{"id":4082,"date":"2018-11-10T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=4082"},"modified":"2024-04-05T11:09:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T11:09:47","slug":"loch-brora-18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=4082","title":{"rendered":"Loch Brora 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">10<sup>th<\/sup> November 2018<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\r\n<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">A scooter run to Loch Brora (103 miles)<\/span> <br \/><br \/>\r\nIt is November and five weeks Friday will be the shortest day. It is dark now round about 5 o&#8217;clock. The forecast for the day was great with the temperature to reach 10\u00b0C. What better way to spend the time than go for a scooter adventure.<br \/><br \/>I left the house on my wee scooter not long before midday. Anne and I had had a lovely walk down to Alness in the morning.<br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/leafletjs\/leaflet.css\" \/>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/leafletjs\/leaflet.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/leafletjs\/GPX.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"map\" style=\"width: 80%; height: 500px; margin: auto; z-index: 2;\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<script>\r\nvar map = new L.Map('map', {center: new L.LatLng(57.8753,-4.4933), zoom: 8});\r\nvar osm = new L.TileLayer('http:\/\/{s}.tile.opentopomap.org\/{z}\/{x}\/{y}.png', {attribution: 'Map data &copy; <a href=\"http:\/\/opentopomap.org\">OpenTopoMap<\/a>', maxZoom: 18});\r\nvar track = new L.GPX(\"\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/scooter-lochbrora_18-11-10.gpx\", {async: true, color: 'red', opacity: 0.8, weight: 3});\r\nmap.addLayer(track);\r\nmap.addLayer(osm);\r\nmap.addControl(new L.Control.Layers({}, {'GPX':track}));\r\nmap.addControl(new L.control.scale({metric: false}));\r\n<\/script> <br \/>\r\n\r\n\r\nI stopped before Aultnamain on the Struie to take a photo of the hills of Sutherland where I was headed. The light is so difficult to get decent pictures.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6267.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6268.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Once passed\u00a0Aultnamain I took the single track road down to Edderton. This is a better photo of the hills of Sutherland.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6269.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Using the zoom lens shows Ben Bhraggie, above Golspie.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6270.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6271.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>And a bit further down was this ruin hidden by bushes.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6272.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Just outside Edderton I stopped at the old parish church.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6273.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6274.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6275.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6276.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6277.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6279.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>And once I reached the Dornoch Bridge I took some more photos.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6280.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6281.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6282.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6283.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6284.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>I then kept going until I reached Brora and then stopped at the COOP for supplies.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/receipt.png\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Brora is probably not the most beautiful place!<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6285.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>I waited till I reached Loch Brora before eating. Loch Brora is a very beautiful loch. This road through Strath Brora to Rogart is wonderful. Single track all the way.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6286.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6287.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6288.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6289.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6290.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6291.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Further along. With the satnav set to short it took me behind Rogart itself.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6292.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>And when I reached Rogart I stopped to take a picture of the Free Church.<br \/><br \/>When I was a boy, in Golspie, Mr Aitken was minister. He was an awfully nice man. My main memory of him is that he chain smoked. He had a moustache which was supposed to be white or grey but was orange. His two fingers he used to grip the cigarette with were also orange.<br \/><br \/>I remember, too, being take to the manse beside the church where Mrs Aitken&#8217;s father lived as well. He was over 100.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6294.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>And then on to Lairg.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6295.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6296.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6297.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>This is before Rosehall. I so hate wind-turbines and wind-farms.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6298.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Even in this photo, if you look carefully, is a wind-farm.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6299.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Before Rosehall the hills of West Sutherland came into view.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6302.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>After Rosehall I went onto the Inveroykel, Culrain road, and down to the Baillie bridge. I didn&#8217;t eat here, as I often do, but took a few photos.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6303.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Inveroykel Lodge using the zoom lens.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6304.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6305.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6306.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6307.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6308.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6309.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>This is a bit further on looking back up the Oykel River.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6310.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Another Highland ruin.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6311.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6312.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Further down, Carbisdale Castle.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6314.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6315.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>The entrance to\u00a0Carbisdale Castle.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6316.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>I stopped a wee bit beyond Carbisdale Castle to eat a small Dairymilk and washed it down with a small carton of strawberry milk. Where I was looked over to Bonar Bridge.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6317.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6318.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6319.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>I had to move on as the sun had set behind the hills and it was very much colder. I went through Ardgay and over the Struie.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6320.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Looking to the Dornoch Bridge. Nine miles to home!<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6321.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6322.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2018-11-10_lochbrora\/DSCN6323.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/>It was great to get out on the scooter so late in the year. I would be surprised if I managed another trip. You can get severe snow by the end of November. It was another great day.<br \/><br \/>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10th November 2018 A scooter run to Loch Brora (103 miles) It is November and five weeks Friday will be the shortest day. It is dark now round about 5 o&#8217;clock. 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