I met a couple of American friends in Ballater and drove them to the Linn of Quoich, west of Braemar. I had to leave my vehicle in a parking area on the west side of the Quoich Water as the bridge over the river had been washed away in a storm at the end of 2015.
![Quoich Water flowing east of road bridge](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/01-Quoich-Water-flowing-east-of-road-bridge.jpg)
We then walked up Glen Quoich for a couple of kilometres to where the vehicle track had been washed away.
![Quoich Water](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/02-Quoich-Water.jpg)
![Quoich Water. Vehicle track washed away in storm of 2015](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/03-Quoich-Water.-Vehicle-track-washed-away-in-storm-of-2015.jpg)
![Beinn a' Bhuird in the distance](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/04-Beinn-aBhuird-in-the-distance.jpg)
On our return we visited The Punch Bowl before heading back to the car.
![Quoich Water looking south from footbridge at Linn of Quoich](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/05-Quoich-Water-looking-south-from-footbridge-at-Linn-of-Quoich.jpg)
![Quoich Water running though gully at Linn of Quoich](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/06-Quoich-Water-running-though-gully-at-Linn-of-Quoich.jpg)
![Quoich Water and Punch Bowl](https://scotlandhills.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/07-Quoich-Water-and-Punch-Bowl.jpg)
- Time taken – 2.75 hours.
- Distance – 3.75 kilometres.
- Height climbed – 155 metres.