25th April No salmon on the menu


Our final day in Pitlochry and we were both looking forward to having salmon on the menu.Unfotunately we were going to end up disappointed. I am not referring to the more than adequate menu at the Hydro but rather the annual migration back up river of salmon at the famous 'salmon ladder' adjacent to the hydoelectric power station. This according to a website promotong the area is just one of 30 highlights of a trip to Pitlochry. At the time of press we are still searching for the other 29.

Peering into the various stages on the ascending ladder we saw an occasional shape but were not convinced it was anythign piscine but more likely eddies in the water or tricks of the light. It certainly wasn't an episode of Frozen Planet with grizzly bears spearing salmon mid leap. In fact so far this year only 104 salmon had managed to navigate the salmon ladder. and so due to TOM's knee the only bear I encountered was one with a sore head.

The rest of the day we did bugger all back at the hotel except put our evening meal slot back to 7pm in the hope of their being somebody / anybody else in the dining room.

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