48 Hours to go

The town of Fort William dwarfed by Ben Nevis

With less than 48 hours to go until the fun begins, the time for explanation is nigh.

It is written in the Doomsday Prophecy (sic) that two valiant lotharios shall venture forth and bring pleasure to the northern horde. During the dreamtime (that period of rapid eye movement sleep, not the Aboriginal original), a mercurial vision visited upon Gilly. As Crystal Gayle sang, "Don't it make my brown eyes blue?", the message was delivered, "Can you peak four times in one Earth week?" The nature of the challenge was clear and so Gilly set about gathering his team to summit the four tallest peaks in the British Isles - Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, Snowdon and Carrauntoohil. The route was chosen to include all sections of the ancient homeland of the northern horde, whereupon pleasure shall be derived.

So, beginning on Saturday 26th October, the chosen two shall gather at the pre-ordained meeting point of Glasgow airport and venture north to the seat of the High Kings of haggis eating. After consumption of copious amounts of energy giving carbohydrate fuel, the real trek will begin.

Stay tuned for the next installment - The legend of Jimmy Whitley!