Just as well you’re leader-of-the-month aint a sensitive wee soul ! Contumely and abuse from those Glenmorons who drove round and round Crieff looking for our tryst at Crieff Hydro - the convenient juxtaposition of the words "Crieff" and "Hydro" on the OS 1:50000 could be constued as a meaningful clue ! Further chagrin as it was pointed out that I had named the Hydro’s gate as the trysting point without noting that there were 2 gates - ok, ok, I admit it , that was not a felicitous arrangement and a just chastisement for my earlier sarcasms – consider me spanked. Caroline Thompson, Alan Stevens, Dave Reynolds, and Henry Perfect were at the other (wrong) gate and went off timeously to do a 2 car through route over the old Royal deer forests and via Auchnafree and the Falls of Turret.

The rest of us drove up to the peace and tranquility of the Loch Turret dam carpark where our solitude was shared with only about 2 dozen other carloads, and a bus full of ramblers.

Dave Crowther, Chris Huxham, Ingrid Parker, John and Gill Maclean had a pleasant walk half way along Loch Turret, then a charming ascent beside the picturesque burn up into the thick cloud wreathing the summit of Auchnafree before descending to the Northwest.

The rest of the party were positively goal-orientated as they took the zigzags to the prow of Tom Eich, the meandering LandRover track to Auchnafree, a northwards descent to Lochan Uaine, then West up the Northeast ridge of Ben Chonzie before a final descent SE to Loch Turret. This sporting round of Loch Turret was done by Gill Cook, Liz Maitland, Brian McDade, Craig, Alastair Maclean, Carol Proudfoot, and Hugh Bourhill.

The Crieff visitor centre tearoom made a satisfactory foregathering point for a day when everyone could be expected to be off the hill by late afternoon, and I am proud to say that all Glenmorond treated the voie normale up the Munro with the contempt it deserves.