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.
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.
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.
The second was a bit chilly! We walked up towards the gold mine (yes!) and the rugged peak of Ben Lui in the background.
Lots of cute lambs about! |
An evening walk up the hills behind the campsite for sunset |