Balnespick to Glen Tromie

Straight out into pine forests & lovely trails with the early sun peaking through 😀 As of Boat of Garten I’m officially on Markus Stitz @reizkultur Cairngorms Loop 🔄 …

… down Glen Tromie with an undulating track & the river Tromie to my right. Spotted my first bothy so went for a look. Locked & private. Then headed for a tree next to the river. That’ll do at 1300hrs ⛺ #djimini2 …

Rest Day … don’t turn your back on a majestic wildcamp spot! Even got a shave in with the midday sun on my back & a refreshing dip 👙 This was way warmer than my previous attempts! #fujix100t

Glen Tromie to Sronphadruig

Leaving only flattened grass at my Glen Tromie wildcamp ⛺ A few kms along near an old bridge my first ever Adder sighting ‘Special’. Beautiful diamond patterns 😍 …

… still the weather holds 🌤️ Glen Tromie is quite special …

… the odd ford crossing then along a narrow single track on the banks of Loch an Duin. 1.2kms of pushing as not ridable with front panniers, unles I wish to go in the loch! …

… again a mid arvo wildcamp just past a small dam. A little laundry & what is now a customary swim 👙 #fujix100t

Sronphadruig to Munros

Through the last downhill stretches of Glen Tromie & joined the Eurovelo 1 into Blair Atholl. Blair Atholl is known for its castle. Overpriced tourist trap & extortionate tea room! Went to neither …

. . greasy spoon cafes seem to be something of the past in Scotland 😕 The rest of the day spent climbing dirt tracks to find a sweet wildcamp on the lower base of 3 Munro’s 🗻 List of Munros

Munros to Enochdhu

Out of the base of the Munro’s & put the drone up. More bike’a’push 🤣 towards Daldhu cottages …

… then bizzarely a newly sealed road for 8km in the middle of nowhere serving 2 cottages! But hey, my SON dynamo hub was thankful ⚡as mainly downhill. Into Kirkmichael for supplies, then backtrack 3km back enroute. Nestled for the wildcamp amongst the pines 🌲