The most dramatic changes since the August walk were the eruption of the heather, and the return of the water.
 |
| Rothiemurchus Heather |
 |
| Allt Dhruidh at Cairngorm Club Footbridge |
In August the ground felt very dry, and the trees and bushes had lost their early summer vibrancy, this time Autumn had kicked in and there had clearly been a lot of rain. The burns were full to overflowing and you needed to give a little bit of thought before striding through the fords. And the muddy bits were properly muddy again – and had been well churned up by the mountain bikes that were still around in big numbers.
 |
| Allt Dhruidh at Sinclair Memorial |
 |
| Top Ford refilled |
Over a weekend I did two versions of my regular walk – once up to Top Tree (see the August blog) and on the second longer day up to the Last Ford, and yet again I got dry, mostly sunny, weather on both days.
 |
| Ever changing waymark |
 |
| Lochan Deo (Sparkling Loch) |
The bright clear weather also brings the morning reminder that the year is moving on – there wasn't any sign of overnight frosts but the cool morning air was a reminder that they can’t be far away.
 |
| Low clouds around Loch an Eilein |
And, mirroring the August walk, as I was heading off to Shetland a reminder that cloud levels (like stock markets) can go down as well as up at this time of year.
No comments:
Post a Comment