The hunt for the river crossing 16th July 2010

We set off from Dalraddy to see if we could ride to Aviemore without going on the main road. We took the track next to the entrance to the caravan site. It was a metalled road that lead right round the Hill with the /Duke of Gordon’s monument and back to the road. We couldn’t find a bridge over the river but we did go over a bridge over a stream that had a wooden trap to see what animals had gone over we think a mink trap it as part of a water vole conservation project. I had swapped my saddle for the one off my old bike and it was a mistake as it was sooo un-comfy.   We returned to the caravan and swapped saddles back. We then went up the other way to spey bridge and Kincraig and back along the Badenoch and Strathsey way. We had two amazing sightings of Birds of prey first we saw a male hen harrier hovering for ages then later on we saw a osprey dive into the river Spey and then sit on some logs for ages eating something.

           Roger looking at a male Hen Harrier