A vision of Loch Muick

After a walk from the car park along Glen Muick we reach our destination of the upland, freshwater loch itself. A brooding body of water in this light surrounded by high hills and Scottish Munros. A beautiful path encircles the Loch's 3.2km length. Sadly after already walking around Loch Kinord, our energy levels were almost spent, as was the late afternoon light here. On the very far distance of these shores, sits a house built in 1868 by Queen Victoria, who called it Glassalt, to be what she called her "widow's house" where she could escape from the world following the death of her husband Albert. It is now a category B listed building owned personally by Elizabeth II. Adam Watson considers that "Glas-allt-Shiel is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular situations of any lodge in the Highlands.". - Sadly a view we had to forego.