DAY 9 — TGOC 2023 – Loch Callater Lodge via Jock‘s road to Glen Clova Hotel

A „mere“ 22km … but challenging!

After the Callater party that ended for me at 30 minutes past midnight I got up at 07:30. Already heard and smelled breakfast activities. Packed my backpack and had two wonderful Bacon sandwiches (never seen those in Central Europe) with brown and red sauce (whatever that is anyway, but they said you either are a red or a brown sauce person – I liked both and even without any sauce).

Tea and Bacon Sandwich at 08:00 at the busy Callater Lodge — some challengers only slept a couple of hours — see yesterday’s post

And then it was time to say goodbye and leave … not without a final picture. Thank you one more time!

And off I went along Loch Callater towards the famous JOCK‘s road (😀 – I lost the path several times because it was not recognisable) up about 500m from the Loch surrounded by Munros. The path itself is on Munro level.

See the pictures below for an impression of todays tour that was rather cold (I guess 2-3 degrees on top … at least with the windchill) and misty. I was quite exhausted despite the low kilometres and look forward to the hotel bed and good food tonight. … and I will do my laundry 🧺

Tomorrow is the last real mountain day … have to climb up 600 m to above Loch Brandy (been there last year in September already) and then back down into Glen Esk to Tarfside. Should be about the same length than today … which means I will leave late … maybe 10:00 or 10:30.

Loch Callater – my path lead me towards the mountains in the clouds on the top right
That is where I have to get up to
View back towards Loch Callater halfway up to the ridge
Highest point on the road – above the minimum Munro height of 3.000ft
And I touched a snow patch … was actually slightly snowing up there and very misty … could not see much
Little further down a rescue shelter … after 5 people from Glasgow died up here in the 1960‘s
View down Glen Doll that connects to Glen Clova
And the view up …
Heavy damage … still Kyrill … made the first part of the original Jock‘s road impassable
And then I made it to the Glen Clova Hotel

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