Loch and wood sculptures.

Sadly I don't have any photos from our weekend in Aviemore. Mom and dad both came down with covid on the saturday so they spent the weekend sleeping and I spent it looking after them. Luckily I had had covid 3-4 weeks before so I was still immune (I tested often and didn't catch it again). So I got to play nurse maid. (I am NOT a good nurse!)

I amused myself with some craft things I had brought with and the view form the lodge was pretty. I spent some time just watching the sheep. So it wasn't a complete loss.

View from the lodge balcony

We had to move to the last stop on the Monday so they had to get up. We had 8 hours to kill between leaving Aviemore and being allowed into the caravan at Tummel Bridge. I managed to find a few places which were outdoors, only short walks and on the way. 

The first stop was Loch Morlick which is not far outside Aviemore and has a beach. We took a walk and some photos. The weather was so different from last week. Autumn has arrived and it was really cold (below 5C). 

Nice little beach.

Even the ducks don't look too amused at the weather

I think they were cold. 

The second stop was was near Feshie Bridge which is (in theory) on the way to Tummel. We took the more interesting back roads. There is a park on the way which was a sculpture walk by an artist called Frank Bruce. Due to some high winds some the sculptures had been taken down which was a shame. But the ones we saw were cool. 

This one was a bit freaky

Most of the sculptures are created in wood and not varnished so they will eventually rot down back to where they came from which I thought was pretty cool. There were a couple of stone ones as well.

I did like the windy paths through the woods. Sadly it started to rain again (this was the worst day, weather-wise) and mom was really cold by the time we got back to the car. So we had our lunch and tea/coffee in the car. (It pays to be prepared and this is not the first time we have had sandwiches and a flash in the car watching the rain.)