Scotlands Best Gravel under the Snow

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D: 36.78km T: 3 hrs 57mins ( 5hrs 37mins ) El: 576m

Well it was cold!

We had such a dilemma trying to decide where to go. The forecast was sunny but very very cold. In the end we booked Muir cottage for two nights. Being mid week we had the place to ourselves. There was plenty of wood for the fire so we were lovely and cosy. We picked a route out of the gravel book. Possibly the best gravel track in Scotland it said. As you can see it started well but ended with a 6km push! We cut the route short and headed straight down to the edge of Ballater and took the back road back to the car. It was dark when we got back to the hut.

The next day we headed home via a cake shop. As I was having a bit of trauma over my van and its rust and mot.