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parking for culra and ben alder

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 dan bulman 11 Jan 2012
hello,
am thinking of walking up ben alder with a few lads from work. travelling from carlisle.
we only have a 1 night 2 day window of opportunity. thinking of staying in culra bothy. hopefully in may.
my question is has anyone driven down the side of loch ericht as far as ben alder lodge? if so, did you get permission and who was it from?

thanks,
dan.
 tony 11 Jan 2012
In reply to dan bulman:

Most people either walk or cycle from Dalwhinnie.
ccmm 11 Jan 2012
In reply to dan bulman:

It used to be possible to get permission from the estate to drive to near Loch Pattack. I've not heard of anyone doing this since the estate buildings got upgraded.

You can be at Culra in an hour on a bike.
 top cat 11 Jan 2012
In reply to tony:
> (In reply to dan bulman)
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> Most people either walk or cycle from Dalwhinnie.


Or canoe: you can take loads of kit this way
MattDTC 11 Jan 2012
In reply to dan bulman:
Pretty sure the immaculate 'castle' at the end of the track is owned by a Belgium billionaire (banker??). The guy who house keeps (now thats a good job!) sometimes gives folk a lift if passing.
Dirk Didler 11 Jan 2012
In reply to dan bulman: Bulman abdae parks at the station,usualy as close to the gates over the railway line as possible.
 Simon Caldwell 11 Jan 2012
In reply to dan bulman:
I phoned to request permission a few years ago and was told they no longer permitted access by car. Which is fair enough, there's limited space.

But as has been said already, it's easily accessible by bike. Even in December there's enough time to cycle in, do a couple of Munros, and cycle out, all in a day. In May and staying at the bothy, you could do the other 4 Munros as well
In reply to dan bulman:
You don't want to take your car to Loch Pattack - the estate ponies will chew your bumpers!
 joeydurkin 11 Jan 2012
In reply to dan bulman: Popped into it over Christmas. The road approach has also been damaged by the amount of water washing it away so any vehicle access would be difficult. The damaged roof was making an impressive banging noise in the wind.
 Lucy Wallace 21 Jan 2012
In reply to joeydurkin:

Roof seemed all fixed and fine when we were there last weekend. Even were lucky enough to get a lift out the next day! http://www.wildonarran.blogspot.com/2012/01/ben-alder-brainwave.html
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