October 17th saw my mother and I head into Inverness for a walk, the top end of the Caledonian Canal can be a really nice walk with some nature around to see and photograph and as it turned out, it was a beautiful morning.
Our walk started at the Jammy Piece car park, a jammy piece is bread and jam. The walk takes you down one side of the canal, via the Merkinch Local Nature reserve around the canal entrance on the Beauly Firth and back up the other side.
The canal was originally built to save ships from sailing all the way around the North of Scotland, where the seas can be pretty wild, instead, they could now cut through the Great Glen down towards Oban and you can still take a boat all the way through via some amazing scenery including Loch Ness.
Must have taken you nearly as long to do the post as the walk took Scozmos. The weather looks ideal and their was plenty to photograph in the lovely light you had. I do like the goosanders.
Cheers Mac, it probably does! But, posting these is a great incentive to get them done, too often they sit for days, weeks, months but that can be fun once I do get to them
stunning area and great information along with beautiful photos; glad the weather was perfect for your walk and photographs, thanks for sharing.
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Regards, Hazel
A lot of Information Scozmos and the day you had for your walk was a beautiful one. Quite a few birds to see and nice photos thanks for sharing
Scozmos said:And that was us, back to Ardersier and another walk for me maybe.
Definitely.
I'll better not tell Mrs PR, she'll be ever so envious, and I have to admit, I am, but I'm more than happy to see photos and read the tales along with them.
You've probably driven along the A82 out towards Fort Augustus, there's some fabulous scenery along that road,avoiding the obvious touristy bits. Thank you for sharing those photos, it was a real joy to view.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Thank you Hazel, we were lucky to get such a beautiful day but, now I think about it, I've not walked there on a bad day, too exposed I think it's a favourite walk of mine up there.
Thank you ILS, it was indeed a glorious (chilly) day. We'd have explored the reserve more but the gate was locked, which is really unusual unless of course, there was a train coming, might be automatic next time
Thank you very much Mike, I do love to share places that people may not have seen or been to before, this is always very quiet, a few dog walkers, cyclist now and again, otherwise, empty. I've not spent time on the reserve, which I had that day but, there you go. The entire area, including Beauly town and the Black Isle are beautiful and LOADS to find and explore.
Yes, I've driven the A82 a few times, many moons ago in my biking days, I rode my motorbike up through Loch Lomond, Glencoe to Inverness then back down the A9, absolute bliss! (Except it was blowing a gale and pouring over Rannoch Moor, the g/f at the time was NOT impressed) (Gosport to Inverness and return)
Still working on the afternoon walk and the next day!!!!
Lovely Scozmos, and to see pictures from my neck of the woods, well a couple of hour's south from me. That must be a fare walk, what is the timing on it?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Good morning and thank you Catlady a LOT of folk. don't realise how far it is from Inverness to the North of Scotland, nor what the roads can be like. It's only a 2 mile walk from the cafe car park to the firth and back, you can walk the other way, down towards Loch Ness, which is a lot longer but this is just so pleasant and there's always lots to see
I've not yet made it right out to the LNR office.