A Horizontal Tour of Scotland

[pressld2]

Thanks sukie! That might be where we were on the 14th. We were upstream from Grantown-on-Spey so close to Nethy Bridge. Audrey will know. The water was very high because of all the rain in the previous week and we couldn't even see the places where they normally enter and exit the river.

My failure to see otters is the only excuse I need to go back again in a few years, although it was on the news a few days after I got home that otters are now on the Medway here in Kent.

Dave P.

[nutmeg]

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading the instalments Some really nice photos there of things I'd love to see.

[earthdragon64]

Originally Posted by sukie

Wonderful thread, stunning photos. I just wanted to mention seeing as you are or were so close to it, if you want to see otters, on the Spey, just at Nethy bridge there is a stretch of river the fishermen call the otter pool. This is because there is a family of otters living just above there. They have become used to seeing people fishing where they feed and dont mind sharing the space!I was there about 3 weeks ago, unfortunately I didnt see any but if you are looking for otters thats a pretty good place to start.They are apparently pretty visible there, not so shy.

Originally Posted by pressld2

Thanks sukie! That might be where we were on the 14th. We were upstream from Grantown-on-Spey so close to Nethy Bridge. Audrey will know. The water was very high because of all the rain in the previous week and we couldn't even see the places where they normally enter and exit the river.

My failure to see otters is the only excuse I need to go back again in a few years, although it was on the news a few days after I got home that otters are now on the Medway here in Kent.

Dave P.

Sounds like a place I'll have to investigate! It wasn't where we were on the 14th though, we were much closer to Grantown than Nethy. I'll get Bob to ask some of the locals next time he's driving the Nethy bus and try and find out exactly where it is.

There are some lovely walks around Nethy, we walked along the river Nethy one day last week and saw some Red Squirrels at a feeder station, as well as a lot of forest birds. We also saw more Song Thrushes in a couple of hours than we've seen all summer.

Regards, Audrey.

[PMG]

Ian and I have just finished reading this Dave - fabulous - we've both enjoyed it and its brought back memories of several places we've been over the last 20 years ......... makes me want to get in the car and set off - right NOW!

Pauline and Ian

[Ukwildlifeo]

Great stuff Dave. I wrote notes in Lanzarote inspired by this to do something like this but cant really put it on here.