Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Loch Ossian



After a good night's sleep I wandered up to the Corrour Station House Restaurant for breakfast and to meet up with my dad who was staying there. The presence of flush toilets was an added bonus! My dad had seen a walk in Country Walking magazine that he was keen to do, so we walked a full circuit of Loch Ossian. The path (track) on the North side of the loch is the estate road that runs the 16 miles from the station to the A86, while the path on the South side is more like a walking path.


The Corrour Estate was owned and developed by Sir John Maxwell, to whom there is a memorial plaque near the New Lodge. The guests to the estate used to get the train to the station, and then were transported by horse and carriage to the boat landing stage (now the Youth Hostel). They were then taken by boat, the full length of the loch, to the Lodge.

(Technical Data: distance = 14km, ascent = 150m)

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