short walk in glen affric.
as i have mentioned before i have heard almost legends about beauty of glen affric. none of them are exagerated - this place is truly fantastic. go and see for yourselves :)
the morning was chilly, crisp and sunny, just perfect for a wee wander.
we left drumnadrochit, drove to cannich and then along a single track road up to the very end of the road at glen affric car park. the road was totally frozen so i drove slowly, but instead of watching my way i was almost hypnotised by the views outside. my goddness, it was so amazing i wanted to stop for pictures as often as every 100 yds, at one point i actually considered letting the girls drive along and i would just walk.. truly magnificent place..
glen affric car park is rather large, there is no way further so you cant miss it (charge £2 or £4, cant remember..) toilets closed in winter season.
there are 3 path starting from the car park. first going up the hill to the view point (10 mins) brilliant views to the glen, second path going along the river affric - again brilliant short walk in the scots pines woodland
the third path is the famous glen affric walk, going all the way around the lochs to the very end of the glen, about 18miles, circular.
i knew we had no chance of doing the full circle therefore we shortened it to about 3hrs walk (map below) but please dont take the same route as THERE IS NO ACCESS over the loch to the other side of the glen (exactly as it says at the gate at the cottages, no access to the other side)
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maly spacer w dolinie glen affric.
jak juz wczesniej wspomnialam, wiele razy slyszalam doslownie legendy na temat p[iekna tego miejsca - potwierdzam, nie bylo to ani troche przesadzone - glen affric jest przepiekna :)
poranek byl mrozny i sloneczny - w sam raz na zimowa wycieczke :) z drumnadrochit pojechalysmy do cannich a potem mala jednopasmowka (calkiem zamarzieta) powolutlu as do samego jej konca - parkingu glen affric. po drodze widoki juz zapieraly nam dech w piersiach i bylam gotowa zatrzymywac sie co 100 metrow na zdjecie, potem przez chwile nawet myslalam ze dziewczyny pojada dalej a ja pojde pieszo :) przepiekne miejsce :)
parking w glen affric jest platny, nie pamietam dokladnie ile - £2 lub £4.. jest toaleta (nieczyna zima)
z parkingu zaczynaja sie 3 szlaki - jeden na punkt widokowy tuz nad parkingiem (10min pod gorke, warto, zdjecie niebawem), wzdluz rzeki river affric , oraz dlugi 27km szlak idacy dookola jezior do samego konca doliny.
nie bylo szans na zrobienie 'duzej' petelki wiec skrocilysmy ja do okolo 3 godz spaceru (mapka ponizej) prosze sie jednak tym nie suregowac - NIE MA PRZEJSCIA / SKROTU z jednej strony jeziora na druga, dokladnie tak jak mowi informacja na bramie przy chalupkach, nie ma.
driving along the single track road... as i always say - single track roads take you to the best places :)
jazda jednopasmoweczka, jak ja to zawsze powtarzam - jednopasmoweczki zabieraja nas w najlepsze miejsca :)
dunno why the pics loaded with an error, click on to see it properly
nie wiem dlaczego fotki zaladowaly sie takie duze, kliknij na zdjecie zeby je zobaczyc lepiej
glen affric car park / parking
froze drops / zamarznieta kropelki
some fantastic frozen forms along the track / niektore zamarzniete trawki byly niesamowite
frozen/dripping bog / zamarzniety, kapiacy torf
towards the lodges / droga do chatek
scots pines / szkockie wyjatkowe sosny
we decided to try and check if it's true that there was no access to the other side. there wasnt.
sprawdzilysmy czy rzeczywiscie nie ma przejscia na druga strone jeziora do sciezki, nie ma.
fluffy trees of glen affric / puchate drzewa
scots pine :)
route of the day / trasa dnia
map copyright ordnance survey
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