Hart Fell part 1

On Sunday I was out for my first walk with the KRC group to climb the Corbett Hart Fell just outside of Moffat. I had a very enjoyable day except for the weather. All agreed that the weather forecast was completely different to the end result. On the drive down the clouds were a lot greyer and lower than expected.

Spitfire Moffat

First stop in Moffat was to visit a house with this full size replica Spitfire in the garden, wow. At this point the rain started gently.
When we arrived at the start the rain was heavy enough for most to don waterproofs, those that had not soon did.

Low cloud light rain but ok

A slightly damp tramp through a field of sheep followed by going past a field of farmed red deer. At this point we could see the route ahead and the rain slowly increasing.

Deteriorating

After a soggy tea break the walk continued until about 1700 metres when we the wind, rain and cold was making it no fun. Even good waterproofs were starting to let in water due to the driving rain. Plus without a view it was a tick box exercise so walk abandoned, the hill will be here for another day for the group but I will be back later in the week as good weather forecast.

Close to the end

Ironically when back home no rain and I talked to relatives in Edinburgh also no rain. We were very unlucky.