A DEE LIGHT FULL TIME AT BANCHORY LODGE
DAY1 Friday 27th January 2023 Our first trip away for 2023 and we were off to with Sandra and Chris. We left Inverness and headed over the Lecht to get to Deeside. Ten days ago we probably wouldn't have been able to get down the road due to heavy snow, but it had more or less all melted away. The journey was actually pretty good and the roads were remarkably quiet. There was hardly any snow left at the Lecht ski centre but it was all a bit moody. There was an eerie glow to the sky a bit further on down the road just as you start to descend towards Corgarff Castle. That's still over 2000 feet above sea level. It really was quite splendid, but also very cold, so we didn't get out of the car to take it all in. Instead, we waited until we got to our designated lunch stop of Finzean Farm shop and restaurant. We were soon joined by Sandra and Chris and we all had a very nice luncheon. We also picked up some Scotch Eggs and snacks to use on a picnic tomorrow. We had decided to...