Grannie's Last Legs Traditional Cache

This geocache was placed by volunteers from the Rannoch and Tummel Tourist Association as part of a community event that takes place on the 7th of May 2017. The location also highlights the existence of a venerable Granny Pine, such trees, worthy of note, dot the landscape around the South Shore of Rannoch.

The ancient, wide-crowned 'Granny' pine, standing majestically above the heather moorland, is an iconic feature of the Scottish landscape. Unfortunately, these are a sign of centuries of decline in the native pinewood, and may be the last remnants of an area where - due to burning and grazing - trees have not been able to regenerate for hundreds of years. Fortunately in this area, reduction in red deer numbers, and a more forward thinking conservation policy is now allowing these trees to germinate and pinewoods are spreading again.

This geocache stands close to the "Yellow" waymarked path, part of the Carie Trail walks.