This morning we did another of the walks from the Comrie Local Walks leaflet - The Earthquake Walk.
This was our route of about 4 miles.
Here are a few of my photos.
We crossed the River Earn via picturesque stone Ross Bridge built in 1795...
...and walked through the village of Ross, originally a small crofting and weaving community typical of Strathearn in days gone by.
Lying on the Highland Boundary Fault, Comrie, or the 'Shaky Town' has experienced earth tremors for many centuries. These were first recorded on 1579 and there was a major series of 70 shocks in 1789.
Local people set up the world's first seismometer in Comrie in 1840. The original was replaced by one in the
Earthquake House building in a field to the right of the road in 1869. We went to have a look.
No sign of any tremors on the current trace.
I liked that the road was marked as a walking and cycling friendly road with a 40mph speed limit... not that we saw much traffic.
We found some huge logs. William counted the rings on one and said it was over 160 years old.
More massive fallen trees. We could see the problem - the roots were very shaoolow as there was only a thin layer of soil over the rock.
Our return route followed the River Earn for a while.
By Mill of Ross, just before we turned onto the Sawdust Path, along the route of the disused railway line, we spotted a deer at the side of the road.
Then it was back through Ross...
...and over the bridge again...
...to complete our walk. Lovely!
You can see more details of our route here on MapMyWalk and more of my photos here on Flickr.
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