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| From Morrone 12/02/2012 20:46 |
The last time I had been up this hill I had a broken toe. It is interesting looking back at the post and photos from that day in 2009 It doesn't seem long ago, but today was so different.
So it was a big breakfast at the Youth Hostel and then a decision about where to go. It was Morrone - easy from the village - the Corbett Sgurr Mor above White Bridge - quite a walk in - or Connacraig near Loch Muick - another walk in plus a good drive to get there. To save the drive and the walks, we went up Morrone. I'd done it before but that was OK, today in these perfect conditions all would be different.
It was a good and pleasant walk from the frozen duck pond through the birchwoods to the view point and then the short pull to the summit.
This is a stunning viewpoint, all the better today when all the big hills were caked in snow. The cairngorm plateau itself was a marvel and looking over to it we were picking out familiar hills, each one kicking off a series of memories....Today with clear air, blue skies and startling white snow there was nowhere else to be. You could see it all - cairngorms, Glen Shee, Lochnagar....
From the top we descended to the Linn of Dee road, looking for a path that was on the map but not on the road, instead going through the forest for a walk along the road then up back to the duck pond,
It was a nice day out. A stretch of the legs amid views that were sublime.
The rest of the photos are here:
2 comments:
Beautiful pictures, Chris. Was Braemar quiet? Has the Hungry Highlander re-opened yet?
Cheers
Alan
Braemar was actually pretty busy - Glen Shee was packed with skiers and a lot of them were in the village.
The Hungry Highlander is shut and it doesn't look to be reopening - we were chatting to the owner of a hotel opposite the YH where we had dinner on Saturday and she said that the owner of the HH was finding it too hard to get staff for the chippy and had given up. Apparently the biggest problem for businesses in Braemar is getting staff - all you local kids have jobs and there are limited numbers of them. Accommodation is so expensive that it is really hard to get anywhere to have you staff live. Interesting....but sad that there is no chippy!
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