Really good showers at the Dalraddy Holiday park for ‘oldies” – each shower had a little cubicle where you could sit abd dry feet!
Started the walk along the road which was quite busy and picked up a forestry track after 2.5 k approx. When I reached the railway I found another track leading back to the camp site (Bandeloch trail) – it goes to Kincraig. At the PO in Kincraig I bought a bottle of Barr’s Irn Brn (fizzy drink). I then walked to the aquatic centre at Loch Insh, had a snack and then headed towards Insh. Just before Insh I turned south on to a forestry track, marred by a plague of house flies. The track seemed to peter out, but I eventually found an indistinct path – wasn’t sure if I was on ‘the track’ or a deer or sheep track. It was heavy going, boggy/heather terrain – I had to concentrate where my feet were placed.
Eventually I arrived where I thought the bothy at the Tarf Hotel should be, spent an hour looking for it, no luck. (I had downloaded the co-ordinates from the web, so will check when I get back). There was a hut marked on the map about a mile away, some what decrepit, but the roof was intact. It was beside a river and there were a lot of midges! I set my tent up in the shed, in case it rained!
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