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Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Perthshire » Killin March 31st 2015

Geo: 56.4677, -4.31806Novelty of snow and consequent runny noses is wearing off!! We set off in the sunshine to Culney Gardens to find some red squirrels. It didn't take us long to spot them as one pretty much ran up to the car on arrival! The garden was beautiful. Lots of spring flowers beginning to pop through. There is a lovely walk through the woodland gardens that became a little hazardous in unexpected heavy snow! Once back in the warm, dry car, we were reluctant to head out into the unknown weather conditions again so we drove along Loch Tay to Kilin and back. The Dochart Falls in Killin made for a dramatic stop off. The drive was stunning. Isaac is constantly informing us that there are 'MORE baas!'... read more
Woodland walk
Raining!
Snowy flowers

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Perthshire » Killin July 1st 2012

In preparation for my Ben Nevis walk on the 1st Sept, I am keen to maintain my hill fitness levels and cross off some more munros from my to do list. My target for 2012 is 10 Munros and this weekend I can score off 4 from the list. Despite all the rain we have had over the past few days, I was feeling optimistic for the weekend, so took my new tent along for the ride! On Friday night I headed up to Killin. Due to the arrival time being after midnight I just headed to the Ben Lawers car park for the night. The drive up and spending the night in my mini brought back fond memories of my 2008 road trip to Lisbon J which got me started thinking of my next road ... read more
peat mud moorland
moorland
cairn on Meall Corranaich




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