Conival

Date: 11/07/2021	Age: 11
Height: 987m	Location: Assynt
Distance: 15km	Time: 6 1/2 hours
Geology: quartzite	people: me, Dad

At the start of the walk the weather was really sunny and a bit too hot. The Track up to the mountain was very long. We followed the burn up the track to the start of the steep climb up the mountain. The ascent was very hard and very steep we had to scramble up some of it. At about 750 m we made it onto the ridge. We turned right and continued up the path to the peak. Underfoot the rock was very slippery because it was shattered. This is called scree. The heat made me thirsty so I drank most of the water. Dad had to ration it. On the peak it was misty and there was barely any view. On the top we ate our packed lunch in a small stone shelter. The scree made the descent very tricky, I twisted my ankle.

We saw lots of wildlife on our walk including two splodgy brown toads and a common blue butterfly. We also saw a golden ringed dragonfly it is one of the largest in Scotland and need temperatures to reach 30° before its wings will fly.

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