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http://www.sub3000.com-> Baggers Album ->Scotland->15b->Salachaidh
Carn Salachaidh from near the Croick Church.
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Salachaidh
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A rough hill tucked away south of Strathcarron. Many approach from the north, but I went for the long and mostly easy way in up Glen Calvie. As always walking through the lodge area is intimidating, but this estate is friendly and as a bonus very well looked after. The new woods are comming on a treat. Even with its sad history Glen Calvie is always a pleasure to walk up. There are now some new tracks not marked on the map, and one of these runs half a mile towards the hill off the main drag to Strathrusdale. (gr 506854). This helps a little, but soon the bog and heather take over and its a relief to reach the craggy summit area when the grey granite takes over. The summit is a cleft block of granite, a pinnacle of sorts, that out tops the the trig by 2 - 4 metres. Quite an exiting summit. Returned by the ruin at Salachie and a new road that comes out at Calvie Lodge. Be careful, there are fences about, especially by the gorge below Salachie. These are for native tree regeneration. There are gates and stiles. Please use them. |
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