Continuing Freeze

I went for a walk on the skis from the house,down by Sandy`s duck pond,across the railway line and across theA9 bridge before going down to the S bank of the Spey. The difficulty of progressing in the deep powdery snow,coupled with problems with a binding made me think of going home despite the fine ,bright cold day. It was a total delight ,though, to be able to go on to the Spey and escape the deep stuff. Here the snow was only a few inches deep and hopefullythe ice had a little more depth. Anyway, I was able to slide down to the Tromie before encountering the first real open water in a couple of miles! here are a flock of greylags at the -Tromie confluence

This is on the way backup river.

Home again, and a view, kind of, from the upstairs window.

Happy New Year!

Creag Dubh

Good to get out and about if only for a few hours.
C Dubh is always enjoyable, especially up by the waterfall

Here`s the view loking down the
Spey towards the Cairngorms.


The view looking W on the descent.

And looking down to the Lochan by the car park

Two lochs and three yellow flowers

This is Loch Avon from the E end after the recent clearing of rain.

And this is Loch Etchachan as seen when descending from Beinn Mheadhoinn.

These marigolds are flourishing at about 980m , a little above the loch.

I was surprised to see globeflowers just N of the screes on the exit from Coire an t- Sneachda

This rockrose was growing against a dyke in lower Glen Tromie.The plants had taken a battering from recent wind and rain.

Inchriach

Yesterday, the sixth of June was again cold with fresh snow on the higher tops.Plenty of showers, too. I wondered if it was too early to see the twinflower in bloom. But here was one of only a couple noticed.

Creag Buidhe by Balavil

Chickweed wintergreen is in full flower just now.

And despite the cold snap the pearl bordered fritillary is flying.

Beinn a` Chuallaich

Moira and I went down to Perth to meet Nicola to pick up the guitar Robert had made in Antarctica. On the way we went up Beinn a` Chuallaich near Loch Rannoch.


This hare in summer `plumage` was sitting just at the top of the hill.

Deer on the way down.

Carn an Fhreiceadain

I had a quick dash up the hill this Sunday afternoon,(24/5/09).
There were a couple of pairs of golden plovers, both pairs at about
750m, on the S facing slopes.

Here`s a view looking S W to Creag Dhubh.

This picture shows the mast that has been ercted on the ridge to the N of Beinn Bhreac. The aim would be to establish the suitability of the site for a wind farm.