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Another wander around Abriachan

Another wander around Abriachan


Postby Jaxter » Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:02 pm

Date walked: 26/09/2021

Time taken: 1.45 hours

Distance: 5.05 km

Ascent: 147m

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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
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I think these see-saws were designed for mountain bikers but they were quite amusing to walk over
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Through the trees we could see some hills - I think this is Carn a' Bhodaich
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People and a tee-pee (we stayed away - eww people :shock: )
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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 :crazy: )
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We started to clear the top of the trees and get some more views
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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 :lol:
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Rainbow ahead!
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Think this might be the Strathfarrar hills in the sun
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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
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It was a short distance to the actual summit of Carn na LeitreImage

Looking back - the silhouette of Meall Fuar-Mhonaidh very prominent
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Loch Ness just visible with the Strathnairn marilyns appearing behind
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Not my finest effort :lol:
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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 :roll:

Lovely views (possibly Strathfarrar direction)
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After a good long break I felt a little better
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We took a smaller path off which led us around the back of the hill
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There were lots of wood carvings - we wandered if this was a word search
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We soon dropped onto the Great Glen Way. It wasn't a difficult walk back to the car but I was pretty knackered
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The pretty birds signalled the car was near...
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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 :roll: ) and we went home for a nap.
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Re: Another wander around Abriachan

Postby BlackPanther » Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:44 pm

I love the Abriachan trails :D A playground for adults (and panthers).

If continuing down the path east from the summit, there was a set of carved poles to climb (not sure they are still there). I remember Kevin practicing his scrambling moves on them:
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Another wander around Abriachan

Postby Jaxter » Mon Dec 06, 2021 3:41 pm

BlackPanther wrote:I love the Abriachan trails :D A playground for adults (and panthers).

If continuing down the path east from the summit, there was a set of carved poles to climb (not sure they are still there). I remember Kevin practicing his scrambling moves on them:
abriachan 116.JPG

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Oh wow that's brave!! I think those posts may be more stable than the ones we saw :lol:
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