Participants: Just me
Where: Brown Muir, 339m/1112', Sub-2k Marilyn, Map 28, NJ 258 549
A contrasting hill to the previous day, Brown Muir as its name suggests is an area of upland moorland and is crowned by a radio mast. This is it from the west.....
I parked at the end of the public road near Teindland from where a track goes all the way to the top and at an easy angle. I started off with Ben but soon arrived at a field full of sheep guarded by a locked gate with no obvious way past so decided to take him back to the car; I took him for another run about at Rothiemurchus on the way home. Past the field I was out on the open moor with the mast in view ahead.....
Spring was definitely well advanced- I saw Curlew, Stonechat, Swallow, a pair of Red Grouse and heard a Cuckoo. The trig may or may not be the highest point, the ground looked a bit higher about 50 yards further on but from there the trig looked higher. Anyway, the trig had a metal cover, inside of which was a box containing several visitor notebooks. I duly entered my name with the confession that I was climbing Marilyns.....
Like all the hills in this part of the country, the views were wide. This is looking over Elgin.....
and this is looking east to the Bin of Cullen and The Knock......
Not as grand as the west but very pleasant country nonetheless.
1 comment:
That part of the country has its own charm. Like the gorse, the dry moors, and the big skies.
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