(Ian, Malcolm, Paul, Davie M, Davie C, Robert, Gus, Rex, Dougie, Kenny T, Jim, Kenny R)
A brief report for the record and to fulfil the request of one of the absentee Ooters who was keen to know how "(expletive deleted) miserable" it was.
We met, as arranged, in Eaglesham and were unanimous in our opinion that the Ballageich Hill walk wasn't a goer. It was raining and the temperature sat at 0 C. Instead we opted to head for Whitelee Windfarm where we were soon drinking coffee and tucking into cakes and scones - all paid for by our generous treasurer. Beforehand, we had welcomed back Holly after her absence of a few weeks and it was good to meet again the old bloke she brings along.
The visitors' centre staff kindly allowed us to use the facilities for changing, rather than having to hang about the cars. We were even given a key to the shower room.
The decision was made to go for a walk around Lochgoin Reservoir and to have lunch back at the cars - so most of us dispensed with our backpacks.
We headed to the viewpoint where we had a fine 360 degree view of mist and low cloud, but thankfully the rain wasn't amounting to much more than a bit of drizzle. At this point we said goodbye to Kenny T and Jim - Kenny hurrying back to Freya and Jim going home to prepare for the impending Rangers' home defeat.
Parts of the path were icy, with a coating of rainwater on top but we made good progress round the Reservoir and we completed a 7 mile walk albeit in cold, miserable conditions (I hope that provides sufficient schadenfreude for our absentee) ... but it could have been worse.
We changed back at the centre and the staff had no objections to us eating our lunches in the cafe area, so it was a relaxing, leisurely repast.
FRT was partaken at the King's Arms in Fenwick by all apart from Kenny R and, let it be noted, Davie M who claimed he was saving himself for an evening event.
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