BRUAR FALLS

We did the great walk alongside the Bruar Water and the falls. The walk itself, clearly signposted, starts beside the museum, runs up under the railway line and on through mixed coniferous woods on the cliff edges which overhang the Bruar Water. Because the water passes over rock here, the water is surprisingly clear, not having the peaty colour usually seen in highland rivers. This enables you to see more clearly the complex patterns cut into the rock by the fast flowing water.

There are two major falls on the river, both crossed by footbridges, with a small picnic area just above the upper falls. Do not be frustrated if the trees seem, at first, to obscure your view of the upper falls on the return journey; a short way down the east side of the glen there is a viewpoint which gives a splendid prospect of the major element of the falls - a 30ft direct drop with the stone footbridge balanced over it