Saturday, February 28, 2026
An absolutely beautiful day called me out, and I drove up to Knockan Crag; but I'd forgotten my Leki poles, and as I'm still a bit scared of slipping on wet grass and rocks I decided against doing the very steep geology walk. Driving back, I had a glimpse of a couple of birds on the narrow Loch Braigh nan Allt, lying next to the road but mostly hidden by a high bank. I pulled into a lay-by and walked back, but the birds had disappeared. Just to make sure, I clambered up onto the bank for a better view - and realised that I was standing on the remains of an old road, running parallel with the A835.
Looking south:
Looking north:
I found the old road on its bank useful for the walk back to my car, although it didn't go all the way. I like old roads, and discovering this one made up for the loss of the birds.
I though I'd check Loch Cul Dromannan as well - where I found a nice goldeneye.
I'm having problems with computers. On the new Big Mac, PAGES hangs up when I try to get into it, so I can't access the lists I keep there. I also have a few lists on the old Big Mac; I can't just print these out as the printer only links to the new Big Mac - and I can't transfer them to the new computer because documents automatically go into PAGES - which keeps hanging up. And if we get rid of the old Big Mac, they'll be lost. So, as February is fairly empty, I'm going to park my list of the birds I've seen on Scottish hill-walks here.
