Dreamflight
Is a registered UK charity whose purpose is to send seriously ill and disabled
children on their 'Holiday of a Lifetime' to the theme parks in central Florida.
GFGC raised enough money to send another kid on their dreamflight .
Welldone to everyone who took part . Everybody making the sumit in
good time . The walk was a bit of a grind but it was something that we
will remember for a long time . The walkers had to suffer rain,hail ,snow
and of course soar feet. Thanks to everyone who sponsored a walker.
BEN NEVIS
MALKY AND SANDY ON THE BEN
KENNY ,BRIAN AND ANDY AT THE TOP
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. It is located at
the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber area of Scotland,
close to the town of Fort William.
As is common for many Scottish mountains, it is known to locals as simply
The Ben. However, if walkers and climbers from outwith Scotland use the term
"The Ben", they usually mean Ben Nevis. It attracts an estimated 100,000
ascents a year, around three-quarters of which are made using the
well-constructed Pony Track from Glen Nevis on the south side of the
mountain. For climbers and mountaineers the main attraction lies in the
700-metre (2,300 ft) high cliffs of the north face; among the highest cliffs
in Britain, they harbour some classic scrambles and rock climbs of all
difficulties, and are one of the principal locations in the UK for ice climbing.
The summit, at 1,344 metres (4,409 ft) above sea level, features the ruins of
an observatory, which was permanently staffed between 1883 and 1904. The meteorological data collected during this period is still important for
understanding Scottish mountain weather. C. T. R. Wilson was inspired
to invent the cloud chamber after a period spent working at the observatory.
