Walk 43 Chest of Dee

Starting off towards white bridge

The township of Tonnagaoithe

The walk was billed as Easy! Well it was until we decided, in our wisdom, to explore the northern slopes above the township of Tonnagaoithe and Creag Phadruig in search of an old abandoned still ...not easy.  The start was a white one with snow falling for the first 15 minutes. After that the weather cleared to a bright and blustery day. The ground was saturated resulting in a soggy track and ..very wet boots!

Chest of Dee

We took the well defined track to the Chest of Dee then turned North over heather, picking up the very faint track leading us East onto the township of Tonnagaoithe.

View SouthWest Creag Phadruig

The skies started to threaten more snow so we stopped for our lunch break in the wooded area in between the townships of Tonnagaoithe & Tomnamoine.
After lunch and consulting the "Oracle"we ascended the west side of Alt Creag Phadruig in the hope of finding the famous last still.However, the track was a wee bit slippy and forced us to rethink our quest....we will return in the summer.
We then returned to the main path.A good walk for the time of year, getting us back to the car park an hour before sunset.

South East Chest of Dee



At the abandoned Still Tonnagaoithe