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Tom a Chaisteil (Hillfort) by thelonious Tom a Chaisteil hillfort
thelonious Posted by thelonious
7th October 2011ce
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I absolutely ADORE this pic, it's a pure work of art! summerlands Posted by summerlands
7th October 2011ce
thanks. early morning, very cold winter's day. Grantown near by had been -18 that night. thelonious Posted by thelonious
7th October 2011ce
What a superb place! drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
7th October 2011ce
Walked over this "Dun" when I was 18 on my way up to the top of Bhein Mhor. Cracking walking country. Born and brought up in Grantown - Gods country - thus the username!! strathspey Posted by strathspey
7th October 2011ce
agree with you about the walking. love the area between Grantown and Dava. lots of great little hills to explore with hardly a soul about.

might sound a bit sad but the thing I remember most about the day was the hot sausage roll from a bakery in Grantown after.
thelonious Posted by thelonious
7th October 2011ce
Beautiful. That's my kind of place.
By the way, we stayed in Grantown-on-Spey once. Lovely place, so it is. I was very impressed by the architecture and space in the main street (the only street as I remember). Will go back there one day, definitely.
Cheers,
TE.
The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
7th October 2011ce
Blown away by this - beautiful! :)

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goffik Posted by goffik
7th October 2011ce
When did you lot visit? Autumn and winter are stunning strathspey Posted by strathspey
8th October 2011ce
Photo was from December. I was there last in August, doing a few humps near Lochindorb, wild place when it's raining.

Low winter sun on the hills takes a bit of beating for me.
thelonious Posted by thelonious
8th October 2011ce
Aye, Lochindorb is infamous locally for the voracity of its midges as you probably experienced!

Not really relevant to this site but great reading about Lochindorb castle on the HER :
http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=EHG744

Surprising lack of prehistory in this immediate area - although given the absolute wilderness, maybe not so surprising.
strathspey Posted by strathspey
8th October 2011ce
last time there, we thought the top of Craig Tiribeg looked a good place to have our sandwiches. Nice rocky top to sit on with view through the trees down onto Lochindorb Castle. We lasted about 3 minutes. Midges came from everywhere. You could really feel them biting. Not good. It's been a bad year for them. thelonious Posted by thelonious
8th October 2011ce
Midges and ticks ............little bastards!!!!!

Last year I was taking up to a dozen ticks off my mutt after every hill top walk. I dont find the common preventative treatments for dogs very effective. I've also heard that they are very carcenogenic.

I learned at a very early stage of my love for the hills (around Grantown) to protect myself from the little buggers (socks over my breeks!)

Worryingly - I'm learning of an increasing amount of people being diagnosed with Lymes disease - a lot of them who dont walk in the areas commonly associated with ticks.

As for midges - well.........

In fact they annoy me so much I might cut and paste this for a forum topic!!
strathspey Posted by strathspey
8th October 2011ce
strathspey,
I was in Grantown in May '93. It was a fairly cold May. Lovely place. Almost all my visits to Scotland are to go on the hills, but I wasn't up on the hills that visit.
Cheers,
TE.
The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
8th October 2011ce
I'm no Drewbhoy (Scottish and Dorrick Ambassador number 1) but I would appreciate being able to meet and greet fellow like-minded stoneheads.

Grantown is my hometown - although I've lived away from it for nearly 30 years - tremendous place to grow up with some fantastic history and some lovely cairns.

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/15696/details/gaich+wood/
strathspey Posted by strathspey
9th October 2011ce
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