Bynack and An Sgarsoch

Set off on Friday late afternoon from Linn of Dee car park after a 3 hour 'warm up' walk.

Heavily laden

camping at Bynack Lodge

Beinn a' Ghlo to the south

Lairig Gru and Ben Macdui to the north

1004m up on summit of An Sgarsoch

Ella rests at summit cairn

snow

Ruins of Bynack Lodge

View through ruins

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Some recent photos:

barbed wire

Shadowman at Benaquhallie

Headless shadowman on Bennachie

fence shadow

Bennachie shadow

sheep and rainbow in Glenbuchat

Bennachie shadow

Glen Tanar and Clachan Yell

A lovely late autumn day for a walk in Glen Tanar and up the hill called Clachan Yell:

trees

ruin

more leaves

lunch break

The clachan (stone) on Clachan Yell

view from the top

tree

boat house

Walks

First up a walk along Glen Ernan near Strathdon.

Lynardoch

Upmarket bothy and loch

Can I come in?

pretty rock

Also a quick jaunt up Ben Newe

evening sky

extra long legs

selfie!

Glenbuchat castle

Then a 14 mile excursion to see the Ailnack Gorge, Scotland's largest glacial meltwater channel formed 20,000 years ago. 600ft wide, 300ft deep and 6 miles long.

At Ca du Ford on the Ailnack Water

Looking down at the gorge

The gorge

another selfie

avenue of trees

Coll

With the weather looking fair and a few days free I set off for the Isle of Coll.

Looking north from ferry

Rum and Muck come into view

Towards Mull from Coll

Pint at the Isle of Coll hotel

Community Centre and Bunkhouse

Main Street in the evening

Gate

Camping in the walled garden in the south of the island

Collection on Friday? - will be tricky!

Wildflowers abound and I heard the corncrakes

Feall Bay

Feall beach

Shadowman was there!

Traigh nan Siolag in the far south

Crossapol Bay

info board

on top of Ben Hogh (highest point at 106m)

how did they do that?

ruins

Walking and reading

Loch Awe on the way home