The End of the Road (for the Public)

The End of the Road (for the Public)

Today saw us traveling up to Braemar for lunch via a stop over at Ballater for coffe.

Then a trip up into the National Trust, MAR Lodge estate.

We went to the far end of the road where the road turns back on its self from the south bank of the River Dee to the north bank, which in turn is a dead end.

This picture taken looking up the River Dee, west of the “Lyn of Dee” bridge to no mans land, as the River Dee arrives from the west.

Mar Lodge Estate occupies nearly 7% of the Cairngorms National Park, covers some of the most remote and scenic wild land in Scotland, including four of the five highest mountains in the UK.

Fifteen of the Trust's 46 Munros can be found in the Cairngorms around Mar Lodge.
Within its boundaries are fine examples of classic features of a Highland landscape: remnants of the ancient Caledonian pine forest, heather moorland, juniper scrub and a part of the high Cairngorm plateau.

The estate is recognised as one of the most important nature conservation landscapes in the British Isles: over 40% of the estate is covered by national and international nature conservation designations.