🎄MERRY XMAS ❄️ Wintery walk around the KYLINTRA MEADOW and the WOODS in GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY ~ SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 UK 🇬🇧

MERRY XMAS ALL 🎄 Join me on a beautiful WALK around the KYLINTRA MEADOW and the WOODS in GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY ~ SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 UK 🇬🇧. It was a cold day and some of the paths were frozen 🥶 over, but that didn’t stop us from walking around. We saw so much… Come along and check it out 😁

With this walk around the KYLINTRA MEADOW and the WOODS in GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY, SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I enter in this MONTH’S #WINTERCHALLENGE from @worldmappin. You can read all about it 👇🏻
Are you joining us? Do try, it is FUN! : Winter is coming 🥶🥶🥶 - and with it the Worldmappin Winter Challenge 🥳🥳 So let’s join in, in the #WINTERCHALLENGE ☃️❄️

Today’s photographic selection will be of 43 PHOTOGRAPHS
Date : 12 January 2023
The Photographs in this post are all taken with my #CANONR5 📸
I will follow the time stamps on them. So it looks like you are experiencing my #adventures on this #walk to 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 #discover everything what I saw, like the little #details seen through my eyes.

Location of this walk around the KYLINTRA MEADOW and the WOODS in GRANTOWN-ON-SPEY we find on the following screenshots of Google Maps :
(I marked it with yellow lines, you see it goes on and on… )

Zooming out you see its location in the HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

More information about this area you find in the following documentation on page 4: Cairngorms walking paths.

Information about this truly cute town you find here: Visit Scotland Grantown on Spey

With this post I’m also joining in at the Wednesday Walk challenge. That is hosted by @tattoodjay every week on Wednesday.
‼️Have a look: Here in the Wednesday Walk Community if you want to join in!… the community is run by @tattoodjay.
Look at his last #Wednesdaywalk post. It will tell you also the rules of joining in at the Wednesday walk posts 😁 come join us!

As we were staying, during our road trip to move to Scotland, in an AirBnB in Grandtown-on-Spey for a few days. We just had to check out this meadow and other walking paths as we were right next to it. The back yard of the little cottage looked out over it.

So, one late afternoon we dressed up well with gloves 🧤 and scarfs 🧣 and headed in the direction of the meadow. Come join us 😎

Our first view of the park and meadow. The walking path was frozen 🥶 over. So we walk just next to it, as we don’t want to slip and fall.

We take in some details around us. How can I not… I took my big camera out to play 😎 So I can show you what I saw.

The walking path / trail takes us through some woodland. The ground is softer here, no ice 🧊 covers it.

On the right side next to us is an area that looks like march land. Maybe even a large pond. Most of the surface is frozen 🥶 a light fog is appearing… a large bird standing tall 🥰 Can you spot it?

I zoom out further for you.

We walk a bit and look through the trees… more fog is forming on the right.

We decide to walk around it through the woods 🌲🌳🌲🌳

Just look at the frozen water 🧊 very icy 🥶

The fog is coming along nicely. I #love dark and #moody days 😊 they make for some great #captures.

We follow the path further around the frozen “pond”, such rich colours this afternoon. It is 1700h here.

Peeking through the trees as we walk. (I am secretly wishing that the heron stays where we saw it)

Not much further we see some #DUCKS They are in the areas no ice has formed so far… swimming towards us. Oh… if I had known there were ducks I would have brought some bread 🍞 with me.

Such a beautiful setting now… the #fog is getting thicker, the ducks in the foreground 🦆🦆

Look how stunning 🤩

I focus on the ducks 🦆 So cute 🥰

We walk further and said goodbye to them…

Over the path along the water.

Until 😳 I stop you… don’t walk too fast, go quietly now as the heron is there. We sneak up…

Yes! The heron is still there. I capture the following #photograph 📸
My favourite of today 🥰 the tree branches framing him.

I sneak a bit further towards the edge, so I can take some more photographs of him 😊
We watch for a while until he flies away….

As we wander further around we see more ducks 🦆 even a couple of white ducks.

On the edge of the pond they come towards us again… where is my bread 😅 I see they have shelter to sleep warm. Right next to a walking path so more people will come for sure.

I show you the different ducks. So cute ☺️

Shall we walk further… we have to be careful as the path becomes all icy in a moment. 🥶 it is no water, just ice 🧊

Next to our walking path we see the sign of #KYLINTRA #WOOD 🌳🌲

Yes, we decide to walk a bit more. Just the first loop is not enough for us haha 😋
A little river runs next to us. Not fully frozen 🥶

More details… as you know, I love #details 🥰

After a while we reach a little bridge.

The river comes very close to our trail now.

These leaves 🍂 stood out, the water 💦 drips making the scene special.

We are wandering through the forest / wood… It looks like we could walk forever. So beautiful to have this right next to a town. If I would live here… I would be wandering the woods each day 😊 for sure.

Look at that cute little tree 🌳 its orange 🧡❤️ red leaves 🍂 stand out so much in its surroundings 😊

So many trees with different forms and shapes.

This giant is awesome 🤩 look at its bark.

We walk further and take a long loop… we end up at the meadow area. We walk here again next to the path, as it is frozen and slippery…

A short cut hahaha way off the path. The mist / fog is reaching more grounds 😊

Some “OLD MAN’S BEARD LICHEN” on the branches around us. More information about this lichen you find here: Beard lichens / Usnea and on Wikipedia about Usnea.

Closer look at some other lichen. The branch guiding you towards it 🤓

We reach the area we started in and see the AirBnB through the trees. We decide to walk a bit further.

We see this beautiful tree next to a stream.

A better path into the distance…

And next to it we find this sign 🪧

We reached the meadow again and go back to the cottage to warm up at the fireplace…
Our view out of the cottage towards the walking area we just have been at.

…and here I say that’s all for today’s post my friends.
Join me next time for more #updates, #adventures, #stories and #photographs 😎👋🏻
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Much love Jackie

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