Monday 19th May
Distance and ascent: 5.1km and as good as no ascent
Weather: Overcast
For completeness, I'd best just write a few words about my final day. Few words, because there's not much to say.
At ten past seven, Ali dropped me back at the point where she'd picked me up. From there it was all pavement to the beach, where I arrived 53 minutes later. The only occurrence of any note was the two deer that, despite being on the opposite side of the field on my left, took fright at me walking along the road and ran up the field towards the road. It's a fast road (quite unpleasant to walk, even with the pavement) and I was almost holding my breath as they crossed, about a minute apart, but both made it across without incident.
I'm not sure if I misremembered where to access Montrose beach, or whether many tons of boulders have been dumped there (in the interests of anti-erosion, not by way of fly-tipping) since I was last on that beach. Either way, I had to scramble down to the tiny amount of sand that still existed with the tide at the height it was.
I took a couple of photos, and gave serious contemplation to whipping off my trousers and wading into the water. The thought of sand and needing to dig my towel out of my pack was enough of a deterrent to see keep to dry land. I scrambled back up the boulders and made my way to the Park Hotel to officially sign out of the TGO Challenge 2025. I'm not sure if I already mentioned, but it had been a fantastic walk that I thoroughly enjoyed. I've put in a request for the same weather next year.
Ten minutes later I was put to work, helping to relocate Challenge Control from the first floor to the ground floor.
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