Myself and a mate went up to Loch Morlich, by Aviemore, for the weekend. We headed up midday Friday to get all set up before darkness set in...tipi up, woodburner installed and plenty of wood gathered to last the night and next day. In all the years I've been through/past Aviemore I'd never stopped of at Loch Morlich...it's stunning with a massive sandy beach....though it was covered in about 3 inches of snow! I don't think the temperature went above -3 untill the Sunday.
It was a chilled out Friday night with haggis, neaps & tatties with a wee nip or two
for dinner...A great start to what was a cracking weekend.
We woke to blue skies on Saturday morning with a real nip in the air. First things first, get the woodburner fired up inside and the coffee on. Later it was the full fry up cooked on the fire outside, then Gary made a fabulous pot of soup for lunch. Before having that we had a walk round the loch a bit then drove up to the ski centre...very busy place with everyone making the most of fresh snow.
Saturday evening was again chilling out round the fire...even though it was way below freezing it never felt it at all...it must have been around 11pm before we headed inside the tipi. Dinner was roast chicken and potatoes which was fantastic...first time i'd tried roasting in a cast iron pot over the fire...worked a treat!
Sunday morning the weather had changed with a cold raw wind blowing right up the loch. We didn't even consider starting a fire outside for cooking breakfast on...no point venturing out when you don't have to. We were all packed up by lunch to start heading back to Edinburgh via the tourist route lol...checking out a few places on the way down. One place was Comrie Croft, an Eco Camping / bunkhouse centre not far from Crieff. Looks a great place with good mountain biking routes / walks.
Looking forward to heading back to Loch Morlich in January.
Couldn't have asked for a better spot!!
Soup on the go...
Frozen Loch
Roast chicken MMmmmmmmmmmmm
From the ski centre
Again....a cracking weekend!
It was a chilled out Friday night with haggis, neaps & tatties with a wee nip or two
for dinner...A great start to what was a cracking weekend.We woke to blue skies on Saturday morning with a real nip in the air. First things first, get the woodburner fired up inside and the coffee on. Later it was the full fry up cooked on the fire outside, then Gary made a fabulous pot of soup for lunch. Before having that we had a walk round the loch a bit then drove up to the ski centre...very busy place with everyone making the most of fresh snow.
Saturday evening was again chilling out round the fire...even though it was way below freezing it never felt it at all...it must have been around 11pm before we headed inside the tipi. Dinner was roast chicken and potatoes which was fantastic...first time i'd tried roasting in a cast iron pot over the fire...worked a treat!
Sunday morning the weather had changed with a cold raw wind blowing right up the loch. We didn't even consider starting a fire outside for cooking breakfast on...no point venturing out when you don't have to. We were all packed up by lunch to start heading back to Edinburgh via the tourist route lol...checking out a few places on the way down. One place was Comrie Croft, an Eco Camping / bunkhouse centre not far from Crieff. Looks a great place with good mountain biking routes / walks.
Looking forward to heading back to Loch Morlich in January.
Couldn't have asked for a better spot!!
Soup on the go...
Frozen Loch
Roast chicken MMmmmmmmmmmmm
From the ski centre
Again....a cracking weekend!
