We left Ellenabaich, back over the Clachan Bridge heading toward the Trossachs. We had a stopover at a wildlife visitor centre where a beaver colony lives (wild) - this is covered in the "wildlife" entry.
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A happy hedge!
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Tyndrum (I love that name!) was our base on the edge of the Trossochs National Park for 6 nights. We had an interesting trip to Hollow Mountain - which is a dam with all the electricity generation equipment actually inside the mountain. It is called Crachan Power Station and owned by Drax.
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| This was us all set up |
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| Another sunny day! |
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| Looking down the generating hall |
Tyndrum is on the West Highland Way so we had a couple of hikes, one in each direction. The first hike was too hot for Purdy but luckily there were plenty of rivers for her to cool down in. And for our feet to refresh in! We walked one way to The Bridge of Orchy and got the train back.
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| The Bridge of Orchy |
The second was a bit chilly! We walked up towards the gold mine (yes!) and the rugged peak of Ben Lui in the background.
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| Lots of cute lambs about! |
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An evening walk up the hills behind
the campsite for sunset |
I bet the tour of the dam was interesting. I love the pants drying on the fence! I'm guessing there weren't many other campers around 😁
ReplyDeleteYes it was really interesting. I wondered when my washing would be noticed!!
DeleteSeeing and hearing about your travels makes me want to do it!
ReplyDeleteThe scenery is out of this world dee. I hope you are having a fab time xx
Hi Amy, I am glad you are feeling like you want to do a trip! It's amazing what is within the British Isles really - it's so different to where we live, you sort of forget it's all here! xx
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