan and I attempted this, having had inclement weather and no peaks so far this holiday. The forecast was for some bad weather, yes, but in-between that some nicer breaks. So off we went to see if we could get up the mountain's East ridge and see the legendary view of the Cuillins from the top.

But it was not to be. We were constantly battered by very high winds, driving rain and very poor visibility. Certainly no views to speak of. The last 1000 feet up the ridge was hard going on scree and steep rock / grass, with the wind so strong at times I couldn't stand up (big chap) let alone
Megan (a bit smaller!).

So we took the decision to go down. We reckoned there would be nothing to see anyway, and sure enough it did not improve all day.

Shame, but we tried, and we got down safely.

A curry was called for as a consolation prize!

Tomorrow the forecast is even worse, with blizzards and severe gale force winds coming in. Nice :-)