Backblip: The only way is up

The midges were waking up quicker than we were and so we abandoned all thought of the Mountain Trail and moved down the loch to the Beinn Eighe NNC Visitor Centre - which was another perfectly-done VC. I particularly enjoyed sitting in front of the huge plate glass window and watching the woodland birds on their feeder.

We tackled the Buzzard Path, where the Midge Quotient was several magnitudes less than yesterday.  The trail offers a short climb to a little ridge walk with magnificent views and it was thoroughly enjoyable.

It probably is not strictly speaking a separate forest but we'll call in #9 anyway.

We pulled up in a lay-by on our way to the Brahan Estate, where we planned to stay the night, to admire the gorgeous view at Loch a' Chroisg, then carried on to Rogie Falls and Salmon Ladder. Forest #10 afforded us some very pleasant walking and we  added in some off-piste work to the riverside trail. We did see several salmon leaping in the pools but none were actually working up the ladder.


Rogie Falls was a very busy site so we decided to remove Brunhilde's bulky presence and seek out a quieter spot for lunch - which we found in Forest #11 by the side of Loch Achility, where a large family of ducks joined in our picnic.


The Certified Location site at the Brahan Estate gave our GPS some trouble but we did eventually find the correct road in. We pitched on the drive under the oak trees with a handful of other vans alongside a harvested field that was full of young pheasants. There were woodland walks nearby and a longer walk down to the river.


Main pic from the Buzzard Path, looking up to a cloud-topped Beinn Eighe. Extra pics: Rogie Falls, Rocks in Loch Achilty, Brunhilde pitched at the Brahan Estate


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