{"id":6875,"date":"2024-03-25T20:40:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T20:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=6875"},"modified":"2024-04-06T18:20:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T18:20:58","slug":"boat-o-brig-24","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=6875","title":{"rendered":"Boat o&#8217; Brig 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Monday 25<sup>th<\/sup> March 2024<br \/><br \/>\r\nFochabers to Boat o&#8217; Brig (11.8 miles).<br \/><br \/><\/span>Once more Anne and I are on holiday at Portknockie. We are staying in a lovely cottage on Park Street. The forecast for today was poor, for showers, but as it was not raining here we decided to have a go at walking another section of the Speyside Way. We had reached Fochabers last October so we wanted to walk from Fochabers to Boat o&#8217; Brig. We drove to Fochabers and parked just off Ordiquish Road.<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(57.582244, -3.121835), zoom: 12});\r\nvar osm = new L.TileLayer('https:\/\/tile.thunderforest.com\/landscape\/{z}\/{x}\/{y}.png?apikey=b529a263981b4f4297627573df1e6e27', {attribution: 'Map data &copy; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thunderforest.com\">Thunderforest<\/a>', maxZoom: 18});\r\nvar track = new L.GPX(\"\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/Track_2024-03-25 160949.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>\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>I was very unprepared for the walk and we parked at the wrong place, though it worked out better for our return walk. We walked back and fore a bit before arriving at the signpost we had reached the last time here.\r\n\r\n<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_111453350.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" --mep-nl--=\"\" \/><br \/>\r\nWe followed the signs till we reached this one. The GPS track on my Garmin Etrex 20, from Walk Highlands, said go straight on. The signpost said go left. We asked a girl walking a dog. She said straight on was correct but the track disappeared where it was supposed to bear left near the Spey. We followed another track further on to the left which reached a dead end at what was called &#8220;The Intake&#8221;. You can see that from the strange GPX plot on the map.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_115600549.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>So we retraced our steps back to the sign we should have followed.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_114506116.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>We then reached the road to Ordiequish. It seems to be an area and can be spelled with or without the &#8216;e&#8217;.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_120537366.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>This was one of the few glimpses of the Spey we had all day.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_121806170.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>We stopped for our lunch at a place called &#8220;Earth Pillars&#8221;! We sat on a log. Just as we left it started to rain, very lightly. It stayed like this for the rest of the walk but didn&#8217;t really wet us.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_123303424.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Just beyond &#8220;Earth Pillars&#8221; was this &#8216;Z&#8217; bend. It was very steep and a hard walk.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_152646826.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_152651744.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>I love the ruined houses that you see in the north.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_144820028.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>Eventually we came out of forest and could see the Spey Valley.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_130850237.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>We came to a road that branched left but we went straight on. A little beyond the junction was Cairnty House.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_134534868.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_143447025.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>It was a steep decent to Boat o&#8217; Brig. Therefore a steep ascent on the way back!<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_140215042.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>This is the railway bridge over the Spey at Boat o&#8217; Brig.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_140744295.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_140849824.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_140855503.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_140941540.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>The road bridge.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_140945632.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>We then retraced our steps back the way we had come. We stopped to eat near the &#8220;Earth Pillars&#8221;. This is supposed to show the sea coming into view.<br \/><br \/>\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/2024-03-25_BoatoBrig\/IMG_20240325_152215443.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>We just followed Ordiquish Road back to the car so that was easier than the way out. But that is another section of the Speydside Way completed. If we get the weather we will try and do the section from Boat o&#8217; Brig to Craigellachie later in the week.<br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\nI &#8216;borrowed&#8217; the map from Maximum Adventure&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/maximumadventure.com\/adventure\/speyside-way-north-to-south-6-nights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<br \/><br \/>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/Buckie-to-Aviemore-inc-Tomintoul.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><br \/>\r\n\r\nSo now we have done <br \/><br \/><table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n\r\n<tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"165\" height=\"10\">1. Buckie to Portgordon<\/td><td width=\"165\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=5548\">Sunday 17th April 2022<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"165\" height=\"10\">2. Portgordon to Speybay<\/td><td width=\"165\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=5548\">Wednesday 20th April 2022<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"165\" height=\"10\">3. Speybay to Fochabers<\/td><td width=\"165\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hferrier.co.uk\/personal\/?page_id=5564\">Saturday 16th April 2022<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr valign=\"top\"><td width=\"165\" height=\"10\">4. Fochabers to Boat o&#8217; Brig<\/td><td width=\"165\">today<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<br \/>\r\nSections 1 &#038; 2 were done as part of the &#8216;Moray Coastal Trail&#8217;. The two walks overlap.\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday 25th March 2024 Fochabers to Boat o&#8217; Brig (11.8 miles).Once more Anne and I are on holiday at Portknockie. We are staying in a lovely cottage on Park Street. 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