Bens and Glens - Schiehallion-Road and Loch Tay
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We start at the cemetery of Kinloch Rannoch heading sourth-west.
A dreamy landscape indeed, filled with sheeps.
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To the right the Schiehallion raises up into the sky, while the sun laughs in the sky. The narrow street meanders up through a various landscape filled with heather. Loch Kinardochy appears now on the left in front of us.
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First of all we drive through a forest, suddenly the landscape looks
like in Bavaria to us, until we reach Fortingall and find to our surprise
several houses with thatched roofs. On the left an old stonewall limits the way, to the right it is going
deeply downward, only the River Lyon accompanies us.
Behind Fortingale we turn to the right side of the river. We pass Ruined Stone Bridge with his mighty waterfall.
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Somewhere here Carnbane Castle should be, but that is so small, that
we do not find it.
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Constantly sheep bustle on the narrow street, wild water roars at
us desperately, we see a whole flock Highland-cattle in the valley, on
the left roars romantically a waterfall, on the right are noisy stairways of water.
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The further way is very narrow and winding, To out right hand it
leads
about hundred meters deeply downward, so that we are afraid of each car
approching us from the front. Wild moor, then we reach a dam and find the Ben Lawers Visitor Centre. Here is an exibition of the flora of the entire landscape. Steeply the street leads now down to the Loch Tay, a wonderful view. |
Along the A827 the road leads through Lawers and Fearnan along the
Loch Tay. Further we drive to Aberfeldy, a pretty and interesting town. |
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We find a curios, old watermill for sale, however we are too short
on money, therefore we drive back crossing the famous bridge of Aberfeldy
heading the B846. The streets leads us through a boring landscape passing
the modern Castle Menzies. We decide to make a side-trip to Tummel Bridge.
The road leads through fields and forests, short way before Glengoulandi
the solitude and the beautiful wilderness is back again. The old Militaryroad
goes down at a 7 % descent back to Loch Kinardlochy.
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