.............not all those that wander are lost..............

Monday 30 August 2010

The bloomin' heather....

AT LAST I'm back home (although it won't be for long as we'll be off to France very shortly.)

To celebrate all good things I took myself off for a walk in Glen Muick. The heather was beautiful, purple and lovely, and the green was all very green and luscious....


{Heather blooming at Glen Muick}

I walked through the puddles and wet peat, clambered through the waterfall, and eventually arrived with a little panting at the Dubh Loch. Just about the same time as the rain returned in force! I had planned to eat my sandwiches by the Loch but it was just too wet so I headed back and as I descended the rain eased a little so they were consumed hurriedly beside the path.

{Dubh Loch - down comes the rain!}


{Back towards the carpark}

A pair of hunting buzzards overhead, some deer quietly feeding down by the river and the constant noise of falling water then I was soon back at the carpark.

But with a smile.

3 comments:

Louise said...

Walking in 'weather' doesn't bother me either, but finding somewhere dry to polish off a few sarnies can be tricky. When I was out with my walking friends last October, enroute from Buckie to Portsoy, we ended up taking shelter in a handy recycling skip at Cullen! The walking always brings a smile, whatever.
Have a nice time in France, posting your entry form first?!

-maria- said...

The heather really colours the landscape beautiful!

Laura said...

Thanks for the reminder Louise - it'll be in the post first thing tomorrow!...