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Booked a day off work hoping to catch the nice weather that was forecast and to shake off the cold I have but woke up feeling like death. Most folk seem to say take it easy if you have a chesty cough so we picked an easy walk to do.
Although our walk to Ben Aigan could be summarised as a walk along a forestry track through a plantation and past a transmitter that would be an injustice as the views from the top are excellent; sea visible to the north and Ben Rinnes and Speyside spread out to the south plus a jumble of distant peaks beyond Inverness and the opposite coast across the Moray Firth. So plenty for the eyeballs to take in. Good weather helped, of course.
view north east to Knock Hill and Meikle Balloch
forest track that we followed all the way, electing to avoid the firebreak short cut
view east from near the Knock More transmitter to Fourman Hill
on the dip between the transmitter and the top, looking south towards the top
view of summit with summit path just visible
looking north west to Lossiemouth from our slight detour up the wrong path
view north over the River Spey from our slight detour oon the wrong path
view south from summit to Ben Rinnes and Speyside
view north west from summit across Moray Firth
light dusting of snow visible on Rinnnes
on the way down, Bin of Cullen just visible centre top
sky clouding to the west
