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OS Grid ref: NN 62671 79186
Lat/Long: 56.883839, -04.254070
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Today's Scottish wander (Wed 18th Oct 2023) was over Creagan
Mor, South of Dalwhinnie. It was rather windy & with rain on the
way I set off early. The first few miles were in the dark along
a cycle track by the A9. It was still dark when I crossed the
river by Gen. Wade's old Bridge so I took a snap by torchlight. |
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Sign on the bridge over the railway.
There was no danger. |
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Bridge by General Wade. |
Shooting butt. |
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Daylight arrived as I started the climb trying to follow a quad
bike track and passing several shooting butts. They were
extremely well made of timber sunk into the hillside. As the
ground levelled off I crossed some boggy ground to a minor high
point by the small loch. It was too windy to take any decent
photos. Up ahead was the Creagan Mor summit which didn’t take
long to reach. |
Mountain Cranberry. |
Small loch below the summit. |
Coire Urchaig cairn. |
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Quad bike on the descent. |
Balsporran Cottage. |
Over the summit I checked the wind speed on my pocket
anemometer & measured 51mph. It sounds bad but on easy ground it
wasn't a problem. I was now on familiar ground and continued
across easy ground to the minor track and start of the steep
descent. The track was loose stone which was too dangerous to
walk on so I kept to the grass / heather at the side. The
forecast rain didn't arrive! |
Balsporran Cottage |
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