After having climbed Ben Lomond with my mum via the Ptarmigan route in September as the first Munro for either of us, Ben Vorlich felt rather simple, especially given the better than anticipated weather conditions.
I nipped up Stuc while the mother waited in the bealach and popped back down about 75 minutes later. Stuc was a good and enjoyable challenge and my first intro to proper scrambling.
At the bottom of the scramble I teamed up with a couple guys with a dog and a couple, as it was all our first time going up, and that really helped settle my mind and provide some well needed discussion and confidence in the route. Really grateful to them being so cool.
Overall it was a superb day, long given the drive there and back from Eyemouth, but really enjoyable nonetheless. And as always, I learned some important stuff and that l am indeed capable of such things. Onward to Ben More and Stob Binnein in a few weeks :)