Walk No 15 For Burns

Just a nice stroll along the new track following on from the Society Bridge.

Queens Drive overlooking Invercauld House

The weather was overcast but not cold or wet...A bonus for this time of year! The walk took us along part of the River Clunie and up onto the Queens Drive past MacThomas's ruined cottage where, legend has it, Queen Victoria was taken, on occasion, by John Brown for tea and "stickies", views of Invercauld House where the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 was planned by the Earl of Mar, along the Lions Face where, in the autumn, if observed from a suitable high point from the north west, the rock formation can be seen as a lions face with the main of the lion being represented by the golden needles of the Larch trees which are planted in the area.

From the Lions Face following the path  parallell to the A93 for a short distance then turning south from Braemar Castle over the "Cromlins" which provide some excellent views of Braemar and along the River Dee.

Finally, following the track through the west side of the Craeg Choinich woodland  back into Braemar.

Exactly what the doctor ordered for the start of 2011.