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Another short stroll that we thought would be a good idea (that in hindsight probably wasn't) - we drove to the top car park at Abriachan to avoid as much ascent as possible and set off along the easy track
I think these see-saws were designed for mountain bikers but they were quite amusing to walk over
Through the trees we could see some hills - I think this is Carn a' Bhodaich
People and a tee-pee (we stayed away - eww people
)
Before long we were away from the busier areas and onto a smaller path that started climbing gently-ish (I thought the whole point of the walk was to avoid ascent, but
)
We started to clear the top of the trees and get some more views
Showers travelling along the Beauly firth towards Inverness - normally we would be happy that they were avoiding us, but unfortunately Malky had left the washing out in the garden
Rainbow ahead!
Think this might be the Strathfarrar hills in the sun
Once out in the open the path improved and flattened out to lead us to a weird load of decorated wooden stakes. Several were standing but there were also a few lying on the ground, victims of wind probably
It was a short distance to the actual summit of Carn na Leitre
Looking back - the silhouette of Meall Fuar-Mhonaidh very prominent
Loch Ness just visible with the Strathnairn marilyns appearing behind
Not my finest effort
I was really tired so we had a good sit down - there was shelter available behind the cairn fortunately. We had thought to extend the walk but decided against it. I did fall for Malky's "well if we go a different way it's not any longer" spiel yet again though
Lovely views (possibly Strathfarrar direction)
After a good long break I felt a little better
We took a smaller path off which led us around the back of the hill
There were lots of wood carvings - we wandered if this was a word search
We soon dropped onto the Great Glen Way. It wasn't a difficult walk back to the car but I was pretty knackered
The pretty birds signalled the car was near...
Back at the car park all the people had gone, so I had a nice relaxing lie down on the big swing (until Malky started pushing it too hard
) and we went home for a nap.