SCOTTISH BORDERS 2014 |
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A Damp Start from the Bruce's Stone Car Park
The Information Boards & Bruce's Stone
The Wet but Good Path
Buchan Burn
Logging Right on the Path (I wonder where they Came From?)
Mystery Solved
Cuisharg Bothy
You are Now Crossing the Line
The Start of the Blizzard
Getting Worse
Starting to Stick
Getting Deeper the Higher I Climb
Ice Formed on a Blades of Grass
Weather Now Much Better but the Snow Even Deeper
Dry Stone Wall on the Ridge Between Benyellary and Merrick
The North Eastern Face of Benyellary
Benyellary
The North Eastern Face of Benyellary
More Ice on Blades of Grass
The Dry Stone Wall on the Ridge Between Benyellary and Merrick
The Last View of Benyellary and my Footprints Before the Whiteout
The Frozen Summit Trig Point of Merrick
Back Down in the Woods Below the Snow Line
Cuisharg Bothy Through the Trees
Bruce's Stone Now in Sunshine
Friday 21st Feb 2014 (Travelling Back Same Day) The Start of The Walk a Short Cut Just South of the Main Car Park
The Short Cut Route not Recommended
A Small Lochan near the Top of Cornish Hill
The Footpath Leading to One of the Many Stone Cairns on Cornish Hill
The Very Difficult Walking Conditions Make the Assent a Long Slog Uphill
A Little Frozen Lochan Just North of the Final Climb
Following my Footprints Back Down Again
Loch Cornish with Shiel Hill in the Background
Loch Cornish and Shiel Hill from Cornish Hill
Loch Brandan From Cornish Hill
Fallen Trees Litter the Floor of the Woods
Moss Covered Logs at the Side of the Path
More Moss Covered Logs Long Since Chopped up and Forgotten About
More Fallen Trees
Stinchar Bridge, the Start of the Tourist Route
Wednesday 5th March 2014 (Travelling Back Same Day) Figurehead From the Ship Black Watch at the Gateway to Forrest Lodge
I Wonder Who Birger Natvig was to Have a Road Named After Him
I'm not going to get Lost in This Wood
Yet Another Sign
Loch Harrow and the Eastern Spur of Corserine (North Gairy Top)
Power Station at Loch Harrow
Old Mooring Post on Loch Harrow
One of the Many Well Maintained Tracks Through The Forest
Now High Above Loch Mannock & Loch Harrow
The Edge of North Gairy Top Hidden in the Clouds
On the Ridge Looking West Towards Corserine
Cracks Starting Appear on a Cornice Just N/W of the Summit
WOW! I Wonder How Deep These Cracks Are?
Just Visible the Far Edge of the Cornice and the Cracks Along its Near Edge
The Summit Trig Point on Corserine
Heading Back Down Now
A Stone Shelter Provides a Rest From The Icy Wind (A Good Place for Lunch)
North Gairy Top Now in Really Thick Cloud
Loch Harrow now Coming into View Again
More Storm Ravaged Trees Back Down in the Woods
Wednesday 19th March 2014 (Travelling Back Same Day) The Bungalow at Bridgend at the Start of the FarmTrack
The Green Well of Scotland
The Farm Track by the Cow Sheds Should be Avoided at all Cost
Cairnsmore of Carsphairn Hidden Behind the Hills of Dunrool & Willienna
Looking back Towards Corserine
After Leaving the Track a Dry Stone Wall is Followed all the way to the Summit
The Higher we go the Better the Weather
Looking Back Over Dunrool Towards Corserine
The Summit Trig Point & Shelter on Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
Another Dry Stone Wall Leads all the way to Dunrool
Cairnsmore of Carsphairn from the Summit of Dunrool
The Cornice from 2 Weeks ago can Still be Seen on Corserine
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