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Lat/Long: 56.774354, -03.841846
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Grid ref: NN 87454 66251
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With the car packed I set off for Scotland to do some walking.
This is the first time I’ve used my new car radio in Scotland.
The DAB reception worked better than I thought. I topped up with
fuel at Perth then continued north along the A9 to park in the
small car park at Old Blair, Blair Atholl. It was almost full
but I managed to squeeze into a space. |
Cairn. |
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Shortly after a car drove out on another row so I moved there as
there was plenty of room. Because of the long drive I was much
later than normal setting off. I hit the trail at 12:30 and
headed NW up Glen Benvie. There were lots of people out enjoying
the woodland walks. After 3km I turned right and headed north up
the glen along a surprisingly good estate road considering it
doesn’t go anywhere other than open hillside. I didn’t see any
walkers but mountain bikers were about. It was a long walk to my
first objective which was a bothy administered by the Mountain
Bothies Association. There was no name on the door but it was
very welcome as rain had started and I could shelter while
putting my waterproofs on. |
Sheicheachan Bothy. |
Sheicheachan Bothy. |
Sheicheachan Bothy. |
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The track continued up the river but my way was straight ahead
across open ground. The river was small enough to hop over then
after a scramble up the bank I found a reasonable path with
occasional wet boggy patches which I had to detour around. Bruar
Lodge appeared in the distance and seemed to take forever to get
there. Glen Bruar was very wide and I followed an intermittent
path along the east side. |
Bruar Lodge. |
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The lodge was a large group of occupied buildings and turned out
not to be a bothy as i thought. I sat on the bench and opened
the door a bit to see a carpet inside. I quickly shut it. A man
appeared and said it was rented out and occupied. I felt I
wasn't supposed to be there so continued down the track and over
the bridge to follow the main access road on the other side.
Further down was a new building and below a large weir across
the river. I couldn’t figure out what it was for. |
Glen Bruar. |
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I was concerned that further down I would have to ford the river
but my concerns were unfounded. After the weir the riverbed was
almost dry and at the crossing point I was easily able to hop
over a few boulders. The track on the other side took me up to
Glen Banvie wood but it was now early evening and vicious horse
flies were about giving painful bites. The track entered the
northern edge of the wood and was surprisingly insect free.. The
last few kms were along my starting route and I reached the car
park about 20:30 after about 27km. |
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