Wandering around Speyside
This is night No.24/2019 living in my caravan. This is my second night at the Speyside C&CC Site near Archiestown in Speyside.
Slept well, and got up around 0600. Took the dogs around the on-site dog walk, then after breakfast we headed into Archiestown to walk a forest trail. It's probably around 2 miles to Archiestown, but it's along a fairly fast road with no pavement.
The forest entered from the village is enormous. We took a route which I later learned was one of the long ones. I just kept following yellow way marks!
Followed a sign which took us to the summit of Cairn Cattock.
Spectacular views from here across Speyside.
Returned to the van and after lunch I had my eye on a forest walk just outside Craigellachie. It is part of the Speyside Way, which I've walked before, and I wanted to experience just a short section.
Plans changed, however, when I spotted a track side cairn. I checked the map and reckoned that headed to the summit of the hill, Ben Aigan.
It was nice to get off the big forest tracks, but this was a bit of a grind in the rising temperatures of the day!
The summit area is a large treeless, heather clad affair. Put the dogs on the trig point for a photo.
A panorama of the views. I could quite clearly see the Moray Firth, across there to Sutherland, and to the south I could see snow capped Cairngorm tops, Bennachie, and the Mither Tap.
One last look before we headed down.
Slept well, and got up around 0600. Took the dogs around the on-site dog walk, then after breakfast we headed into Archiestown to walk a forest trail. It's probably around 2 miles to Archiestown, but it's along a fairly fast road with no pavement.
The forest entered from the village is enormous. We took a route which I later learned was one of the long ones. I just kept following yellow way marks!
Followed a sign which took us to the summit of Cairn Cattock.
Spectacular views from here across Speyside.
Returned to the van and after lunch I had my eye on a forest walk just outside Craigellachie. It is part of the Speyside Way, which I've walked before, and I wanted to experience just a short section.
Plans changed, however, when I spotted a track side cairn. I checked the map and reckoned that headed to the summit of the hill, Ben Aigan.
It was nice to get off the big forest tracks, but this was a bit of a grind in the rising temperatures of the day!
The summit area is a large treeless, heather clad affair. Put the dogs on the trig point for a photo.
A panorama of the views. I could quite clearly see the Moray Firth, across there to Sutherland, and to the south I could see snow capped Cairngorm tops, Bennachie, and the Mither Tap.
One last look before we headed down.
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