Working for the Ice factor today. Our task: to take 27 kids and parents from the American International School in London to the summit of The Ben and be back in time for tea and cakes. Brian, Gill, Isi and I divided our charges into groups and made the top before midday, just in time in fact for a bit of a view. The track, so called because it was built for pack animals to supply building materials and provisions to the observatory in the 1880's, is largely free of snow until about 1100 metres where after the plateau still has complete cover. All the large cornices loom around the rim of the north face requiring care past the gullies close to the summit. We were back down for tea in Cafe Beag - who do excellent clotted cream and jam scones.
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