Once again the rain held off and we headed for Cairngorm (Mountain) – forecast 4 Celcius max,windchill -3.
Mode of transport – ingenious “funicular” railway – two cars with the mass of one descending “pulling” the other up providing 75% of the energy required.
We enquired about the walk to the summit but 100km/h winds and 4 degrees feels like minus 4 was a definite no, down we went to Glenmore Visitor Centre and a 7km walk around Loch Morlich.
Scots Pine forests . . .
And beaver country – no beavers spotted 🥲
And fungus habitat . . .
Duck convention on the shore of the loch
On our return to the visitor centre we chatted to a couple of veterans who were preparing a memorial observance with family of a Norwegian who had served with Kompani Ligne, Norwegian (SOE) special forces who had lived and trained in the area around Glenmore and Aviemore during World War 2.
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