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Fiddich 04-08-12 21:48
Eil, Caggan, Carrbridge, Loch Garten and a military road
 
A stunning day for a change. We found a track on the map and had a look.
Couldn't get all the way along as we came across a chained and locked gate.

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And just to compare shots of the same place - different time of year

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M�tze 04-08-12 22:40
Nice scenery and pics!:happy11:

Pleiades 04-08-12 23:02
Nice photos again lads.

Bringing on a bit of deja vu? I'm sure I recall riding some of that route on an an MTB earlier this year (The section we rode was: Gleanann - Geal-charn Mor - alongside River Dulnain - Caggan - Eil - Wade's Road -Sluggan Bridge - Carrbridge). I spent a week circumnavigating(ish) the Cairngorms starting and ending from my parents' place between Kirriemuir and Cortachy. I seem to remember my old man boring me to tears with the history of Wade's military road at the time; correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a lot of the A93/A939 built on the same military road?

enduro374 05-08-12 09:20
Great pictures and Ten country - prefer the summer crossing too!

Fiddich 05-08-12 10:25
From a much better camera.

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M�tze 05-08-12 10:39
If thats Scotland... I MUST go there on day. Really nice!

Chekamus 05-08-12 10:40
great pictures, looks like a perfect place for a tenere ride!

Fiddich 05-08-12 11:29
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Originally Posted by Pleiades (Post 177144)
Nice photos again lads.

Bringing on a bit of deja vu? I'm sure I recall riding some of that route on an an MTB earlier this year (The section we rode was: Gleanann - Geal-charn Mor - alongside River Dulnain - Caggan - Eil - Wade's Road -Sluggan Bridge - Carrbridge). I spent a week circumnavigating(ish) the Cairngorms starting and ending from my parents' place between Kirriemuir and Cortachy. I seem to remember my old man boring me to tears with the history of Wade's military road at the time; correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a lot of the A93/A939 built on the same military road?
Yep the route followed the Dulnain. The wooden bridge in the photos is only about 1 mile West of Sluggan. The A93 and A939 are only a small part of the network of roads built in the 18th century to move troops from fort to fort much like the Roman roads in England. Much of the modern roads have been built over these roads, but some survive and are usually on private or forestry land. A digitised copy of the original Roy map of these roads is held by the National library of Scotland.

http://maps.nls.uk/roy/

Fiddich 05-08-12 11:31
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Originally Posted by M�tze (Post 177166)
If thats Scotland... I MUST go there on day. Really nice!
We managed to pick the one day it wasn't raining this Summer!!!!!!!!!!!

Gas_Up_Lets_Go 05-08-12 15:29
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Originally Posted by Fiddich (Post 177176)
We managed to pick the one day it wasn't raining this Summer!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes..... Less said about that the better.


Nice track fella - not sure my new steed would make it along there :sunny:


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