Given the continuing dreich weather, we decided on another low level, short, walk.
This time we drove to the Ben Ledi car park and took a stroll up Stank Glen, heading first along the road to the Strathyre cabins.
Leaving the tarmac, we enjoyed a well graded 300 metre ascent through woodland that was as pretty as could be expected on a wet day in February.
We soon passed a waterfall that was clearly connected with the local hydro works.
We mostly followed the blue posts, but on reaching one where there was a 'Danger - Landslip' sign, we took a higher path as planned.
A good single track path led around the head of the Glen. We didn't reach the cloud base, but any attempt to go higher today would have resulted in a few complaints about temperature and wind levels.
Soon after 11am, Mike lay down on an elevenses rock, only to be ignored as the rest of us plodded past to a better spot by a river. It's pictured below, after Mike had caught up and assumed his trademark prone position.
Luckily, the river was not in spate, so crossing it was a formality.
After contouring gently around the head of the glen, we descended past the Danger Zone, observing that the landslip had destroyed a bridge and left the track rather difficult to cross.
Near here we encountered a couple of friendly mountain bikers who were the only other people seen on today's walk.
We continued down to the cabins and a couple of kilometres of road walking back to the cars.
En route, we uncharacteristically failed to pause at a café, in the knowledge that refreshments and lunches awaited us in our Tigh Mor houses.
Here's our route - 8.5km with 300 metres ascent, taking us rather less than 3 hours.
That was a nice morning's outing for a wet day.
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