Day 9, Glengoulandie to Pitlochry.
I had great hopes for the weather today, the forecast was good and the wind had eased after last night's battering. However the promising early brightness soon changed to cloud and showers and the wind picked up so it was much the same as every other day.
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| Shehallion about to escape the cloud |
I walked up the road with views of Shehallion, partly hidden by cloud, to my left. After a short descent towards the Braes of Foss I turned onto a track that went steeply up through the trees.
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| The track to the top, Shehallion hiding it's head in the cloud |
A warm climb because It was sheltered from the wind but that quickly changed when I emerged from the trees.
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| An interesting tunnel above the old open cast mine |
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| Inside the tunnel |
A return to the track that continues down past an old open cast barites mine before finishing below the the next top.
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| An old dumper, abandoned? At the open cast mine |
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| The way down before climbing up to the second top |
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| On top of Farragon hill |
A steep and rocky climb over Farragon hill and down through potentially soggy ground to another track. It just proved how dry it has been, apart from the odd snow shower, that I managed to walk all day with dry feet.
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| A good track after descending Farragon hill |
The track climbed up around Beinn Eagagach which has a newish barites mine on its east side not open cast this time but tunneled into the hill.
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| The new barites mine |
Several dumper loads are taken from the mine to a processing plant right miles away at Balinluig.
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| Dumper retuning to the mine |
The old track, not the new one to the mine, then descends to Loch Tummel where I had thought of camping but I decided to go on to the campsite at Fascally.
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| Clunie dam at the end of Loch Tummel |
A lovely walk following the River Tummel before crossing on the Coronation footbridge and walking down the other bank until the confluence with the River Garry.
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| Coronation bridge |
A short walk up the bank to the Garry Bridge where there are a lot of high level zip wires in the trees and bungee jumping from under the bridge.
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| Path by the river |
Down the other side then to Fascally where the campsite I remembered is now a "holiday park" therefore no tents.
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| Garry bridge with bungee jumping platform underneath |
A swift change of plan was called for. Nowhere to camp or stay, for a reasonable price, in Pitlochry but there was a cheap place in Aberfeldy.
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| A very low River Garry from Garry Bridge |
A quick walk down the road to Pitlochry where I was just in time for the bus to Balinluig where after a few minutes the connection to Aberfeldy turned up.
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| Under the Garry bridge |
The weather was bright and sunny at this stage with a light wind, whether it was still blowing on the top I don't know.
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| Pitlochry |
I have the backpackers booked in Pitlochry for tomorrow night so maybe I'll walk back there tomorrow, I seem to have plenty of time!
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