Day 7: Glen Feshie to White Bridge

The start to the day was dry, even though the sky was overcast. The two lads from Glen Truim had been in the bothy and they set off before us. Two other tents also made an earlier start. As a result we walked on our own all day.

The first part of this walk along the Glen is achingly beautiful and the walking reasonably easy, although there are a couple of landslips to navigate - but you can pick your way across them in safely using just a little care.

As the route began to climb onto high heather moorland, as the track turned to meet the Geldie Burn, the weather began to deterioriate. I'd wondered whether - if the weather was fine - we'd be able to walk into Invery, but we were battered by wind and rain and that - combined with the sore knee - was making Kate miserable. As we turned to head East the wind turned bitterly cold and the walk along the Geldie and on to White Bridge was quite unpleasant.

We decided to stop for the night at White Bridge, so called because all there is here is - well - a White Bridge. One other tent - a Golite Hex - had bagged the best camping spot and we made camp in a little dip at the side of the Dee. Rain lashed down and once in the tent we didn't move for the rest of the evening, although we heard a number of Challengers appear, discuss the merits of camping here before moving on! I looked out of the tent once only to see two mountain bikers taking down the Hex and heading off towards the Linn of Dee.

Not a nice day's walking. But an early start next morning would see us in Braemar nice and early and we could give kate's knee a couple of days rest.