The search for a good route up the Hill 17th July 2010

Today we set of from the caravan to find a follow a track up the hill. we left the Dalraddy and headed toward Kincraig along the road. We soon noticed a track on the left through the trees it went parallel to the road crossed over the quarry access road and carried on till it eventually came back to the road. We turned up a track passed Alvie school and then over the A9. The track soon became blocked by gates….we went through many with our bikes upended! one we had to lift the bikes over. the tracks became indistinct and grassy and steep with many gates!!!eventually we picked up a proper track that lead over a bridge and up towards the hill. We saw a Merlin and another bird of pray that we were not sure what it was. Eventually the road was blocked by a gate that could not be got through without lifting our bikes over. It had taken a lot longer to get there than we thought and we headed back via te tracks passed Alvie house and through the woods and we found a entrance to the top end of the caravan park by the chalets. A good trip. Nice for it not to be raining.