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This was not a promising day but it turned out to be a great
expedition.
It started out badly since I forgot the Tunnock's wafers but
Gary got some from the shop so that was all right. We had
six explorers, Caleb, Caulay, Calum, Chris, Nicole and Sam,
and ten helpers, Andrew D., Andrew L., Becky, Corinne, Gary,
Heather, John Dove, Johnny, Neil and Philippa; plus Ellie
and Roo to keep us in order.
We started from Mingarry and went up through the woods looking
at the base of an old bridge on the way up. When we reached
High Mingarry we headed east straight up the steep slope and
when we reached the top we were not far from the rocking stone,
which everyone climbed on.
Then we headed north on the high ground until we reached the
head of the valley. There were quite a few fallen trees in
the gorge and it was very difficult to get down over the slippery
rocks and grass, but everyone made it OK. We spent quite a
lot of time examining a strange round building which someone
suggested could have been a duck pond, one of the more imaginative
explanations.
Then we pushed on down to the mill, where we stopped for our
wafers and had time to walk down to the shore opposite Kinacara.
No time to relax, we set off smartly and found a good valley
which led us up onto the top again without too much trouble
and then it was an easy walk down into Mingarry again.
Unfortunately the Pantry was not available so we got no drawings
this time, the picture shows the explorers in the round building.
John
Dye
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