Cairngarroch to Millfore and track - Photo Gallery,

Sunday 16th November 2008, I chose to walk on Sunday because there was a reasonable in the middle of two very wet days, and it was dry and relatively calm. I turned off onto the little road running around the edge of Clatteringshaws Loch before turning off on a shale track to the small parking area near the unused Craigencallie Outdoor Centre. I climbed up the hill behind the centre and although I managed to avoid the near-vertical granite crags, the initially obvious path disappeared in an inevitable steep climb up a sometimes swampy gully. The ground was good as I reached more level ground and walked through the heather to the summit of Cairgarroch where it was breezy and cold. I walked the two miles to the summit of Millfore, a so-called ridge but in reality a broad, easy descent and not-too-difficult climb before making the extra effort to the summit of Red Gairy. I made the easiest descent on the driest ground before climbing the pleasant undulating grassy slopes to the attractive White Lochan of Drighorn, a once popular curling venue. I carried on to Black Loch before making my way, following a faint path to meet a fence in the gap in the shadow of Curlywee. A very soggy path followed the fence down towards Loup of Laggan, past the waterfall to an even wetter path by the side of the forest down to the White Laggan bothy. A lengthy walk on a sunny afternoon following a good track got me back to the car.

© Andy Wallace 16th November 2008