Back at the cottage

A walk in the rain

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August 7th 2011
The low grey cloud and light rain won't deter us from our plan to do a long walk each day. We park by the entrance to the Inverinate Estate at Kilfillan, pack our OS map in a plastic cover, and follow the narrow, uneven road over the river towards Camas-luinie. On each side are bracken, beech and hawthorn, wild flowers, heather and purple shock-headed thistles. The only sounds are the clumping ... read more

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