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FIGURE IN THE MIST

A mysterious figure was seen on the summit by a respected member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club some time between the wars. The wind was so fierce that Ratcliffe Barnett was unable to stay upright. Through the mist he saw a human shape, apparently unaffected by the wind and the drenching rain, and unaware of Barnett crawling towards the cairn a few feet away. The ‘man of the mist’ was gathering small stones, wrapping them in newspaper, and putting them in its pocket – the sort of obsessive behaviour typical of ghosts (but also of geologists).

BEN LAWERS ROUTES

13 Edramucky Burn (from the Lairig road)

14 Up and down from the Lairig road

15 Lawers Four from Lawers village

16 The Cat’s Bowl (from Bealach Dubh col)

17 Down via Beinn Ghlas to Lawers village (from Ben Lawers)

ROUTE 13

Edramucky Burn

Start/finishNature Trail car park NN608378Distance2.5km/1.5 milesAscent250m/800ftApprox time1¼hrMax altitudeTop of Edramucky enclosure 630mTerrainSmall paths, sometimes damp; big but stony path for descent

The high car park of the former Ben Lawers Visitor Centre allows a short, easy walk at big-mountain altitude. The young woodland in the fenced enclosure gives shelter, along with a chance to enjoy plantlife uneaten by sheep. Willow and birch were planted at the start of the century, with natural regeneration to follow. Summer flowers include moss campion, yellow saxifrage, wood cranesbill, globeflower, goldenrod, marsh hawksbeard, northern bedstraw, lady’s bedstraw, and alpine lady’s mantle. The Nature Trail has numbered waypoints and a leaflet.