I left my vehicle in the parking area immediately before the end of the public road in Strath Dearn, accessed from Tomatin, south of Inverness.
![Strath Dearn](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/01-Strath-Dearn.jpg)
I then walked to the end of the road, and the houses at Coignafearn Old Lodge. Beyond a vehicle track continued along the north-west side of the River Findhorn with a gassy track running alongside it which I preferred to the stony vehicle track. This grassy track rejoined the hardcore track prior to the bridge over the Allt Calder.
![Carn an t-Seillich and Caimhlin Mor](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/02-Carn-an-t-Seillich-and-Caimhlin-Mor.jpg)
The vehicle track continued in a south-westerly direction passing the front of Coignafearn Lodge.
![Coignafearn Lodge](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/03-Coignafearn-Lodge.jpg)
Beyond it I came to the bridges over the River Findhorn and Elrick Burn and once over them I was at the foot of Caimhlin Mor.
![Bridges over River Findhorn and Elrick Burn](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/04-Bridges-over-River-Findhorn-and-Elrick-Burn.jpg)
Here an ATV track headed south and I followed it for a while gaining some height before leaving it and climbing through bilberry and heather to the summit of Caimhlin Mor. The highpoint of this Graham Top was a moss covered boulder.
![Back down Strath Dearn and towards start](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/05-Back-down-Strath-Dearn-and-towards-start.jpg)
![Carn an t-Seillich](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/06-Carn-an-t-Seillich.jpg)
![North Ridge Calpa Mor. Strath Dearn beyond](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/07-North-Ridge-Calpa-Mor.-Strath-Dearn-beyond.jpg)
![Am Bathaich and Upper Strath Dearn](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/08-Am-Bathaich-and-Upper-Strath-Dearn.jpg)
![Coignafearn Lodge from Caimhlin Mor](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/09-Coignafearn-Lodge-from-Caimhlin-Mor.jpg)
I sat here for a while but the cloud was lowering with some spots of drizzle so I set off on my return making a more direct descent to the bridge over the Elrick Burn. Once across it and the River Findhorn I retraced my route back to the car park as the drizzle became heavier and the midges appeared.
- Time taken 3.5 hours.
- Distance – 12 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 350 metres.