Round in Circles in Abriachan Forest

Yesterday we travelled to Balbeg near Drumnadrochit for the second week of our holiday.  Our cottage is amazing!  It's right on top of a hill with beautiful views far and wide, you can see all the way over to the mountains on the west coast  (here's a link to it in case you're interested http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/accommodation/p8082263).  I could sit in the conservatory for hours just admiring the scenery.  As I'm typing, there's a beautiful red sky overhead, which I've just sent Duncan out to get a photo of...

This morning, we drove out to Abriachan Forest, which is only down the road from the cottage, on the way to Inverness.

Duncan walked Ruby whilst I went for a run up Carn na Leitire at 434 metres (1424 ft) which had some lovely views from the top.

I did end up going round in circles a little, as you can see from my Strava trace, as I followed a sign which sent me down a 'peat path' towards the Great Glen Way, but then when I got to the Great Glen Way, I followed a sign which pointed me to Carn na Leitire, not realising that this is where I had already come from so, when I did realise where I was, I turned round and retraced my steps as otherwise I would have gone back down way too early and not got much mileage in.

The route down was awesome, I really loved it and got a good bit of speed on.

Positive comments - managed to not get 'temporarily misplaced' and had a brilliant descent.  Also felt strong on the ascent which was quite steep in places. 

Total distance - 5.2 miles 

http://www.strava.com/activities/194566427