The Ben Macdui Trail (BMT for short)

24/06/2011 by admin.

I think that moray is quite unusual - unusual that is for the difference in landscape it offers within its modern boundaries for such a small county. From the clear cold waters of the firth right upto the second highest mountain within the UK - namely Ben Macdui within that wonderous plateau of the Cairngorms containing 5 of the first 6 Munros (if you include the Angels peak or Sgor an Lochain Uaine).

For that reason and the fact that I think the Cairngorms are unmissable, I decided to make a route of my own starting from the coast, via Elgin (the capital of moray, which others walks also tended to miss) leading to the speyside way from ballindalloch to Tomintoul, then using tracks to loch avon and up onto the plateau and round to Ben Macdui.

I am still in the walking out stage of this walk/cycle, just waiting for the height of miggy season to finish it off, plus still running around various places doing research to ensure I find something of interest about everywhere the routes passby.

As much as I’d love to spend the nice weather we’re having stuck behind a computer or in libraries, the wife has recently got me working outdoors where I finally managed to finish off the decking - have’nt made any in years but I think I made pretty good use of the gardens slope in this one and now she wants adirondack chairs - they should be fun to make!

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