Sunday, 14 May 2017

Ben Tirran, The Goet, Welington Bomber and white Hill 06/05/17

Since Saturday was such a gorgeous hot and sunny day we headed up to Ben Tirran by Clova overlooking Loch Wharral to The Goet then down to a stop off at the Wellington Bomber site.

Lesley and Sitka leading the way



Getting higher pretty quickly



Patches of snow still around

Loch Wharral






Trig point on top of The Goet

Not acting the goat on The Goet





Sitka quenching his thirst in the snow

Being mindful of the servicemen that lost their life's here,we stopped for a break at the site of the Wellington Bomber that had crashed on a test flight from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray on 9th August 1942. Following this flight, it had been scheduled to take off on a bombing mission. However, while still undergoing its test flight, the aircraft lost part of a cowling. The dislodged cowling section subsequently damaged one of the propellers, causing engine failure. The Wellington then crashed while the pilot was attempting a forced landing. The remaining wreckage can be found in the vicinity of Muckle Cairn / Tom Titlach on the hills above Glen Esk in Angus.The crash had been witnessed by the pilot of another aircraft, and his report was relayed to Scone Aerodrome (Perth). The authorities at Scone alerted the local police. Very soon P.C. Thomas Campbell headed up the glen (probably, Glen Clova) together with David Laing and David Hanton (head keeper at Cortachy Estate). On arrival at the crash scene, the rescuers found that all crew members, except the rear gunner, had died in the accident. 
The crew who died were:








Beautiful views from White Hill

Sitka wondering if he can clear the electric fence

Stony Loch

Heading back down into the sun


Loch Wharral

Don't fancy trying to climb that

Stunning day out
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2 comments:

  1. boxerdogman18 October 2020 at 05:11

    hi there, when at the goet, do you cross the electric fence, or stay this side and head away frombrandy and wharral, id love to see this, and leave some flowers, thank ssteve

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  2. jegs blog12 December 2020 at 12:10

    Hi thanks for commenting, I just saw your post, we followed the route on Viewranger called Glen Clova- Ben Tirran-Wellington Bomber. Good luck if you do head up, the directions do take you there.

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