The Grouse Grind

I've done this once before. The gruelling 2.9km walk. Sounds easy enough, but it's all 'stairs' - 2830 of them, up the front of a mountain. Considered one of thetop 5 most dangerous hikes (due to all the heart attacks), it's nicknamed 'Nature's Stairmaster'.

Nevertheless, despite failing to convince R to join us, J and D and I caught the Seabus the across and bussed to the start to find it closed. Due to a heart attack. Not a great start.

Eventually they reopened the trail, and we pushed, struggled and strained up to the top. Collapsed into a chair to watch the end of the Dutch v Costa Rica game before heading to town for the Latin American Festival. Good food.