Boat of Garten and the Spey
Our view
You can walk out on to Garten Bridge for the upstream view, but return to the village end of the bridge. On the upstream side, a small path starts at a stone pillar taken from the former wooden bridge. The path leads upstream, one tree back from the river so as not to disturb the fish and anglers. It runs and passes what is at times of low water flow a golden sandy beach. The path now runs along the edge of the riverside field, with views ahead to the high Cairngorms. It continues through pastureland with gorse until a house blocks the riverside ahead.
Turn right at an old waymarker post and cross a field to a track. Turn left along the track. It runs parallel to the river, which is nearby on the left, then bends right, into a wood of birches and broom. (Where it bends left, a path ahead with a waymarker post could be used to shorten the walk drastically.) The main route keeps on along the track. It rejoins the river at a deep reach of smooth water, and runs through meadows. With a farm on a knoll up to your right, and the fishing lodge of Kinchurdy ahead, a cattle grid leads out to another stony track.
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