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| Terry filming beside Loch Morlich |
Following the excitement and effort of the stormy days when
we failed to cross the Lairig Ghru (see last post) I had a much more relaxed
day’s filming with Terry Abraham beside Loch Morlich. The clouds were still
racing past high above and the highest tops were mostly hidden but down in the
forest there was no more than a chill breeze. High up conditions were still
severe though with signs announcing that the Cairngorm ski resort was closed
again while snow ploughs tried to clear the access road.
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| Loch Morlich shimmering in the sun |
Down at the loch sunshine came and went, though any heat was
whipped away by the wind and the temperature remained below freezing.
Oystercatchers flew low over the water piping loudly then ran along the golden
sandy beach that curves round the head of the loch. There were pied wagtails
too and mallard ducks out on the water. Across the loch the snow-covered hills
of Meall a’Bhuachaille and Creagan Mor shone in the bright light.
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| Creagan Mor and Meall a'Bhuachaille |
The wind was too noisy to record my voice out in the open so
we retreated into the shelter of the pines with a view over the Allt Mor, the
main feeder for the loch and here a slow, placid and dark stream very different
from the raging mountain torrent it is for most of its length. Dippers bobbed
on the branches of fallen trees out in the water. Under the trees the air was
very cold and I was glad to finish the recording and finish and head off for a
warming mug of hot chocolate in the nearby
Glenmore Café from whose windows we
watched chaffinches and coal tits and, just once, a crested tit feeding on the
many peanut-covered tables. There were no red squirrels on show though, unlike
the last time we had been here.
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| A welcome refuge |
Warmed and refreshed we ended our quiet day at the far end
of the loch filming the Cairngorms rising above the woods and water.
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| Terry filming at the end of the day |
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