{"id":295,"date":"2015-02-05T18:16:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T18:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clark-debisschop.co.uk\/travelblog\/?page_id=295"},"modified":"2024-12-06T00:46:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T00:46:34","slug":"test-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clark-debisschop.co.uk\/travelblog\/2010-travels\/2014-2\/test-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Corrour Station and Loch Ossian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corrour Station and Loch Ossian<\/strong><\/p>\n

15 October 2014<\/p>\n

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In 1996, while staying in Glencoe for a skiing holiday, I fell in love with the magic of Rannoch Moor and dreamed of penetrating this ice age wilderness\u00a0deeper. \u00a0Having stayed at Loch Rannoch, Corrour Station and Loch Ossian became my dream, but to reach Corrour, the only way is by train or foot (15 miles minimum) as there is no public road to this windswept place deep in Rannoch Moor. In October,\u00a0we took advantage of the Club 55 offers of Scottish Rail to go for a day trip to Loch Ossian to savour not only its remote wilderness but also the exquisite autumn colours.<\/p>\n

Early morning, Graham, John and me drove to Arrochar to catch the train to Corrour Station, the highest station on the Scottish Rail network. \u00a0It was rather cold and overcast, but the weather-forecast promised sunny spells for most of the day. \u00a0The train rattled along the well known route\u00a0along the shores of Loch Lomond,\u00a0the mountains around Crianlarich and Tyndrum to Loch Tulla. \u00a0How different the views from the train are! \u00a0Once\u00a0past Loch Tulla, the \u00a0train took us into wilderness of Rannoch Moor towards Rannoch Station and Corrour, our destination for the day.<\/p>\n

At Corrour, the train left and the moorland and mountains were our\u00a0only company \u2013 even the restaurant was closed for the day! \u00a0The solitude only served to increase the impact of this area\u2019s landscape and anxious to reach Loch Ossian, we headed along\u00a0the signposted track. \u00a0It runs fairly level, through a landscape of heather and boggy pools, before dropping down towards Loch Ossian and the hostel. \u00a0Although still\u00a0very\u00a0cloudy, the first view of Loch Ossian, nestled below the peaks, fulfilled all my expectations.<\/p>\n

Just when reaching the loch, the cloud cover broke up,\u00a0the sun broke through\u00a0and revealed\u00a0the blue loch, surrounded by mountains and forests and\u00a0dotted with pine covered islands, in all its autumn splendour. \u00a0\u00a0Taking relentless pictures, but never quite managing to capture\u00a0the unforgettable light and autumn colours, we continued along the shores of Loch Ossian till it was time to head back.<\/p>\n

While enjoying a late lunch on one of the benches at the closed hostel, Graham and me vowed to come back and stay at the hostel on the shores of Loch Ossian to savour to the full the\u00a0solitude and remoteness of this picture-perfect loch deep in Rannoch Moor. \u00a0As the sun went down, the cloud cover closed in again and with it came the cold and the\u00a0time to retrace our steps. \u00a0While heading back to Corrour Station, we continued to look back\u00a0and try to capture the magic of Loch Ossian till it finally disappeared out of view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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