The Punch Bowl and Morrone

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This isn't the Punch Bowl

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this is

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The woods and the Quoich Water were gorgeous

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Upstream from the Punch Bowl

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Linn of Dee

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Cottage near Inverey

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The Dee between Inverey and Braemar

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Carn na Drochaide from Chapel Brae

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Braemar Duck Pond and surroundings

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Beautiful woodlands line the ascending track

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Little House in the Big Woods

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(I suspect it may be a septic tank)

Fungoid tree - Dee valley and Culardoch now visible

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Widening views on the lower part of the ascent

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These blocky rocks are on a kind of mini-ridge sloping gently up the hillside, like a parapet alongside the path.

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A cairn a bit higher up, with Morven I think now visible in the distance

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Lichens more susceptible to traffic than the heather is

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Not much of the Lochnagar range visible

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Lichen patterns

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Morven more in view now

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Ben Avon

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Hills around Glen Ey and Altanour starting to come into view, taking me back to fond memories of camping there years ago. The hill in the middle is I think Creag an Lochain, part of Carn Bhac.

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Loch Callater

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Beinn a'Bhuird from the cairn

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Various man made objects on the summit

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The story behind the hut

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Window of the hut, in case you were wondering

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Glen Ey hills again

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Not long after (even at my pace). View from the window of the Bothy Cafe in Braemar.

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