After a good meal at Blair Atholl Arms, which had a magnificent galleried dining room. A good nights sleep we were ready for the Drumochter Pass. Ann had read it was a 16 mile ascent. This proved to be true, but at such a gentle gradient that we got there with an average speed of 8mph. It was a very remote, cold and dramatic. At times we could see virtually no evidence of man at all. Very big open scenes, snow still lingering on gullies and north facing slopes. After the ascent we had the descent, which was almost as long and took us most of the way to Kingussie. We made such good time we decided to carry on a bit further in order to cut down tomorrows mileage. We have a lovely B&B , with views over the loch and The Cairngorms behind.
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