Cairngorms Trip

Hey guys! Happy election day!
The fact that I'm writing two Breakaway posts in a row just speaks to the fact that y'all have to write more often. SO this last hill walking trip was the the Cairngorms. It was so much fun - I had the time of my life.
So I drove down there with a couple of yah's (one was actually kind of cute I'll be honest) both named James. We stopped off for fish and chips on the way in this WAY sketch chippy that would have been an acceptable scene for a murder. The chips were really greasy but okay. We got lost when we were close to the hostel so Cute James hopped out to a pub to ask where it was, and this really drunk guy was like "I'll show you!!" So he had to jump start his car and sort of drunkenly started leading us in his car to the place. It was actually so scary. I was like "Guys he's probably just leading us to his lair so he can kill us all." But it turned out he was actually leading us to the place. But I still couldn't stop laughing.
The hostel was so so so nice, with fires and a piano and nice bunk beds. Xavier, the french guy, shared his wine with me and convinced me to go on the high walk the next day.
LITTLE DID I KNOW that there was SO.  MUCH. FUCKING. SNOW. I hate snow. Cute James wore shorts and Paul and I had a bet going to see how long he'd last without trousers. He outlasted all of our bets - and I mean there was snow everywhere! Like up to the waist trudging through snow. And you had to be careful - cause if you walked on the plain white snow, it could be 5 feet deep. If you stepped on the rocks though, it could be covered in ice. Like holy crap! We got lost in the mist at the top of our first mountain but Paul got us back okay. We had lunch under this enormous plastic thing to keep warm. It was like a giant orange parashoot blob to stop the wind.
After lunch we went down the mountain to this gorgeous little loch that we had all to ourselves. The mist cleared just as we came down. It's in the pictures on facebook. Then most of the group wanted to climb another mountain and I was like, You know what. I'm good here. I'll just you know. Stay here. ... so then everybody went but me and Paul... awk. But no it wasn't. We just talked about everything and he made up stories about castles and fake Scottish legends. It was really lovely actually. And then when we got too cold waiting for them by the loch, we went down the valley to this tiny little cottage thing called a bothy, where hill walkers can stay for free. It's literally one room with a tiny fire place. There was an old hiker there for the night and he made me and Paul tea and gave us biscuits. It was so cool cause he was just sharing stories about hiking and stuff and it was like a book, really. By the time the others came back it was starting to get dark - cause in scotland it gets dark nowadays at like 5 and getting earlier by the day. So we should have had to really hurry back to be safe. But instead we decided to have a singalong. Cute James beat-boxed, Paul and I took lead, and this other guy took backup. Oh my god it was so funny. We sang through Bohemian Rhapsody and all the Sound of Music songs and disney songs for two hours. I was laughing so hard. I forgot how much fun it was to sing outside at the top of your lungs. I forgot about that.
That night we had mashed veg and haggis it was so delicious. I slipped away to bed kind of early cause I was exhausted. The next morning I was for sure taking the low walk. Cause Paul promised me a castle but mostly because I was so beat from the day before. Before we left I said goodbye to Xavier cause he's leaving St. Andrews for good next week. He kind of took me aside and told me that if I ever wanted to visit France - like even in two years - to just give him a call and I could stay with him no problem. It was actually the sweetest thing ever. So on the walk we walked around this loch and there were a like a million sheep and cows it was fantastic. We ate lunch in the heather on the side of the trail. It wasn't as exciting as the first day - no thought of getting lost in the snow - but it was really nice with good conversation and good sheep. I love me my sheep.
YUP I think that's about everything. It was a load of fun and I'm having a really good time over here. Except I'm watching descent right now. And its scary as shit. Last night I went on a ghost walk for Guy Fawkes night and it was scary as shit cause they took us to this abandoned hospital and we had to break into the cemetery and it was so so scary. But good fun cause we went to the pub afterwards.
I miss you all in my heart of hearts and I want you to post on here more often. Not about exciting things. Just about anything and everything.