Beautiful crisp winter's day yesterday so Fiona and I decided to take a trip up to Plodda Falls at Tomich near Glen Affric. We knew there would be snow on the ground but not quite as much as you see from the photos. The road was treacherous and we were glad we were driving our 4X4. The falls themselves are, to say the least, spectacular - walk out on the viewing platform and you look down a giddy 130ft to the river below. Up until two or three years ago there was a little bridge that took you directly across the point at which the river plunged 'over the edge'. It was first built by Lord Tweedsmouth back in 1880 and I always enjoyed the look on guests faces when I took then on walking tours in the area and they would see this innocuous stream and then look over the edge of the bridge in to the oblivion!
But the falls are only one attraction of the area. The Douglas Fir trees here are amongst the tallest in the UK. They simply tower above you. It was from here that trees were cut over a century ago to make the masts for Captain Scott of Antartica's ship 'Discovery'.