Grant Mr. J Morgan: 087: A small stream about 1½ miles in length, rising on the South Side of Benmacdhui and flowing in a Westerly direction very rapidly. ALLT CLACH NAN TAILLEAR: Allt clach-nan Taillear: Mr A McDonald Mr. J. Walking northwards on the Lairig Ghru main path, an inconspicuous side path branches off through the heather and slants up towards the Allt Clach nan Taillear (the Harvey map shows it but not the OS map). Others only exist in older-books Gordon (1925), Watson (1975) - for example - because the authors, acquainted with local-people and local-traditions, have described these features and recorded their names. Braemar Hotels. Welcome to Beatport. Anderson (1911) writes: In the days before railways it was much used as a means of intercommunication, particularly for the driving of cattle from all the Highlands around to the great southern "trysts" or fairs ; but now the pass is seldom traversed except by gillies and foresters, or by pedestrians ambitious to add the feat of "doing" it to their "record". There are, or were, cairns there. Youth Team Black Projects ℗ Youth Team Released on: 2020-06-08 Artist: Youth Team Auto-generated by YouTube. Once on the plateau from either route, locate the path leading up from Loch Etchachan that heads west up to the Sappers Bothy (marked as a ruin on the 1:25,000 map). Route: Start/Finish: Corrour Bothy > zigzagged east up steep slopes to ridge N of Carn a' Mhaim > followed ridge to summit > retraced route N then up broad ridge SE of Allt Clach nan Taillear, swinging W to summit of Ben MacDui > Back E along FP to Creagan a' Choire Etchachan > S to summit of Derry Cairngorm > Down to Luibeg Burn > FP S then W back to Corrour Bothy Horizontal Distance Travelled: … The single room has a fireplace and chimney in its northern gable, there is also an outer composting toilet facility in its own room had recently been installed. Ascents Edit The ascent of Càrn a' Mhàim is most commonly started at the Linn of Dee car park ( NO065901 ), … Photograph by Jonathan Miles / Alamy. Bha i do-fhaicsinneach do na daoine. The 8 km (5.0 mi) from there to Braemar is along a tarmac road. As I approached the summit I entered broken cloud and was struggling more with a fierce and bitingly cold wind, so I did the right thing and took the map and compass out. Cross the Dee shortly beyond this at an obvious path to the bothy, below Devil’s Point. until it joins the River Dee at a point a short distance above a stone called Clach-an Tailleareau. These are thought by many (incorrectly) to be the source of the River Dee. Clach nan Taillear is a stone inside of Cairngorms National Park. Day 9. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Other areas that hold long-lasting snow, although perhaps less reliably, are the Cuidhe Crom (or 'crooked wreath') patch at the head of Coire Cas (near the ski slopes and visible widely from the Spey valley), the upper March Burn, upper Coire Mòr and upper Coire Clach nan Taillear (all on the western edge of the plateau above the Lairig Ghru). At least one of these pools is reputed to contain trout in spite of these pools having no obvious outflow, nor inflow. Gordon describes how this stone got its name, writing: ...Tailor's Stone, named after certain tailors who for a wager attempted to dance, during the hours of a winter day, at the "three Dells" - the Dell of Abernethy, the Dell of Rothiemurchus and Dalmore in Mar. In Gordon (1925) the author describes using this path on an ascent of Braeriach, continuing: It is (1925) some thirty years since the late Duke of Fife constructed it, but as the corrie is one of the most outlying of all in the wide Forest of Mar the path has scarcely been used since the day it was made and is now difficult to follow, except near the top of the corrie. It is now used as a mountain refuge and maintained by the Mountain Bothies Association. North of Kirkmichael, in Strathardle, there is a village called Dalnagairn or Dail nan Càrn. Those that do face a considerable walk/skin back out, but it's worth it. until it joins the River Dee at a point a short distance above a stone called Clach … After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Another legend surrounds Clach nan Taillear – The Tailors’ Stone – named after three tailors who perished there one night. Others only exist in older-books Gordon (1925), Watson (1975) - for example - because the authors, acquainted with local-people and local-traditions, have described these features and recorded their names. 5. This boulder-strewn ravine is used as a route between the Lairig Ghru and Glen More. Wilderness hut. 8 hours walk. Travel Dates. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Then we descended via Loch Etchachan and the Shelterstone to Loch Avon and finally the Fords of Avon Refuge. There's good sheltered camping by Lochain nan Cnapan in most weather. The summit of the Lairig Ghru marks the boundary between Deeside (Aberdeenshire) and Strathspey (Inverness-shire). Tha Ruaraidh ag innse sgeulachd mu bhana-bhuidseach - Baomh agus an sgrios a rinn i air baile beag Dal nan Càrn. Modern road traffic now travels over the Pass of Drumochter via the A9 or The Lecht on the A939, and the Lairig Ghru is left to walkers. A couple of gents were leaving the tiny hooch as I approached. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Examples are: Duntulm is home to a clach-ultaich, a lifting stone. I used the ridge along Sron Riach to descend down in Glen Luibeg and it was almost dark as I regained the land rover track. After the first half-mile I found it unbroken, except for a narrow strip along the edge of the ridge usually occupied by the intermittent track. On reaching the stream it peters out, leaving a steep but otherwise easy ascent to join the path coming in from the Carn a'Mhaim bealach. Butter Stone is situated southwest of Cotherstone. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Ascend Brariach via the Chlamain Gap from the Sugar Bowl car park, head round to Cairn Toul and then Corrour Bothy. Notable Places in the Area. Gordon (1925) describes it as falling in a white spray to the Lairig from the northern spur of Ben Mac Dhui. Now, looking at the rough track, it … Panoramic summit view (click to open) Users' walk reports for Carn a'Mhaim. That would leave Braeriach, Cairn Toul and Bod an Deamhain and a night at Corrour. The snow was in capital walking condition, but seemingly I was the first person to go up the pass. There is no objective measure of where the ends of the Lairig Ghru are. Below is a list of places we know about in Aberdeenshire, Great Britain. Day 3: A wild day. They took refuge behind this stone, but succumbed to the elements. ALLT CLACH NAN TAILLEAR: Allt clach-nan Taillear: Mr A McDonald Mr. J. Until approximately the 1870s men from Rothiemurchus annually, in the spring, cleared the track of rocks that had fallen on to it during the winter. Here, one new year’s eve (undated), three tailors set out on a bet to dance in the locations of Braemar, Rothiermurchas and Abernethy. Coming down into Glen Doe a fierce winter storm caught them out. Cairngorms hostels. Ascend Brariach via the Chlamain Gap from the Sugar Bowl car park, head round to Cairn Toul and then … They had wagered that they would dance a reel on the same night in Rothiemurchus and Braemar. Additional taxes may apply. [citation needed]. Coming down into Glen Doe a fierce winter storm caught them out. You will need to arrange transport if you wish to return to the start, as there are no practical public transport options. He suggests the "probable" derivation as from Drùdhadh meaning oozing. Butter Stone is situated southwest of Cotherstone. Historically the Lairig Ghru has been used simply as a route between Deeside and Strathspey. The south side however remained clear and sunny for a while longer. ''No. After some more sandwiches and a hot drink it was soon time to head down. 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Clach nan Taillear "stone of the tailors - Watson (1975)" is a large stone by the Lairig Ghru where: Many Gaelic place names have lost their original spelling and meaning through translation into English. Use the Allt Clach nan Taillear route onto Ben Macdui, then continue to Cairngorm and back down to the ski centre. There’s the sad story of Clach nan Taillear, the beginnings of Corrour and Bob Scott’s bothies, Sinclair memorial hut and the old archeological settlements along the route. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com. Devil's Point: with a view straight into the heart of Coire Clach nan Taillear and the glen rising to the Pools of Dee below Sròn na Lairige; Coylumbridge: the northern start point, trekking through the beautiful Rothiemurcus Forest, the hill framed by the Lairig Ghru entrance; Braeriach: from the shoulder above Coire Bhrochain you will see the hill dominating the Lairig Ghru; Carn a' Mhaim: this hill's long, rounded … But authorities on place-names reject these suggestions, and are obliged to leave the name Ghru a mystery, although it seems to contain the same root as the Allt Dhru burn which drains it to the north. As ground levels, the path turns to aim for Carn a'Mhaim, you'll need to leave it and bound over heather into Glen Dee. [4] In that case, the landscape is arguably too open for the "ends" of the Lairig's track to extend much beyond the imaginary lines drawn between the summits of Carn a' Mhaim and The Devil's Point at the southern end - and Carn Eilrig and Castle Hill at the northern end. They wagered they would dance at three ‘Dales’ within twenty four hours and having performed two-thirds of their programme sank exhausted at this spot. Day 9 Loch nan Cnapan to Loch Avon. Braemar cottages. ''Is there anyone at home?'' I wasn’t worried about Clach nan Taillear, which has the advantage of debouching onto the plateau almost at the summit. Ben Macdui. From there it is a hard climb of 500 metres up the side of the Allt Clach nan Tàillear (The Tailor's Burn) with much boulder-hopping to reach the summit plateau of Macdhui. It’s a challenging walk and not one to be taken lightly, a degree of fitness is required and some long walks prior is a good idea, especially if your breaking in new boots! Fidden Beach . Clag was starting to encroach in from the north, covering the Macdui summit. Your Amazon Music account is currently associated with a different marketplace. It is possible to reach the northern end of the arete by climbing up the slopes near the Allt Clach nan Taillear from the Lairig Ghru. Indeed I barely found enough exposed rock to serve as a dry seat, while I took a rest, a lunch, and a look at the Deeside view. In the event we found a few good spots around the top of Allt Clach nan Taillear and to the SW of the summit of Stob Coire Sputan Dearg. Corrour Bothy is close to Clach nan Taillear. Download Now on Beatport. Followed the standard Macdui approach to just between the 1295m top and the summit before skirting round the summit towards Allt Clach nan Taillear. The shelter was built for the surveyors who took … Beatport is the world's largest electronic music store for DJs The prolific and late Dundonian mountaineer, Syd Scroggie felt that the name Lairig Ghru was such a case and suggested that the Lairig Ghru was the Lairig Ruadh (Red Pass). Sitting on top of Ben Macdui, having toured from the ski centre, it must be really tempting for many to descend it. Butter Stone is a stone in County Durham. If we had felt large and confident, striding through the woods to Derry Lodge, we now looked like little hobbits beneath the … Even this path is short lived though, we soon reached the steep … A bicycle can be used on this section of the route. There are many waypoints and features in the Lairig Ghru which, because of map scale, do not appear on the old 1-inch, nor 1:50,000 scale maps. A path can be picked up here-and-there, becoming more obvious lower down. The path is clear, and follows the east side of the glen floor, past a stone named as the Clach nan Taillear. It leads through a rocky gap SE of Creag a' Chalamain, named Eag Coire a' Chomhlaich. I found the start of the river Dee easily enough but got slightly confused on the way round to Braeriach while trying to avoid the large snow patches, in fact at one stage I was beginning to … This snow report by C. G. Cash implies a familiarity with the Lairig Ghru, both his own, and his readers. Available now 4 minutes Last on. Clach an Fhithich (3) Clach an Fhithich (2) Clach an Fhithich (1) Taigh-seinnse Dhurais (2) Taigh-seinnse Dhurais (1) An Oidhche a bha i a’ Sileadh na Lite Rathad-iarainn Ullapuil Na Sia Bonnaich Bheaga (3) Na Sia Bonnaich Bheaga (2) Na Sia Bonnaich Bheaga (1) Pàdraig na Beinne (2) Pàdraig na Beinne (1) Cath Gabhra agus Bàs Oscair Cogadh nan Con Gràinne agus am Buidseach Glas (3) Gràinne agus am … Guests. There is only one opportunity to cut the ride short, but that requires a carry up to the summit of Ben Macdui from the path near the Allt Clach nan Taillear stream and then skirting Lock Avon. Walking S from Pools of Dee you reach Clach nan Taillear (Stone of the Tailors). Once in the Lairig Ghru, turn left and ski along the pass in a Southerly direction. I enquired. We had short spell of sunshine left before the clag that had plagued the northern and western hills finally marched over us for about 1730hrs. Places > Great Britain > in County Aberdeenshire. Geograph Britain and Ireland is a web-based project to collect and reference geographically representative images of every square kilometre of the British Isles. Butter Stone from Mapcarta, the free map. Instead, a better option would be to follow faint traces of path south-east to the top of the Allt Clach nan Taillear, then head south-west. To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.com (US). Here I reached snow at the 1750 [feet] contour, and found it much greater in quantity than I have previously seen it. The epic challenge hereabouts is the ascent of the Cairngorm 4000ers, best accomplished from Speyside. A stone with a name, might indicate a memorial to some ancient tragedy - the hills and weather certainly looked foreboding as we climbed into the heart of the mountains. The name "Chalamain Gap" has been applied relatively recently to this ravine, since in Alexander (1928) the author does not name the gap, but describes it - writing: a fine example of the "dry dens" or ravines which are found at various points on the Cairngorms, and which are supposed to have formed by glacier overflows or side streams. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Pitched the tent at around 1230m to the SW of top, a short walk from a great view of Coire Sputan Dearg. The Lairig Ghru track winds around a series of pools on the Mar side of the summit. The route and mountain pass partially lies on the Mar Lodge Estate. Allt Clach nan Taillear Taillears Burn is a popular target for folk with touring kit. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! Watson does not name the ravine "Chalamain Gap" either, but refers to it as the location of the Sinclair Hut: an alternative path to this spot comes in on the left [north-east] from Glen More. Only shown on the 1:25,000 scale maps, The Duke's Path is a made-path on the western side of the Lairig Ghru, following the course of the burn draining Coire Ruadh and leading to the bealach between Braeriach and Sron na Lairige. Along the way you will pass some large rocks – one is the Clach nan Taillear stone. Photograph by Jonathan Miles / Alamy. It adds a substantial amount of altitude. I followed the shoulder on the east of Allt Clach nan Taillear (the Tailors burn) for the long, almost 500m, climb to broad flat summit plateau and the top . It is said to weigh a ton. The path is clear, and follows the east side of the glen floor, past a stone named as the Clach nan Taillear. As ground levels, the path turns to aim for Carn a'Mhaim, you'll need to leave it and bound over heather into Glen Dee. On a sunny day the bay at Fidden … Favourite Seafood Restaurant: Fidden Beach. It is often referred to as a Drove Road, and while it's not wrong to do so, arguably that over-emphasises one specific use. There was loads of snow but it was pretty hard and it took us 4.5 hours to dig our hole (the books say it should take about 2.5 hours). [citation needed]. A bothy was built in 1957 by members of the Edinburgh University OTC as a memorial to Dr William Angus Sinclair FRSE, who died on Cairn Gorm on 21 December 1954. In winter the pass is particularly extreme: a stone in the centre named the Tailor's Stone, or Clach nan Taillear, is said to have been the place behind which two eponymous travelling tradesmen sought shelter and died during as blizzard. The March Burn is a burn on the Mar side of the summit, draining the eastern-slope above it and disappearing below the rocks before it reaches the floor of the valley. Butter Stone is a stone in County Durham. Watson gives the summit height as about 835 metres (2,740 ft),[5] and the Cairngorm Tourist Map (1975) gives a spot-height of 2,733 feet. Check out Clach nan Taillear by Youth Team on Amazon Music. Then head a little east, and eventually you'll find yourself in the Cairngorms mountain range. Walker-friendly accommodation in the area Cairn Toul is to the left with Braeriach centre and the edge of Ben Macdui to the … Route: Start/Finish: Corrour Bothy > zigzagged east up steep slopes to ridge N of Carn a' Mhaim > followed ridge to summit > retraced route N then up broad ridge SE of Allt Clach nan Taillear, swinging W to summit of Ben MacDui > Back E along FP to Creagan a' Choire Etchachan > S to summit of Derry Cairngorm > Down to Luibeg Burn > FP S then W back to Corrour Bothy Horizontal Distance Travelled: … Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. As Shepherd … The ascent is rarely made by any other routes. As I approached the summit I entered broken cloud and was struggling more with a fierce and bitingly cold wind, so I did the right thing and took the map and compass out. Butter Stone from Mapcarta, the free map. We left Corrour on Sunday morning and travelled up the Allt Clach nan Taillear burn on the south side of Ben Macdui and on over to our snow hole location of Grid Reference 000000 (easy to remember). A Clach-ultaich (, plural "clachan-ultaich") is another type of lifting stone found in Scotland. Day two - First we drop down to Corrour Bothy and across the river then heading north, we will pick up the Clach nan Taillear burn and follow the faint path up steep slopes onto the southern flanks of the UK's 2nd highest mountain, Ben Macdui. Grant Mr. J Morgan: 087: A small stream about 1½ miles in length, rising on the South Side of Benmacdhui and flowing in a Westerly direction very rapidly. The biggest of these is the Tailors' Stone (Clach nan Taillear) where legend has it that three drunken tailors perished trying to ride out a violent storm one Hogmanay. Clach definition: a stone | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples For mountain biking, in sheer scale and scope, there's nowhere to rival the Cairngorm range in the UK. Search. Carn a Mhaim: Cooked tea in the … Cross the Dee shortly beyond this at an obvious path to the bothy, below Devil's Point. Clach an Fhithich (3) Clach an Fhithich (2) Clach an Fhithich (1) Taigh-seinnse Dhurais (2) Taigh-seinnse Dhurais (1) An Oidhche a bha i a’ Sileadh na Lite Rathad-iarainn Ullapuil Na Sia Bonnaich Bheaga (3) Na Sia Bonnaich Bheaga (2) Na Sia Bonnaich Bheaga (1) Pàdraig na Beinne (2) Pàdraig na Beinne (1) Cath Gabhra agus Bàs Oscair Cogadh nan Con Gràinne agus am Buidseach Glas (3) Gràinne agus am … 'Gordon defines "Lairig" as a "Hill Pass". Corrour Bothy is a simple stone building below Coire Odhar, which lies between The Devil's Point and Cairn Toul on the western side of the river. 57.0420, -3.6809 . Ascents. Clach nan Taillear Stone, 2500 feet north; Stob Coire an t-Saighdeir Summit, 1¼ miles west; Lochan Uaine Water feature, 2 miles northeast; Lochan Uaine Water feature, 2 miles northwest; Ben Macdui Summit, 2 miles north; Sgòr an Lochain Uaine Summit, 2 miles northwest It is possible to reach the northern end of the arete by climbing up the slopes near the Allt Clach nan Taillear from the Lairig Ghru. Walker-friendly accommodation in the area. MacBain a distinguished philologist, writes that the name is "probably the Pass of Druie river, from root dru, flow, as in Gaulish Druentia", The weight of suggestion is - therefore - that Lairig Ghru is certainly the hill pass (of something) and that something is probably related to the water flowing from the floor of the valley close to the summit.[2]. Walking S from Pools of Dee you reach Clach nan Taillear (Stone of the Tailors). Faclan na Litreach: Clach an Fhithich: The Raven’s Stone; a’ suirghe:courting; cath fuilteach: bloody battle; dh’aidich:admitted; a-chaoidh: forever; glaodh : cry, shout; ann an sìorraidheachd: in perpetuity; biodag: dirk. Corrour Bothy is a simple stone building on Mar … If we had felt large and confident, striding through the woods to Derry Lodge, we now looked like little hobbits beneath the … Day two - First we drop down to Corrour Bothy and across the river then heading north, we will pick up the Clach nan Taillear burn and follow the faint path up steep slopes onto the southern flanks of the UK's 2nd highest mountain, Ben Macdui. There are many waypoints and features in the Lairig Ghru which, because of map scale, do not appear on the old 1-inch, nor 1:50,000 scale maps. The area's relative reliability of snow … The refuge was located near the cross-roads where the tracks from Sron na Lairige and the Chalamain Gap cross the Lairig Ghru. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. There are 4756 Walkhighlanders who have climbed Carn a'Mhaim. Sold by Amazon.com Services LLC. A little way passed the summit we get amazing views of the great … Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. There are some sportier options off both Creise and from the Clach Leathad ridgeline but access is by a rocky scramble from the top of the resort. The Lairig Ghru was used as a droving-route as late as 1873 - Haldane (1952) - to Braemar and farther south. [3] This fits with the original name of the mountain range, "Am Monadh Ruadh" (The Red Mountains). 8 hours walk. 30km. From the north the Lairig Ghru can be approached from Glen More through the Chalamain Gap, and from Aviemore through the Rothiemurchus Forest by way of the Crossroads above Allt Drùidh. One detached residence at your … From Corrour Bothy, there is a faint path forking off the Lairig Ghru route north of the Clach nan Taillear, crossing the Allt Clach nan Taillear higher up for a rough and bouldery ascent to the summit. Clach nan Taillear, which has the advantage of debouching onto the plateau almost at the summit. An dèidh greis a-muigh, shuidh a’ bhaobh air clach. The morning started dry but with the low cloud there was no sign of the high hills all around as I started the climb up into the mist. During the nineteenth century, what was then the Mar Estate (see Mar Lodge Estate), was a private hunting estate owned by the Duke of Fife (created Duke in 1889, and dying in 1912). They danced at Abernethy and at Rothiemurchus and had crossed the most exposed miles of the Lairig when a blizzard overtook them in Glen Dee, and they succumbed as they vainly sought shelter behind the stone that is their memorial. (or Tailor's Stone) from which it derives its name (Name Signifies the Burn of the Tailors' … Ahead there are route choices up Cairn Toul, all involving heathery ground lower … These two routes come together soon after crossing the imaginary line between Carn a' Mhaim and The Devil's Point creating the first waypoint. You could do this on the way to Macdui from Corrour. Corrour Bothy. The view northwards up the Lairig Ghru from Clach nan Taillear. Find your ideal hotel in Inverness. They have … If you want true solitude, true wilderness and true mountain experiences in the UK, and you're coming (as most will be) from the south, your safest bet is to head north, and then north and finally north some more. [1] Any visitor to the summit of the Lairig Ghru would accept that as a possible derivation because two watercourses, one on each side of the summit, appear to "ooze" from the valley floor. They had wagered that they would dance a reel on the same night in Rothiemurchus and Braemar. I wasn’t worried about being able to reach the top, but set the compass to a bearing from the summit towards the unnamed top at the cliffs … Slightly to the south of the largest pool, the burn named Allt na Lairig Ghru flows from the floor of the valley flowing south to join with the burn named Allt a' Gharbh choirie to create the River Dee proper. Instead, a better option would be to follow faint traces of path south-east to the top of the Allt Clach nan Taillear, then head south-west. The Lairig Ghru (Scottish Gaelic: Làirig Dhrù) is one of the mountain passes through the Cairngorms of Scotland. The Lairig Ghru has been a route used by many different people, for many different purposes as made clear in Haldane (1952), and was in regular use long before the height of the droving trade in the more peaceful times after the middle of the 18th century: The natural barrier of hills which stand round the head waters of the two rivers [the Dee and Don] was thus less of a protection than a source of danger, and it was over paths trodden by centuries of raiding traffic that, when more peaceful times came, the drovers of north-east Scotland passed on their way to the trysts and their lawful occasions. The path is followed for a further 2.5 kilometres past … The ascent of Càrn a' Mhàim is most commonly started at the Linn of Dee car park , and takes the track to Derry Lodge. Clach an Fhithich (3) Clach an Fhithich (2) Clach an Fhithich (1) Taigh-seinnse Dhurais (2) Taigh-seinnse Dhurais (1) An Oidhche a bha i a’ Sileadh na Lite Rathad-iarainn Ullapuil Na Sia Bonnaich Bheaga (3) Na Sia Bonnaich Bheaga (2) Na Sia Bonnaich Bheaga (1) Pàdraig na Beinne (2) Pàdraig na Beinne (1) Cath Gabhra agus Bàs Oscair Cogadh nan Con Gràinne agus am Buidseach Glas (3) Gràinne agus am … Having danced in Speyside, they set out through the Lairig, only to succumb - as usual in these exposure cases - when … Views over Lochan Uaine towards Derry Cairngorm will be appreciated before we turn for the summit. This line has over 700 metres of vertical descent, and in the right conditions, can be one of the best off-piste runs in the Cairngorms. Although the Lairig Ghru has long been used by travellers to get between Strathspey and Deeside, it has also been used recreationally since at least the early twentieth century. 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