The trail was quite boring really and reasonably flat so I took the opportunity of getting a bit of speed in my legs and left Ruby behind with Duncan. It was hard work as I was feeling quite tired this morning but still I managed an OK pace after a mile's warm up.
Monadh Mor is described as follows:
Around 14,000 years ago, as the glaciers retreated, they left ridges and hollows here which gradually filled up with pools of water. On ridges between these boggy areas, pine and birch trees took root, growing slowly because of the poor quality of the soil. Monadh Mor is the largest remaining bog woodland in Scotland. In the 1960s this area was planted with commercial forestry, which made the bog dry out. Recent conservation is restoring the bog woodland by removing planted trees and allowing the bog to fill up with water again. Today Monadh Mor is a beautiful woodland, home to a range of wildlife: darting dragonflies and damselflies, crossbills and even ospreys.
Later on we had a wander around Cromarty where we had a cake and coffee in a pub, which also sold a thing called a 'potato dog' which apparently is a hot dog sausage coated in a hash brown type affair, in a hot dog bun (these were only on sale after 12.00noon on the lunch menu though so we didn't sample one as we were there in the morning). We then visited the Black Isle Brewery and then Culloden Battlefield, before getting caught in rush hour traffic in Inverness on our way back to the cottage.
The weather hasn't been great today, it's been grey all day with a bit of rain. Ah well, we can't complain seeing as we have had 10 days of excellent weather. Lets hope tomorrow gives us more sunshine.
Positive comments: good steady run.
Total Distance - 6.2 miles
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