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Lat/Long: 56.694582, -04.174581
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Grid ref: NN 66844 57971
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The start of today's walk is from West Tempar but at first I
thought I’d have to try and squeeze my car in the patch of grass
beneath the old graveyard. it turned out that the patch of grass
by the 3 way road junction near Kinloch Rannoch no longer had
logs barring the way. So that's where I parked and started my
walk. It was overcast and sligh drizzle as I started back along
the road to West Tempar. |
Hydro electric generator. |
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Through the farmyard and round the back of the farm buildings is
the gate giving access to the track that goes all the way up to
the bothy below Geal Charn. A short distance up the track on the
right is a small building housing a hydro electricity generator.
The water outlet was directly below the building but i couldn't
see where the intake came from as 2 rivers went up the hillside
and it could have been on either. I wandered steadily upwards
with the sharp silhouette of Schiehallion up to my left. |
Schiehallion. |
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The sun was trying to break through behind. Although easy going
the track seemed to take quite a while to approach the summit.
The bothy I was heading for is at the south end of the summit
and not visible until you reach it. The final part of the trail
is almost barren rock and doesn’t seem to continue bast the
bothy. The first thing I noticed is the new front door which was
quite stiff to open. |
New door on the Geal Charn Bothy. |
Today's view inside. |
Interior in Feb 2021 |
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The interior was just the smell of fresh cut timber which isn’t
surprising as there was a new bunk bed on the left and a large
pile of planks cut up for firewood. It was quite windy and felt
chilly at just 4degC so decided not to stay to eat something but
to continue.There was still a bit of climbing to reach the
summit of Geal Charn and its flat rocky summit with 2 cairns. |
Looking towards Schehallion. |
Bothy by the river. |
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To the north was a substantial stone shooting butt which I
visited then began down the steep heather slope to the west. The
heather was deep in places but not too bad. Lower down the
ground was very wet and eventually I reached a faint track that
took me down by a small river to a building shown on the map.
It's a wooden shooting hut and was unlocked. A table inside but
no facilities as a bothy. From it lead a substantial track down
to the north and towards the road. I wasn’t sure how to make the
last connection to the road as the last bit went through what
looked like private grounds. |
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Descending through the trees I reached Dalchosnie where there
was an open white gate. Thankfully a track descended to the
lower fields before reaching the gate. There were 2 locked gated
at either side of the field but they were easily climbed. Then
at the road a short walk back to the car. |
Bothy interior. |
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