https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2019/02/14/24-hours-on-the-ben-a-tale-from-furth-of-the-cairngorms/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_20190214_213331.jpgdavRoute 167 - Harrison's Direct, first climbed by Ken Crocket and C Gilmore, doubtless in better time and style!https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/012.jpg012Colin again, the undoubted hero of this story; this time at the rather more relaxed completion of a climb with me in the Cairngormshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/me-and-danny-on-indicator-wall-happy.jpgMe and Danny on Indicator Wall-happy!Colin (left) on a subsequent route on Ben Nevis, with a more competent climbing partner.2021-02-01T07:33:25+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/the-hutchison-memorial-hut/dr-arthur-gilbertson-hutchison/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/a_hutchison_2.jpgA_Hutchison_2Dr Arthur Hutchison in The Hague, 1947https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/a_hutchison.jpgA_HutchisonDr Arthur Gilbertson Hutchison, pictured in Bogota, Colombia, in 19492020-12-31T09:12:30+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/protect-nts-ranger-and-ecology-services/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/annotation-2020-05-10-194119.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-10 1941192020-06-14T20:53:24+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/22/covid-dreams-20-the-breathtaking-places/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-05-22-214522.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-22 214522https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-05-20-205058.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-20 2050582020-05-28T01:20:11+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/19/covid-dreams-19-the-carefree-days/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-05-18-201202.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-18 2012022020-05-20T11:18:58+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/17/covid-dreams-18-traverse-of-the-gods/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-05-15-214151.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-15 2141512020-05-18T20:41:45+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/covid-dreams-17-where-sky-and-mountains-meet/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-05-11-221603.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-11 221603https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-05-11-221507.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-11 2215072020-05-12T15:55:29+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/covid-dreams-16-vertical-pleasures/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/edit-squareface-crop.jpgedit squareface crophttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/edit-squareface.jpgedit squarefacehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/edit-colin-on-squareface.jpgedit colin on squareface2020-05-11T20:46:38+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/covid-dreams-15-glory-and-madness/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/img_20181027_0012.jpgIMG_20181027_00122020-07-28T18:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/06/covid-dreams-14-light-in-glen-derry/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-05-06-194232.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-06 1942322020-05-07T21:14:58+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/05/covid-dreams-13-tree-on-a-treeless-hill/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-05-05-181926.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-05 181926https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-04-30-155620.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-30 1556202020-05-08T11:41:03+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/03/covid-dreams-12-the-a-team/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-04-30-162142.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-30 1621422020-05-03T19:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/02/covid-dreams-11-the-granite-layers/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-04-26-100550.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-26 1005502020-05-03T19:10:28+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/05/01/covid-dreams-10-a-sense-of-scale/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/annotation-2020-05-01-214737.jpgAnnotation 2020-05-01 2147372020-05-02T06:20:39+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/luibeg-bridges-through-the-ages/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/012.jpg012One of the piers of the original Cairngorm Club bridge, built in 1948 and swept away in 1956.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/capture.pngFlood damage to Luibeg pathThe 1869 OS 6" map shows the extent of the flood debris covering the path as it approaches the Luibeg Burn. This was surveyed in 1866, over 35 years after the flood.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/6919708102_f103f7bac4_c1.jpg1928 OS map of LuibegThe 1928 edition of the OS map of the Luibeg areahttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/6919708102_f103f7bac4_c.jpg1928 OS map of Luibeg areaThe 1928 edition OS map of the Luibeg area2020-04-30T18:11:35+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/29/covid-dreams-9-the-gap-in-the-curtain/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-28-230034.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-28 230034Afternoon saw the cloud disappear and clear air. Devil's Point is always majestic from this viewpoint in the glen, but lacks the charisma of the wind-torn veils of cloudhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-29-221816.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-29 221816An earlier shot. Loved the juxtaposition of the Beinn Bhrotain cliffs and the Devil's Point, but it wasn't quite there yet.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-28-225943.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-28 2259432020-04-30T21:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/28/covid-dreams-8-regeneration/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-28-193435.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-28 1934352020-04-29T07:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/27/covid-dreams-7-coming-home/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-26-215646.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-26 2156462020-05-13T10:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/26/covid-dreams-6-the-plateau/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-25-215228.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-25 215228No hiding place on the pleateau? This ptarmigan 's mate remained so well hidden that I almost stepped on it before it flew up in my face nearly giving me a heart attack but succeeding in diverting my feet from her eggs.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-22-213642.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-22 2136422020-04-26T18:50:59+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/25/covid-dreams-5-mar-lodge-in-the-1970s/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-25-105829.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-25 105829https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-25-105756.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-25 105756https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-25-105720.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-25 1057202020-10-25T15:55:15+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/covid-dreams-4-perfect-day/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-24-143325.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-24 1433252020-04-24T15:01:10+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/covid-dreams-3-cold-winter/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-23-131217.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-23 131217https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-23-131145.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-23 131145https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-23-131105.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-23 1311052020-04-23T21:29:20+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/22/covid-dreams-2-the-chairs/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-22-183743.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-22 183743https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-22-183712.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-22 183712https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-22-183640.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-22 183640https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-22-183549.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-22 1835492020-04-22T18:11:43+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/1712/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-21-201110.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-21 201110https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-21-200704.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-21 2007042020-04-24T17:46:41+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2020/04/04/into-the-mountain-garbh-choire-mor/2020-04-05T22:38:09+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/dsc01811.jpgDSC01811https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/008.jpg008Reroofing the Hutchison Hut in Coire Etchachanhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/0241.jpg024A musical soiree at Bob Scott's - with all ages taking part.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/034.jpg034Bob Scott's Bothy2020-10-29T16:20:03+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/a-cairngorm-library/2019-03-08T15:22:44+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2019/01/26/adam-watson-an-appreciation/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/dx1upmjwkaa2-60.jpgdx1upmjwkaa2-60Adam Watson at Glenshee - VIP treatment. Photo courtesy of Iain Cameron.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_20190120_151504.jpgdavIt's a Fine Day for the Hillhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/dx1unzawwaaxszc.jpgdx1unzawwaaxszcAdam Watson2020-02-21T20:42:25+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/a-rubbish-weekend-in-the-cairngorms/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/dsc02277.jpgDSC02277The happy crew sheltering in the Sappers' Bothy. Andy McNicoll, Tim Hall (with Moray the dog), Russ Baum and Kirsty Ritsonhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/dsc02284.jpgDSC02284The litter pickers, minus Kirsty, who took the photo.2018-10-24T08:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/09/23/1673/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc02041.jpgDSC02041Brand new woodwork and new toilet seats - it's clear from this photo that the vandals were up there with their feet.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc02040.jpgDSC02040Broken by vandals after only a week.2019-07-10T12:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/new-toilets-for-corrour/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc02015.jpgDSC02015The happy crew, ready to depart after completion of the new toilet. A job well done.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc02025.jpgDSC02025Paul successfully negotiating the Luibeg Ford despite the generator pulling him off balancehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc02018.jpgDSC02018The Banff Academy DofE candidates who helped with the take-outhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc01988.jpgDSC01988Midges were a nuisance during the work party. It's not easy seeing to work through a midge net.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc01982.jpgDSC01982https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc01951.jpgDSC01951https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc01950.jpgDSC01950https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc01663.jpgDSC01663The stripped out shell of the Corrour toilet in Junehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc02006.jpgDSC02006The service area of the toilet, with live bags gradually being filled by walkershttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc02002.jpgDSC02002Inside the new waste storage area. The bag in the photo is a dummy, but through the year this area will fill with human waste - a charming thought.2018-09-16T19:17:45+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/real3peaks-comes-to-the-cairngorms/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/real3peaks.jpgReal3Peakshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/dsc01841.jpgDSC01841Ben Macdui2018-09-06T11:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/the-hutchison-memorial-hut/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/etchacan-hut.jpgEtchacan huthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/etchacan-hut-completed.jpgEtchacan Hut completedhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/etchacan-hut-no-roof-rear.jpgEtchacan Hut no roof - rearhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/etchacan-hut-no-roof-front.jpgEtchacan hut no roof - fronthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/035.jpgThe old Hutchison Memorial HutThe Hutchie as was, pictured before the 2012 renovation. The accommodation may have been basic but the setting was then, as now, awe-inspiring.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/020.jpgHutchison HutThe Hutchison Memorial Hut on the day the 2012 renovation was completed2019-11-14T09:28:34+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/refuges-and-howffs/smith-dey-bivouac/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/dsc01867.jpgDSC01867Crystal pools and grassy meadows make camping a more attractive optionhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/dsc01874.jpgDSC01874Not exactly spacious inside eitherhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/dsc01873.jpgDSC01873The entrance is a bit of a tight squeezehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/dsc01872.jpgDSC01872The Smith-Dey Bivouac, under the large boulder in the centre of the photo2018-08-07T21:56:03+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/07/08/bridging-the-dee-at-corrour/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-027-finished.jpgCorrour bridge 027 finishedAnd the finished article. A good piece of work still going strong almost 60 years later.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-015-building.jpgCorrour Bridge 015 buildingFinishing toucheshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-013-building.jpgCorrour bridge 013 buildingBoth sides and the decking now in place. That's Bob Scott standing on the left of the picture, and probably Malcolm Douglas standing up on the bridge.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-012-building.jpgCorrour Bridge 012 buildingThe three girders making up one half of the bridge are fixed in place.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-011-building.jpgCorrour Bridge 011 buildingRather shaky-looking scaffolding is the first step. Concrete bridge piers can be seen at either side of the riverhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-008-carrying-rock-drill.jpgCorrour Bridge 008 carrying rock drillCarrying the rock drill. Students, with Malcolm Douglas at the right of image.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-006-carrying-rock-drill.jpgCorrour Bridge 006 carrying rock drillCarrying a rock drill to the bridge site. NCC warden Malcolm Douglas is at the front.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-004-helicopter-in-lairig.jpgCorrour bridge 004 helicopter in LairigCarrying in one of the metal bridge girders, Braeriach behind.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-003-helicopter-at-corrour.jpgCorrour Bridge 003 Helicopter at Corrourhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/corrour-bridge-002-helicopter-loading.jpgCorrour Bridge 002 helicopter loadingA load of wood slung under the helicopter, cradled betwen the landing skids. No long-line carries in those days.2018-07-09T21:46:44+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/luibeg-bridge-1-and-2-the-bill-ewen-photos/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/luibeg-bridge-on-new-site.jpgLuibeg Bridge on new siteHappy ever after. The salvaged bridge in its present site, a lovely spot and more secure.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/luibeg-bridge-013-debris.jpgLuibeg Bridge 013 debrisWell might he scratch his headhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/luibeg-bridge-012-debris.jpgLuibeg Bridge 012 debrisThe bridge was deposited downstream, but in more or less once piece.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/luibeg-bridge-011-original-site-after-flood.jpgLuibeg Bridge 011 original site after flood...now you don't. This is the same spot but the 1956 flood not only removed the bridge, it reshaped the whole area.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/luibeg-bridge-002-original-site.jpgLuibeg Bridge 002 original siteLooking solid, but now you see it...https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/luibeg-bridge-003-original-site-bw.jpgLuibeg Bridge 003 original site B&WThe 1948 bridge, with Sron Riach and Ben Macdui behindhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/luibeg-bridge-001-original-gat.jpgLuibeg Bridge 001 original & GATGeorge Taylor of the Cairngorm Club on the brand new Luibeg Bridge, 1948.2018-07-08T20:05:57+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/06/30/historic-corrour-bothy-images/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/024.jpg024And how it is now. The wooden extension was added over 2006-7 to house a toilet. This was stripped out just last week preparatory to an improved toilet being built. Photo by Neil Reid.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/corrour-bothy-010-part-roofed.jpgCorrour Bothy 010 part roofedThe roof is almost complete. But note the buttress which now holds up the north gable is not started yet. This work party had a way to go still.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/corrour-bothy-007-part-roofed.jpgCorrour Bothy 007 part roofedThe roof starts to go on againhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/corrour-bothy-003-no-roof.jpgCorrour Bothy 003 no roofAnyone who's ever helped strip back a bothy for a renovation will know this terrifying stage.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/corrour-bothy-002-no-roof.jpgCorrour Bothy 002 no roofThe roof completely removed.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/corrour-bothy-001-site-inspection.jpgCorrour Bothy 001 site inspectionA site inspection at Corrour. It's not hard to see the sorry state the roof was in.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/pict0040.jpgPICT0040A slightly more salubrious-looking gang (but who knows), again prior to 1950. Pic from Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/bb007-3.jpgBB007-3A rough-looking crew at Corrour, date unknown but prior to 1950. Pic courtesy of Scottish Mountain Heritage Collection.2018-07-05T19:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/refuges-and-howffs/smith-winram-bivouac/2018-06-28T21:12:51+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/06/27/corrour-toilet/2018-06-27T22:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/refuges-and-howffs/garbh-choire-refuge/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/dsc01797.jpgDSC01797Inside, the renewed refuge is clean and dry, and no longer bulges inwards from the pressure of the rock shell.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/dsc01806.jpgDSC01806From outside it still looks like a pile of stones - but now without the multi-coloured detritus of countless repair attempts.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/dsc01811.jpgDSC01811The rebuilt Garbh Coire Refugehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_0608.jpgIMG_0608This image, taken in August 2017, shows the deformation of the side walls and the rubbish currently left in and built into the structure.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_0615.jpgIMG_0615Garbh Choire Refuge in August 20172018-06-27T21:52:10+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/refuges-and-howffs/fords-of-avon-refuge/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/026.jpg026Fords of Avon Refuge2019-01-09T10:42:46+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/refuges-and-howffs/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/dsc01813.jpgDSC01813Garbh Coire Refuge, perched on a glacial moraine between Braeriach and Cairn Toul2018-06-27T21:50:10+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/06/18/bothy-news-corrour-and-garbh-coire-refuge/2018-06-26T13:07:23+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/05/17/walking-through-the-ice-ages/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_9161.jpgIMG_9161Bedrock still fragmenting and spilling down the hillside on Ben MacDuihttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/dsc00888.jpgDSC00888Again, easier to see in real life than in the photo, but the curved ridge just above the pale grass is what's left of a terminal moraine. Once this would have marked the nose of a glacier filling the glenhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_9225.jpgIMG_9225One of the 'fairy mounds' in Glen Luihttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/052.jpg052Not very clear in this photo, but you can just about pick out the ancient shoreline on the side of Carn Crom, cutting through the lower of the two sandy patches on the left and continuing faintly through the start of the broken rock. Much easier to see in person.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/dsc01326.jpgDSC01326Glen Derry. It's no stretch of the imagination at all to see a great loch where the grassy floor of the glen stretcheshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/devils-point-map.jpgdevils point maphttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/dsc01011.jpgDSC01011The Devil's...ahem...Point, chopped off in its prime. But how far did it extend?2018-06-07T08:59:43+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/04/26/what-we-did-on-our-weekends/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/image1-crop.jpegimage1 cropWedding day at Bob Scott'shttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0148.jpgIMG_0148BSBA members carrying materials in to the Secret Howffhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc00648.jpgDSC00648The Bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc00646.jpgDSC00646Bob Scott's Bothy, the centre of it all.2018-04-30T11:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/04/13/ashie-brebner-secret-howff-builder-1935-2018/2018-04-25T12:23:24+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/04/03/1533/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc01028.jpgDSC01028The contented man. Note the unusual coordination, with blue jacket, carrier bag and even water bottle. Obviously chosen to match the sky.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/skiers-and-dog.jpgskiers and dogThe hound seemed to have no difficulty keeping up with the skiers.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/bunting.jpgbuntingThe snow bunting which resolutely flitted about just beyond range for a good photo.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/skier1.jpgskierThe first break in my solitude: a skier glides down towards the Tailors' Burn.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/skier.jpgskierFirst human sighting of the dayhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc01009.jpgDSC01009Where the going got tough. But how could you resist climbing on?https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc00988.jpgDSC00988Sunday's project: Sron Riach, leading the way to Ben McDuihttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc00964.jpgDSC00964This is an actual photograph and shows exactly what I could see from my furthest point at the col. You could be looking past Derry Cairngorm to Sgor Mor, or you could be looking at a bank of snow - I really don't know.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc00961.jpgDSC00961Little sign of a large loch here, iced over and covered with fresh snowhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc01011.jpgDSC01011Sunday on McDui, looking over Carn a Mhaim to the Devil's Point, with Beinn Bhrotain beyond.2018-04-13T20:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2018/01/28/renovation-for-garbh-choire-refuge/2018-06-18T21:59:50+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/12/09/book-review-beyond-the-secret-howff-by-ashie-brebner/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/ashie-brebner.jpgAshie BrebnerAshie Brebner2017-12-29T15:09:55+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/09/18/finniscoor-an-endless-feast/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/045.jpg045And finally, another look at one of the summit rock basins. I'd love to hear a convincing explanation of how these are formed: in the meantime we'll have to stay with the notion that they were carved out by fastidious fairy folk.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_8996.jpgimg_8996Up near the plateau these clumps of rushes make fascinating rosette patternshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/039.jpg039A slightly drier spot and more plants than I'd care to try and identifyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/031.jpg031...and Butterwort, another carnivore https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/023.jpg023The abundance of boggy ground on the hill makes it an ideal hill to go looking for the carnivorous Sundewhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/029-2.jpg029-2Looking down on a tiny Luibeg Cottage, once home of Bob Scott and site of the original Luibeg Bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/054.jpg054The view into Glen Luibeghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_8991.jpgimg_8991Perhaps more interesting than the slab above was this cigar of tightly rolled grass, found on the steep grassy slope below the rock. Never did figure an explanation for it, but there were several others like it.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_8994.jpgimg_8994This slab might give some bouldering, although the steep slope at the bottom means a fall might end up a good way below the rock!https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_8990.jpgimg_8990Looking across the slabby ribs overlooking the Derry Lodge road2017-12-20T09:03:50+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/about/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_1309.jpgIMG_1309Neil Reid, author of the Cairngormwanderer blog2020-09-21T19:37:50+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/corrour-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/1311.jpgCorrourCorrour Bothy, dwarfed by the mass of Cairn Toul behindhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/131.jpgCorrour BothyCorrour Bothy, dwarfed by the mass of Cairn Toul behind it2017-11-29T08:26:24+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/bob-scotts-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ian_shand_at_luibeg_bothy.jpgIan_Shand_at_Luibeg_BothyIan Shand, who donated these photos of Luibeg Bothy. It may have been 1978 but that's still no excuse for that moustache!https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/luibeg_bothy_w_motorbike.jpgluibeg_bothy_w_motorbikeLuibeg Bothy in 1980. Note the motorbike driven up and 'garaged' in the shed.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/luibeg_bothy_wuith_skis_2.jpgluibeg_bothy_wuith_skis_2Luibeg Bothy - the original Bob Scott's - around 1978https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/bob_scotts_bothy.jpgBob_Scott's_BothyThe original Bob Scott's Bothy, in 1982https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/024.jpg024An impromptu ceilidh at Bob Scott'shttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/img_1276.jpgIMG_1276Even in winter, Bob Scott's offers a warm refugehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/046.jpg046Bob Scott's Bothy2020-11-12T21:08:26+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/glas-allt-sheil-refurbishment-completed/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc00759.jpgDSC00759The new bunk again, showing the paneling inserted behind the stairs, leaving room to get a hand-hold round the treadshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc00758.jpgDSC00758A new work shelf in the newly lined corner alcovehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc00757.jpgDSC00757The completed window shelfhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc00756.jpgDSC00756The finished bunkshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc00729.jpgDSC00729Stevie the Plumber gets started on the bunk beds under the stairs.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc00710.jpgDSC00710Guess who got to go up onto the roof to clear the piles of frozen pine needles from the guttering.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc00701.jpgDSC00701Working at Glas Allt Sheilhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc00684.jpgDSC00684Neil Findlay at the chop saw set up under the tarp out in the snowhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc00711.jpgDSC00711Kenny and Elaine framing up the wall under the stairs ready for insulation and wood-lining - and bunk beds.2017-12-03T21:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/glas-allt-shiel/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/glass-allt-shiel-rooflights.jpgglass allt shiel rooflightshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/004.jpgGlas Allt Shiel bothy interior (2)Table and steep stairs to the sleeping areahttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/003.jpgGlas Allt Shiel interior (1)Inside the bothy, showing the new stovehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/007.jpgGlas Allt Shiel entranceThe entrance to Glas Allt Sheil: the fifth door along, it's just out of sight in the darkness of the passagehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/0091.jpgGlas Allt Shiel main houseNo, not quite. The bothy is round the back2019-12-05T15:43:31+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/11/02/going-beyond-the-secret-howff/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/beyond-the-secret-howff-final-1.pngBeyond the Secret Howff Final (1)Beyond the Secret Howff, new book by Ashie Brebner2017-11-19T12:20:41+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/trees-of-the-cairngorms/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00592.jpgDSC00592https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00591.jpgDSC00591https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00589.jpgDSC00589https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00587.jpgDSC00587https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00586.jpgDSC00586https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00583.jpgDSC00583https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00575.jpgDSC00575https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00573.jpgDSC00573https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00570.jpgDSC00570https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00567.jpgDSC005672017-10-22T19:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/10/04/the-last-snow-in-scotland/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00518.jpgDSC00518Waves in the landscape. A place of deepest beautyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00502.jpgDSC00502Pinnacle Gully is the twisting line rising from the highest point of the scree in the centre of the photohttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/22089275_10155066721456376_5756506790061380745_n.jpg22089275_10155066721456376_5756506790061380745_nSeldom have I made such a photogenic exit. Beinn Bhrotain makes an awesome backdrop. (Photo by Iain Cameron)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00486.jpgDSC00486From confinement to infinity - the contrast was breathtakinghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00484.jpgDSC00484Iain and Susan emerging after overcoming the final chockstone. Susan's smile is entirely understandable.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00480.jpgDSC00480Crawling between jaws of granitehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00477.jpgDSC00477Iain and Susan head off up the gully. This was about as stable as it got.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00472.jpgDSC00472The three wise monkeys discuss the prospects of the snowhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00469.jpgDSC00469Iain with his 'babies'https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/dsc00471.jpgDSC00471Me with the remnants of Sphinx. I may never see it so small again in my lifetime2017-10-10T10:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/50-years-in-the-cairngorms/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_0493.jpgIMG_0493Was this the stream I drank from all those years ago? I seem to recall it being a small wee burn, but who knows? It tastes sweet all the same.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/young-shot.jpgYoung shotI considered myself a veteran by the time this photo was taken: my own boots, a smock anorak and - of course - good sturdy jeans(!) I'm pictured here on the right with my mother, brothers, wee sister and a family friend on the left.2017-09-26T20:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/walk-out-in-the-rain/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_0503.jpgIMG_0503Lochs Etchachan and Avon, separated by almost 700ft of altitude.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_0512.jpgIMG_0512The slabs. My route went up the right side of the gully with the snow at the top, although you could make a few wandering routes across the slabs themselves.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_0514.jpgIMG_0514And one more time...2017-07-21T08:28:18+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/06/20/derry-dam-bridge-closed/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/closed-derry-dam-bridge.jpgclosed derry dam bridgeClosed.2017-06-26T20:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/hotting-it-up-at-glas-allt-sheil/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0250.jpgIMG_0250And finally, who can resist a picture of a dog at play? Neil Findlay's birder terrier Alfie (left) with Derek Stewart.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0252.jpgIMG_0252Project manager Kenny Freeman (left), delighted at the prospect of another work party at the GAShttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0255.jpgIMG_0255Afterhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0183.jpgIMG_0183Beforehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0247.jpgIMG_0247The Glas Allt Falls. The weather had picked up considerably by the time I came downhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0242.jpgIMG_0242Looking NW from near summit of Lochnagar. The view wasn't really worth ithttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0231.jpgIMG_0231Saturday night ceilidh https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0202.jpgIMG_0202India from the DURC, chamfering the wood for lining the roofhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0217.jpgIMG_0217Dave Knowles fine tuning to get a tight fithttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_0187.jpgIMG_0187Cutting the blocks of insulation to size2017-06-15T11:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/04/28/the-sinclair-hut-one-of-the-cairngorms-lost-bothies/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/sinclair-hut-by-elliott-simpson.jpgSinclair hut-by-Elliott-SimpsonThe Sinclair Hut in summer, copyright Elliot Simpsonhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/sinclair-hut-by-jim-barton.jpgSinclair Hut-by-Jim-BartonSinclair Hut2020-04-25T12:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/smuggling-tin-past-the-laird-or-not/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_0158.jpgIMG_0158New roof beams being fitted. Work should now be completed, so watch this space.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_0154.jpgIMG_0154Exposed! The old roof is gone, leaving the Howff open to the elements.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_0148.jpgIMG_0148Carrying the roofing beams the last climb up to the howffhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_0142.jpgIMG_0142Unloading the heavily-laden Argocat, filled with wood, cement and tools.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_0137.jpgIMG_0137A cartie with a difference. The corrugated iron sheets were easy to pull up the track in Kenny Freeman's wheeled frames.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_0134.jpgIMG_0134Roofing materials at the end of the landy track. From here it was an Argocat... and people powerhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_0144.jpgIMG_0144The last picture of the old roof2017-08-19T11:54:36+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/04/25/and-here-it-is-the-roof/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/p1020788.jpgP1020788Just in time. Roof on - rain on.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/p1020775.jpgP1020775Inside, below the new roofhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/p1020771-1.jpgP1020771 (1)Lining up the roofing sheets2017-11-27T15:51:20+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/white-out-on-ben-mcdui/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/015.jpgBen McDui, May 2013Looking back in the crystal visibility of the following day. I walked a kilometre from the domed summit in the background, to just left of the sharper summit above the choire, unable to see anything beyond my feet until the very end.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/011.jpgMcDui summit in white-outThe summit cairn was almost completely buried and the trig point was a pale shadow, even from a few metres away.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/009.jpgBuried view indicator, McDuiThe view indicator at the summit of McDui - almost buried under the snow.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/008.jpgDevil's PointThe Devil's Point across Glen Dee from the Tailors' Burn2017-04-25T10:56:43+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/from-failure-to-magic-in-the-cairngorms/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_9987.jpgimg_9987Envoi. The sun goes and so do I.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_9985.jpgimg_9985The delicacy of the galehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_9977.jpgimg_9977Sunbeams shine out from the cloud and illuminate Sgor Morhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_9959.jpgimg_9959Looking down the semi-frozen Luibeg burn from the bridgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_9957.jpgimg_9957Like a scene from Narnia. Forcing a way through the snow-choked woods at the Luibeg fordhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_9983.jpgimg_9983The magic. The view from Carn Crom2017-05-03T18:58:00+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2017/01/05/braemar-mountain-festival/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/lochnagar-1.jpglochnagar-1Lochnagar. Photo by Steven Renniehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/ben-avon-1.jpgben-a bhuirdThe Cioch of Beinn a Bhuirdhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/untitled-58-1.jpeguntitled-58-1Ross Hewitt, heading for the narrows of the Black Spout on Lochnagar2017-01-09T09:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/cairngorm-national-park-recognition-for-bothies/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/bothies-commendation.jpgbothies-commendationBert Barnett (left) and Kenny Freeman with the Commendation Certificate2017-02-03T23:06:19+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/11/13/a-sense-of-wonder/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9856.jpgimg_9856The show almost - but not quite - over. Looking back up to the cliffs above Lochain Uaine from Sron Riach.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9855.jpgimg_9855https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9852.jpgimg_9852https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9851.jpgimg_9851https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9845.jpgimg_9845https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9844.jpgimg_9844https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9841.jpgimg_9841https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9829.jpgimg_9829https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9826.jpgimg_9826Remotenesshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_9824.jpgimg_9824Avalanche scar and debris on Beinn Mheadhoinn2016-11-23T13:25:12+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/derry-bridge-here-to-stay-and-a-new-bridge-for-the-quoich/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/derry-footbridge-etc-008.jpgderry-footbridge-etc-008Erected as a stopgap, the Derry Burn footbridge will now be a permanent feature2016-11-12T13:21:16+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/ruighe-aiteachain/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/059.jpg059The Doorhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/051.jpg051The toilethttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/056.jpg056The robust stove in the good roomhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/061.jpg061The bunk room at Ruigh Aiteachanhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/050.jpg050Ruighe-aiteachain bothy from the south. Due for renovation2019-05-02T09:15:51+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/11/13/plans-approved-for-feshie-bothy-renovation/2016-09-01T11:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/crystals-on-show-at-braemar-castle/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/braemar-castle-2.jpgbraemar-castle-2Braemar Castlehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/image015.jpgimage015https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_9024.jpgIMG_90242016-08-15T20:22:54+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/under-the-summer-snows/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_9155.jpgIMG_9155And finally, despite the cloud, a part of the view that makes this area so special.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_9152.jpgIMG_9152Like a row of hobbit doorwayshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_9149.jpgIMG_9149Near the entrance of this tunnel the roof is so thin it glows a translucent blue. This photo shows well the polygonal hollows which characterise the tunnel and overhang roofs. Near front and back of the tunnels the crests between the hollows are outlines in black plant debrishttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_9144.jpgIMG_9144Looking up out of the bergschrund at the back of the snow patch - maybe about 15 feet deep.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_9142.jpgIMG_9142Inside the largest tunnelhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_9140.jpgIMG_9140Zoomed in on a distant view of the right hand side of the Feith Buidhe snow patch. You can see clearly the tunnel mouths along the bottom edgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_9141.jpgIMG_9141The Shelter Stone Crag and Stacan Dubha from inside one of the Feith Buidhe ice tunnels2016-08-06T06:45:41+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/summer-snow-and-rough-waters-on-macdui/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9123.jpgIMG_9123And finally, the joy and delicacy of ferns erupting from crevices in the hard granite.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9128.jpgIMG_9128The shock of a sandy beach so high on the mountain - that's the north top of Macdui on the right, at 1295 metreshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9126.jpgIMG_9126Flanked by lochanshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9119.jpgIMG_9119Flowing over steps in the bedrock of the mountainhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9115.jpgIMG_9115The Garbh Uisge Mor, sliding over sheets of granite before joining with the Garbh Uisge Beag to tumble over the edge of the plateauhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9026.jpgIMG_9026Cataract in the lower reaches of the Garbh Uisgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9024.jpgIMG_9024The lower reaches of the Garbh Uisge as you climb from the Loch Avon basin. (This photo was taken a few weeks earlier on a previous visit to the area)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9114.jpgIMG_9114This distant view shows the full extent of the snow patch. The broken snow boulders show the area I was exploringhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9099.jpgIMG_9099Looking out over Loch Avon from the bergschrund between ice and rockhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_9091.jpgIMG_9091Nothing soft about this snow: these ice boulders were solid.2016-07-26T20:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/plans-announced-for-derry-lodge-development/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8856.jpgIMG_8856The guest quarters and main entrance, built in the 19th centuryhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8852.jpgIMG_8852Drawings showing the historical development of the Lodgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8862.jpgIMG_8862Derry Lodge and the green barn which was formerly a deer larderhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8865.jpgIMG_8865The estate has said Bob Scott's Bothy will not be endangered by the planshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8853.jpgIMG_8853The area surrounding the Lodge, showing plans for a public toilethttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8850.jpgIMG_8850Suggested layout for hostel accommodation in Derry Lodgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8858.jpgIMG_8858Derry Lodge - is a new lease of life on the cards?2016-11-02T20:58:48+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/06/01/faindouran-bothy-back-in-business-complete-with-stove/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8892.jpgIMG_8892And finally... what the well-dressed bothy toilet cleaner wears - in Neil Findlay's case a see-through boiler suit and pink marigolds. Pink???https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8887.jpgIMG_8887On the way in to Corrour Bothy on the Friday morning. The brush was a replacement for Corrour, but we couldn't resist the idea of sweeping up on the way in.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8932.jpgIMG_8932MOs Hugh and Marlene, with Bill Sutherland and Neil Findlay at a post-workparty ceilidh in the bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8931.jpgIMG_8931The heart of any bothy - the firehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8924.jpgIMG_8924And where all the cement went - a new floor for the doorway to match the new wooden floor, making good spillover accommodationhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8918.jpgIMG_8918Cement mixer in action outside the stablehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8914.jpgIMG_8914Kenny and Hugh filling some gaps in the eaves to improve the sleeping areahttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8922.jpgIMG_8922Roofers working from scaffolding at the back of the bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8897.jpgIMG_8897The new gable, faced with long-lasting larch.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8895.jpgIMG_8895Faindouran Bothy in Glen Avon. The stove gives it a heart once more2018-01-21T21:28:05+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/faindouran/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8940.jpgIMG_8940The clear waters of the Avon. As the old verse goes (roughly): 'The waters o' A'an they rin sae clear, twad beguile a man o' a hundred year'https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8927.jpgIMG_8927Inside the stable annexe. The walls are a bit damp, but the floor is new and good. (Now known as 'The Ballroom' since a memorable ceilidh there to christen the new floor)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8928.jpgIMG_8928Inside the main bothy, showing the new stove, the tables and, nearest camera, the sleeping platform. The numerous pots and utensils were joint MO Marlene catering for a large and hungry work party.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_88951.jpgIMG_8895Faindouran - the main bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8903.jpgIMG_8903Faindouran. The main bothy is the further away building. Closer to the camera is the stable, part of which can also be used. (The vehicles were there for renovation work)2016-06-04T22:02:02+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/05/21/jeans-hut-a-lost-cairngorm-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/reginald1-031.jpgreginald1 031Happy days! How can you not wish you were climbing in the Cairngorms in the 1950s? (Once more, picture courtesy of Reg Popham)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/reginald1-029.jpgreginald1 029And completehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/jeans-hut-corrected.jpgJeans Hut correctedDuring construction in 1951. (Courtesy of Reg Popham)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/reginald1-030.jpgreginald1 030Another photo of the young folk taking the hut in. Courtesy of Reg Pophamhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/reginald1-032.jpgreginald1 032The big carry-in. Prefabricated sections of the hut being carried up the hill into Coire Cas. Love the period clothes and the sense of enthusiasm in this photo, courtesy of Reg Pophamhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/mam__dad_at_jeans_hut.jpgMam_&_Dad_at_Jeans_HutAngus Robson's photo of his Mum and Dad at Jean's Hut in 1953, with a Glenmore Lodge instructorhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/10961768_924877770864045_989355148_n.jpg10961768_924877770864045_989355148_nJean's Hut in Coire an Lochain, date unknown.2021-02-03T23:05:12+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/callater-stable/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8839.jpgIMG_8839And insidehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8844.jpgIMG_8844The new toilet2016-05-16T18:22:18+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/glas-allt-shiel-page/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/0092.jpgGlas Allt Shiel, by Loch MuickYou wish. The main house of Glas Allt Shiel: the bothy is in a wee cubby hole at the back.2016-05-12T10:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/reviewed-old-deeside-ways-by-ian-murray/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8838.jpgIMG_8838Some great images of the Canadian loggers' camp on the Deehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8837.jpgIMG_88372016-05-20T13:08:05+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/winter-is-gone-long-live-winter/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8766.jpgIMG_8766Braeriach and Coire Bhrochain from the summit. (It's one of MacDui's tragedies that this mightiest of the Cairngorms has such a flat top that what should be spectacular views of its neighbours are largely obscured)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8774.jpgIMG_8774The cornice-fringed cliffs plunging down to Lochan Uainehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8760.jpgIMG_8760Like a choppy sea frozen in timehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8758.jpgIMG_8758Different patterns created in the wind-drifted snowhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8755.jpgIMG_8755I loved the delicate shading of this undulating, freshly drifted snow on the Derry Cairngorm/Ben MacDui colhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8751.jpgIMG_8751Looking like a slender spire from this angle, Terminal Buttress dominates this image of Coire Sputan Dearghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8740.jpgIMG_8740The black face of the Devil's Point peeks over the spine of Carn a Mhaim, with the dramatic coire and col between Beinn Bhrotain and Monadh Mor dominating the backgroundhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8738.jpgIMG_8738The pristine summit cone of Derry Cairngorm under a blue sky: climbing perfectionhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8732.jpgIMG_8732Cal in a disappearing world, with only a few rocks interrupting the overwhelming white.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8731.jpgIMG_8731Cal and Andy nearing the top of Coire Etchachan in worsening weather.2016-04-26T17:53:23+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/04/21/lochnagar-almost/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8719.jpgIMG_8719Not a great pic, but if you look closely you can see the lizard trying to get away but reluctant to go over the cold snow.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8711.jpgIMG_8711Looking out from the Meickle Pap across a frozen loch to the iconic cliff scenehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8705.jpgIMG_8705Clouds of spindrift show how much fresh snow had fallenhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8697.jpgIMG_8697Massive and still winter-choked - the cliffs of Lochnagarhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8694.jpgIMG_8694The massiveness of Lochnagar's cliffs beetle over the edge of the ridge I wasn't going to climb. I was getting blown about here and could see spindrift smoking off the ridge.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8691.jpgIMG_8691John Gifford takes a turn on Bill's guitar (Bill in the foreground)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8686.jpgIMG_8686Ian Shand on his border pipeshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8699.jpgIMG_8699Lochnagar from the loch2016-04-26T18:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/01/02/cairngorms-flood-report-for-luibeg-and-derry-area/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/moulzie-diversion.jpgMoulzie diversionhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/feshie-flood-1.jpgFeshie flood 1https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/scotts-flood-dec-2015.jpgScott's flood Dec 2015Bob Scott's Bothy, again on December 30th 2015, surrounded by water. This wasn't so bad as the August 2014 flood though.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/derry-bridge-flood-dec-2015.jpgDerry bridge flood Dec 2015The Derry Lodge footbridge at the height of the flood. It's probably the flat ground on the east bank that saved it from being overwhelmed.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/bridge-in-glen-feshie.jpgBridge in Glen FeshieThe washed out bridge in Glen Feshiehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/new-yr-15-16-011.jpgNew Yr 15-16 011Teamwork! You blaw and squeeze and I'll do the fingering.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/new-yr-15-16-026.jpgNew Yr 15-16 026The disconnected bridge beside the Gelder Shielhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/new-yr-15-16-035.jpgNew Yr 15-16 035A distant view in poor light, but you can just about make out where the river has cut a new channel to the right of the damaged bridgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/new-yr-15-16-032.jpgNew Yr 15-16 032The temporary bridge near Derry Lodge, still securehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/new-yr-15-16-034.jpgNew Yr 15-16 034Looking up Glen Dee across the flood plain towards Mar Lodge (not visible). 2016-04-19T22:06:35+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/bob-scotts-bothy/bob-scott-the-man/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/044.jpg044Luibeg Cottage, Bob Scott's home for more than 25 yearshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/254px-bob_scott_at_mar_lodge.jpg254px-Bob_scott_at_mar_lodgeBob Scott at Mar Lodge in the 1970s2020-06-27T20:26:13+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/gelder-shiel/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/new-yr-15-16-022.jpgNew Yr 15-16 022Gelder Shiel from the 'front': an unprepossessing box of the building hiding a considerably more welcoming interior.2016-04-10T15:08:13+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/04/03/the-pictureless-post-monolith-and-a-halo/2016-04-20T20:49:39+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/09/01/fords-of-avon-refuge-rebuilt/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/5-083.jpgFords of Avon Refuge rebuilddLithgae Jim completing the roof of the new refuge. Heather morning and Ian 'Piper' Shand are also in the picture.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/5-036.jpgJohn Fae KentJohn Fae Kent on a drier occasion.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/5-094.jpgFords of Avon rebuild partyPossibly busier than it'll ever be again - the evening soiree at the Fords of Avon Refugehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/5-093.jpgFords of Avon rebuild - temp extensionThe framework for the temporary (one night only) extension goes up outside the door.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/5-072.jpgFords ofAvon rebuild - walls and roofDrystane dykers at work in the foreground, roofers at the back and John Fae Kent delivering some junk mail at the door.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/5-073.jpgFords of Avon rebuilt - Kenny FreemanKenny Freeman fine tunes the door as everything takes shape.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/5-027.jpgFords of Avon Refuge 1The structure takes shape, showing the built-in insulation in the walls. The old hut was kept on site as a 'catering tent' during the rebuild.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/5-085.jpgPiper at the Fords of Avon rebuildIan Shand pipes while the Refuge arises2018-11-23T13:19:48+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/a-good-clean-out-corrour-bothy-toilet/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_8652.jpgIMG_8652MRT Land Rovers and a police van near Derry Lodge on Sunday. Most of these sported a St John Scotland logo, testifying to the massive support that charity gives to mountain rescue.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_8633.jpgIMG_8633Enjoying a brief respite before the arrival of the estate vehiclehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_8646.jpgIMG_8646Off goes the waste bags. Unfortunately the workers weren't offered a lift out with them.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_8627.jpgIMG_8627Oh what fun we have on a bothy Saturday night. Neil's dog Alfie tests the ppe, with one of the disposable facemaskshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_8622.jpgIMG_8622A wet, murky trudge in to Corrour.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_8638.jpgIMG_8638https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_8639.jpgIMG_8639Ready to load. Truck, trailer and bags - now it's time to lift them on board.2016-03-18T07:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/loch-lomond-a-national-park-doing-the-dirty-work-for-enemies-of-access/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/camping-on-the-west-highland-way-near-cailness-outside-the-restricted-zone.jpgCamping on the West Highland Way near Cailness - outside the restricted zonehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/camping-is-often-impossible-away-from-the-shoreline-credit-nick-kempe-west-shore-ll.jpgCamping is often impossible away from the shoreline credit Nick Kempe west shore LLThe argument that the restricted zones cover only 3.7 per cent of the park area is disingenuous. Does the whole area include the area of lochs too? And in any case, so much of the ground is not suitable for camping. Photo by Nick Kempe.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/east-shore-loch-lomond-where-bye-laws-in-place-credit-nick-kempe.jpgEast shore Loch Lomond where bye-laws in place credit Nick KempeLooking across to the east shore of Loch Lomond, where camping bans are already in place. Photo by Nick Kempe2016-03-06T12:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/farewell-to-the-sea-kings-a-lochnagar-memory/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/snow-sea-king.jpgRoyal Air Force Search and Rescue (SAR) Sea King in Snowdonia, WalesA Sea King in action (not on the rescue described below)2016-03-06T12:36:10+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/the-legendary-aitkens-morning-roll-bothy-ballad/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/rowie.jpgRowieThe cause of it all: 70 per cent fat, 30 per cent salt, 100 per cent pure gastronomic bliss. The rowie, buttery or morning roll. Aitkens do them best.2015-12-27T21:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/12/01/bothy-life-countdown/2016-03-20T17:14:08+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/problem-at-bob-scotts-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/scotties-septic-tank.jpgscotties septic tankSpare a thought for the folk who look after the toilet. This was the sight facing us the last time it was blocked.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/scotties-toilet-door.jpgScotties toilet doorToilet locked and out of action2015-11-25T15:33:07+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/sheilin-o-mark/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/sheilin-o-mark.jpgSheilin o MarkSheilin' o' Mark Bothy2017-10-22T17:56:57+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/a-rubbish-bothy-weekend/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/corrour-toilet-005.jpgCorrour toilet 005A sticky, rancid mess in the baghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/corrour-toilet-004.jpgCorrour toilet 004Most of the flies flew, but you can see them crawling over the sauce bottlehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/corrour-toilet-003.jpgCorrour toilet 003Halfway down the bag of rubbish2016-10-15T20:59:43+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/royal-opening-at-gelder-shiel-ernies-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/gelder-sheil-royal-opening-028.jpgGelder Sheil royal opening 028The plaque in honour of Ernie Rattray, unveiled by HRH Prince Charles and Dot Rattrayhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/gelder-sheil-royal-opening-029.jpgGelder Sheil royal opening 029Prince Charles signed the bothy book. (And there's always one... so did Kenny Freeman!)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/gelder-sheil-royal-opening-013.jpgGelder Sheil royal opening 013Refreshments at the openinghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/gelder-sheil-royal-opening-012.jpgGelder Sheil royal opening 012Bert, Kenny Freeman and Ian outside the bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/kenny-freemans-picture.jpgKenny Freeman's picturePrince Charles chats to the MBA crew: Bert Barnett, Ian Shand and Neil Reid. Photo by Kenny Freemanhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/gelder-sheil-royal-opening-015.jpgGelder Sheil royal opening 015Prince Charles outside Ernie's Bothy2015-12-17T15:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/writing-the-book-on-mountain-rescue/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/braemar-mrt-book.jpgBraemar MRT BookMostly Happy Returns, by Braemar Mountain Rescue Association2015-10-11T12:03:58+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/09/30/callater-completed/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-103.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 103Afternoon sun reflects on the waters of Loch Callaterhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-091.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 091The mighty cliffs of Lochnagarhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-087.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 087Looking across the coire of Lochnagar from the top of the Black Spouthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-079.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 079A hazy view through to the upper reaches of Glen Clovahttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-072.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 072Lochnagar in the distance behind The Stuic, an excellent buttress I've climbed in winter but never yet in summerhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-047.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 047The path up Carn an t'Sagairt Mor slants easily upward along the side of Loch Callaterhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-034.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 034The two garrons who were occasionally interested observers to the work party. I'm pretty sure it was the nearer one which was the nocturnal snorter and door rattler.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-043.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 043It wasn't as dark as this photo makes it look like, but the light was definitely going as MO John Gifford completed the paperwork at the end of the job.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-044.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 044The completed bunks. Kenny measured, Alex and Bill cut, and I fitted the platforms - real teamwork.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/callater-bothy-sept-2015-029.jpgCallater Bothy Sept 2015 029Bill pictured fixing trim around the light well2015-10-04T19:29:53+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/09/08/a-make-over-for-callater-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/036.jpg036And lest we forget why we go to these places at all... this is a view of the sun catching the hills at the side of Loch Callater. This is indeed a special place.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/032.jpg032Kenny Freeman at work in the loft space, cutting through floor and ceiling to make the light wells, which were then lined in plywood with the 'help' of yours trulyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/020.jpg020One perspex panel in place and sealed, two still being installed.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/015.jpg015Tea break time. At the back of the picture are Marlene and Eleanor, who kept the workers fed and watered over the weekend. Beside them is MO John Gifford and in the foreground are Allan 'Sinbad' Moore, Kenny Ferguson and Derek Stewarthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/012.jpg012https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/019.jpg019Callater Bothy is the building on the right, with the Lodge at the rear.2017-04-20T19:29:03+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/anticipation-v-realisation-the-bothy-book/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/011.jpg011'Diary'-style inserts add a personal flavour to the guide.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/008.jpg008The wrongly named Gelder Shiel bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/book-of-the-bothy-cover.jpgBook of the Bothy cover2015-10-30T09:12:34+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/ice-cream-and-nailguns-on-lochnagar/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/053.jpg053The bothy from the back, showing the new roof windows and stove fluehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/064.jpg064The front doors now lead into an internal porchhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/021.jpg021Wood-lining fitted and stove being installedhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/025.jpg025The marquee being used for a sawyard, with the wood and saws safe from the threatening showershttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/013.jpg013Builders' v ans and a catering trailer outside the bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/032.jpg032Installing one of the roof windows during a major refurbishment of the Gelder Shiel Bothy2015-05-24T11:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/new-bridge-imminent-at-derry-burn/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/85c867730fd8896844daa211e8789969.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMar Lodge Estate's photo of the track up the west bank of the Quoich - totally removed by the floodhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/018.jpg018Please don't chop this wood up for your campfire! The Estate explains its planshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/003.jpg003Waiting to go into place - the pylons for the temporary Derry Burn footbridge2015-05-05T14:03:39+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/04/25/work-and-wildlife-in-the-cairngorms/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/050.jpg050Ian 'Piper' Shand playing a tune on the pipes to mark the end of the work day. He was being filmed for possible inclusion in a BBC documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of the MBAhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/039.jpg039Great weather and lots of folk made it easier to hold the MBA area meeting al frescohttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/016.jpg016Even busier round the front. Norrie and Bob in boiler suits which remained surprisingly white since they'd just been up painting the roof black.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/0141.jpg014Chow time for weasel was just a couple of yards from where the two Kennys were howking lumps out of the groundhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/weasel-at-allt-sheicheachan-5.jpgWeasel at Allt Sheicheachan 5https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/weasel-at-allt-sheicheachan-4.jpgWeasel at Allt Sheicheachan 4https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/weasel-at-allt-sheicheachan-3.jpgWeasel at Allt Sheicheachan 3https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/weasel-at-allt-sheicheachan-2.jpgWeasel at Allt Sheicheachan 2https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/weasel-at-allt-sheicheachan.jpgWeasel at Allt Sheicheachanhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/046.jpg046Great day for a work party (and picnic from the looks of things) at Allt Scheicheachan - not, you would think, ideal conditions for filming the wildlife.2015-05-06T08:39:40+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/spring-at-last-in-the-cairngorms/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/029.jpg029Somewhere down there, in perfect weather, were two young Americans discovering the Cairngorms for the first time and already making plans to returnhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/037.jpg037Ice melting under hot sun in a curiously-shaped pocket in granitehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/031.jpg031Looking over the ridge of Carn a Mhaim to the elegant lines of Cairn Toul - still winter up therehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/geese-overhead.jpggeese overheadGeese passing overhead, heading home for summerhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/woodpecker-close-up.jpgwoodpecker close-upZooming in on the woodpeckerhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/017.jpg017You can just make out the black and white bars of the woodpecker about halfway up the framehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/014.jpg014A large avalanche on the east-facing slabs of Carn a Mhaim. You can see a high and crevassed crown wall at the tophttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/020.jpg020Glen Lui under a baking spring sun, snow disappearing fast2015-04-11T07:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/01/08/the-mountain-on-the-beeb-and-mar-lodge-on-the-web/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/bbc-the-mountain.jpgBBC The MountainThe Mountain - Cairngorm under snow2015-03-20T15:54:23+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/cairngorm-skiing-the-traditional-way/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/ashie-plateau.jpgAshie plateauAshie Brebner on a sunny day on the plateauhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/norma-plateau-2.jpgNorma plateau 2Norma Brebner heading down the upper slopes of Beinn a Bhuird, with a panorama of Cairngorm peaks in the backgroundhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/ashie-ski-trek.jpgAshie ski trekAshie Brebner (front) and the others ski touring somewhere near the Howffhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/jim-robertson-ski.jpgJim Robertson skiJim Robertson, showing how it's done with no poleshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/charlie-smith-ski.jpgCharlie Smith skiCharlie Smith in warm weather gearhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/after-blizzard.jpgAfter blizzardAshie Brebner (left) and Johnny Vigroe in the woods at Altanour after the blizzardhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/auchelie-glen-ey-1951.pngAuchelie, in 1951. Photo by George AdamsAuchelie in Glen Ey, 1951. Photo by George Adamshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/howff-builders-ski.jpgHowff builders skiFrom left: Charlie Smith, Jim Robertson and (turning) Doug Mollison, Ashie’s fellow howff-builders2017-12-13T23:14:29+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/the-fool-on-the-hill/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/10264484_10152429947761103_1838745209620543593_n.jpg10264484_10152429947761103_1838745209620543593_nOutside the CIC Hut in March 2003: Ronnie Strachan, Lucy Hailey (now Murdoch), myself, Colin McGregor and Gavin Gibbon. Ken Murray took the photo2015-04-02T16:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/bothies-litter-and-education-a-step-forward/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/bothies-resource-booklet-cover.jpgBothies resource booklet - coverBothies Resource Booklet coverhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/dofe-bothies-101.jpgDofE Bothies 101The first page of the DofE bothies leaflethttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/dofe-presentation.jpgDofE presentationAlex Cumming, Assistant Director, DofE Scotland, presents the cheque to Neil Stewart of the MBA2015-04-03T11:33:41+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/extreme-bothy-maintenance/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/hutchison-hut-march-2015.jpgHutchison Hut, March 2015Farewell to the Hutchie Hut on Sunday morning. Never get tired of this setting.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/repaired-stove-hutchison-hut.jpgRepaired stove, Hutchison HutThe new glass fitted - and still so clean you can hardly see it's there. A great stove when it's working though.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/stove-repair-tools-hutchison-hut.jpgStove repair tools, Hutchison HutThe new stove glass and some of the tools. Note the two sets of Allen keys - we'd both, unknown to each other, bought a new set to be sure we had the right size. In the event the bolts wouldn't turn and we had to work a way around it.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/neil-findlay-heading-into-coire-etchachan.jpgNeil Findlay heading into Coire EtchachanTreading gingerly across thawing snow. There was a stream somewhere under here and we weren't sure how thick the snow was.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/glen-derry.jpgGlen DerryHeading up the trackless side of Glen Derryhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/broken-stove-glass-at-hutchison-hut.jpgBroken stove glass at Hutchison HutThe broken stove glass meant smoke billowed into the room when it was windy.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/neil-findlay-in-glen-derry.jpgNeil Findlay in Glen DerryIs it a path or a burn? Neil Findlay and Alfie on the way up lower Glen Derryhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/stove-repair-tools-and-door-hutchison-hut.jpgStove repair tools and door, Hutchison HutReady for action. A simple job made 'extreme' by remoteness and weather2015-03-12T21:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/02/24/bothy-crime/2015-02-26T13:59:09+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/bygone-cairngorm-bothy-photos/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/untitled.pnguntitled cuttinghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/get-attachment4.jpgget-attachment4Feshie Bothy again, probably in the early '60shttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/get-attachment3.jpgget-attachment3At the door of Ruigh Aiteachan, Glen Feshie.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/geldie_lodge_lower_1963.jpgGeldie_Lodge_(lower)_1963Lower Geldie Lodge in 1963, with a rickety-looking bridgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/black_bothy_glen_tilt_1964-2.jpgBlack_Bothy_Glen_Tilt_1964 - 2Black Bothy in Glen Tilt, 1964https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/shepherds-hut-glen-tilt-1962.pngShepherd's hut, Glen Tilt, 1962Shepherd's Hut, Glen Tilthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/bynack_lodge_1989.jpgBynack_Lodge_1989Bynack Lodge in 1989https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/bynack_lodge_1962_burned_down_in_1964.jpgBynack_Lodge_1962_(Burned_down_in_1964)Bynack Lodge in 1962 - it suffered a serious fire two years laterhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/bynack-bothy-1952.pngBynack bothy, 1952Bynack Lodge in 1952https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/011.jpg011Bynack Lodge in 20142017-07-09T17:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/access-problems-at-linn-of-dee/2015-01-23T11:05:01+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/skiing-the-black-spout-of-lochnagar-in-1954/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/black-spout-2.jpgBlack Spout 2Ashie after completing his descent, looking back at the way he has come.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/black-spout-1.jpgBlack Spout 1Ashie Brebner is pictured skiing out of the lower part of the Black Spout, just before falling and almost starting an avalanche. 2015-01-26T07:53:25+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/12/06/killing-trees-for-conservation/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/derry-woods-map-w-circle.pngDerry woods map w circleThe plantation where the ringed trees can be seen, in the unfenced section of the plantation circled on the map.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/ringed-trees-at-derry.jpgRinged Trees at DerrySome of the ringed trees visible from the track near Derry Lodge. Photo by John Watson2014-12-07T09:00:35+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/the-living-mountain-on-the-telly/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/cairngorms-18a.jpgCairngorms-18aFilming 'The Living Mountain: A Cairngorms Journey'https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/cairngorms-6a.jpgCairngorms-6aRobert Macfarlane in the Cairngorms during filminghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/nan-pics035.jpgNan pics035Nan Shepherd, author of the classic 'The Living Mountain'2014-12-22T11:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/11/03/mar-lodge-estate-news-and-a-dofe-update/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/derry-lodge.jpgDerry LodgeDerry Lodge, derelict for decadeshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/mar-lodge-2.jpgMar Lodge (2)Mar Lodge: news from the estate2014-11-10T09:26:02+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/cairngorm-treasure/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/crystal_mountains002.jpgcrystal_mountains0022015-01-20T20:09:38+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/cairngorms-august-11-flood-round-up/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/016.jpg016For comparison, this photo was taken at the same ford a couple of years ago.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/172.jpg172https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/165.jpg165The ford across the Allt Dubh Gleann in Glen Quoich, resculpted by the flood.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/159.jpg159The jeep track in Glen Quoich, where the burn out of Clais Fhearnaig has washed out the road.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/158.jpg158Even small paths have been affected. Much of the path from Clais Fhearnaig down to Glen Quoich has been washed outhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/157.jpg157This tidemark across the road beside the Mountain Rescue Post shows the extent of the flooding. The river runs just this side of the two further away trees but, at its height, it was lapping at the doors of the hut.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/156.jpg156https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/151.jpg151And in case you were wondering how deep that had cut - here's my walking polehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/150.jpg150Another cut-out through the Derry path, this one barely a kilometre north of the Lodgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/149.jpg1492014-09-06T21:32:10+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/derry-burn-footbridge-washed-away-and-other-flood-damage/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/derry-footbridge.jpgDerry footbridgeThe Derry Burn footbridge in drier times2014-09-06T21:25:50+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/safety-warning-coire-an-t-sneachda/2014-09-03T20:04:01+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/a-disgrace-and-a-challenge-to-youth-groups/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/094.jpg094Close-up of some of the rubbish left in Corrour Bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/093.jpg093https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/096.jpg096Is this acceptable?2018-06-12T18:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/08/12/rockfall-puts-goat-track-path-in-coire-an-t-sneachda-out-of-bounds/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/10527525_10203558989792016_820410017418649182_n.jpg10527525_10203558989792016_820410017418649182_nSome of the loose rock above the Goat Trackhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/1919669_10203558988911994_1006017056213694857_n.jpg1919669_10203558988911994_1006017056213694857_nRocks lie on the path below the Broken Gully areahttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/10590517_10203558989232002_1408625605817939372_n.jpg10590517_10203558989232002_1408625605817939372_nRockfall over the Goat Track in Coire an t-Sneachda. Picture by Ruari Macdonald2014-08-21T20:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/07/29/back-in-harness-climbing-in-sputan/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/020.jpg020Still life with guidebook and whisky bottle. The bottle did not survive the night.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/012.jpg012Colin at the top of the climb. I'd just shown how I hadn't entirely lost my touch by contriving the ropework to ensure that Colin ended up carrying both ropes up the final grassy scramblehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/taking-to-the-left-wall-of-the-chimney-pitch.jpgTaking to the left wall of the chimney pitchAfter climbing the chimney for a few feet it was easier to move out onto the left wall, where good holds made themselves apparent just as I reached themhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/looking-up-the-last-few-feet-of-the-climb.jpgLooking up the last few feet of the climbLooking up the last few feet of the climbhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/on-the-slab-pitch.jpgOn the slab pitchMoving up the slab pitchhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/delicate-footwork-on-pitch-2.jpgDelicate footwork on pitch 2Delicate footwork and a trust in friction were essential to get up the corner. You can see better here how the left wall sloped awayhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/008.jpg008How pitch two looked as I reached the foot of it: a long sloping corner with the left flank sloping away to oblivionhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/3.jpg3Colin at the foot of pitch two, which he joined to the first pitch in a single run-outhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/trying-to-remember-how-to-tie-on.jpgTrying to remember how to tie on"Was that left over right or right over left?" Trying to get back into the swing of thingshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/1.jpg1Grey Man's Crag - the large buttress between Crystal Ridge on the left and Anchor Buttress on the right. The route starts at the centre of the toe of the buttress and goes up to join the diagonal crack leading to a pitch up the right hand side of the central slab and finishing up the obvious chimney2020-04-22T07:50:22+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/the-luibeg-woods-aftermath-of-a-blaze/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/104.jpg104https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/107.jpg107The burnt vegetation reveals a field of charred sticks that once were seedlingshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/099.jpg099The fire has eaten deeply into this tree trunk.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/085.jpg085Another section where smouldering peat has had to be excavated, causing damage to tree rootshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/078.jpg078The seat of the fire? A stone fire circle can be made out in the centre of this section where burning peat has been dug down to the subsoil.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/070.jpg070Just one of the hillocks and a section of the riverbank affected by the firehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/090.jpg090Burnt vegetation and charred wood - a hillside stripped of life2014-08-12T21:12:34+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/is-bothies-policy-designed-to-seal-fate-of-garbh-choire-refuge/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/img_0176.jpegGarbh Choire Refuge May 2014Inside the bothy in May 2014, showing tarpaulin installed to keep off the rain, and the broken door2016-07-09T22:33:38+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/the-hutchie-in-winter-a-great-wee-video/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/22-hutchison-hut-the-finished-article.jpg22 Hutchison Hut - the finished articleThe Hutchison Hut in summer. Read on for the winter version2014-06-07T23:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/the-five-cairngorm-four-thousanders/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/18mcdui-summit.jpg18McDui summitFirst and last top. Me, on the summit of MacDui, with my first top of the day, Cairn Toul, in the backgroundhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/17walkers-on-mcdui.jpg17walkers on McduiAnd a shot of two walkers ahead of me on the final ascent to the top of MacDui. The snow and the blue sky gives this an almost alpine feelhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/16clouds-above-plateau.jpg16clouds above plateauA final shot of the cloudshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/14clouds-above-coire-antsneachda.jpg14Clouds above coire antsneachdaI loved the cloud forms as they changed against the blue backdrophttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/12-coire-antsneachda.jpg12 Coire antSneachdaThe view into Coire an t-Sneachda in May this year. The large amount of snow this year is believed to have been in part responsible for some of the rock damage.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/11-loch-morlich.jpg11 Loch MorlichLoch Molich from above Coire an t-Sneachdahttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/10beinn-mheadhoin.jpg10Beinn MheadhoinBeinn Mheadhoin from the Cairngorm-MacDui plateau. Was it a serious temptation?https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/9cairntoul-to-braeriach.jpg9CairnToul to BraeriachMy morning's work, now under a blue sky: from Cairn Toul on the left over Angel's Peak (Sgurr an Lochain Uaine), and round the Garbh Choire cliffs to Braeriach, whose summit is just out of picturehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/7looking-thru-lairig-ghru.jpg7looking thru Lairig GhruLooking north through the Lairig Ghru to Lurcher's Craghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/8coire-ruadh-braeriach.jpg8Coire Ruadh, BraeriachLooking back into Coire Ruadh from the MacDui side of the Lairig Ghru. The line of the stalkers' path can be seen as a faint zig-zag coming down from the lowest point of the col, but I had descended directly from the small snow patch - not to be recommended.2014-11-05T19:59:28+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/ryvoan/2018-11-09T09:50:09+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/etive-capers-a-historical-document/2014-07-10T19:19:11+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/02/21/the-sappers-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/thomas_frederick_colby_brockedon1.jpgNPG 2515(82); Thomas Frederick Colby by William BrockedonCaptain Thomas Colbyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/073.jpg073The barren plateau setting of the Sappers' Bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/071.jpg071Inside the Sappers' Bothy, looking at the fireplacehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/img_0586.jpgIMG_0586Sappers' Bothy in the snowhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/072.jpgSappers' BothyThe Sappers' Bothy on Ben McDui2014-02-25T22:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/a-glacier-in-the-cairngorms/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/5-0231.jpg5-023[1]The Garbh Choire in July 2011. The false moraine is the 'lip' of the coire that can be made out just below the lowest snow2014-08-25T18:29:49+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/12/26/ben-muich-dhui-his-neighbours/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/ben-muich-dhui-map.jpgBen Muich Dhui mapThe map included in McConnochie's guide - hardly a Landranger.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/ben-muich-dhui-cover.jpgBen Muich Dhui coverThe long out-of-print guide by Alex. Inkson McConnochie2014-02-17T20:56:40+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/braemar-snowgate-cam-updated/2013-11-22T15:52:14+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/on-the-hopelessness-of-trying-not-to-climb-a-hill/2013-11-08T15:40:35+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/10/23/balaneasie-the-bothy-that-never-was/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/geldie_lodge_lower_1963.jpgGeldie_Lodge_(lower)_1963Lower Geldie Lodge, 1963https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/bynack_lodge_1962_burned_down_in_1964.jpgBynack_Lodge_1962_(Burned_down_in_1964)Bynack Lodge in 1962. It was burnt down in 1964.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/black_bothy_glen_tilt_1964.jpgBlack_Bothy_Glen_Tilt_1964Black Bothy, Glen Tilt, 1964https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/brian-_bill__colin_me_5-01-1963.jpgBrian-_Bill_&_Colin_(me)_5-01-1963Colin (left) with companions Brian and Bill, at Black Bothy of Glen Tilt, 1964https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/balaneasie_cottage_lease_from_atholl_estates_-_9-12-66.jpgBalaneasie_Cottage_lease_from_Atholl_Estates_-_9-12-66The lease from Atholl Estates to the Glen Tilt Mountaineering Club - £2 a year!https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/balaneasie_cottage_in_glen_tilt.jpegBalaneasie_Cottage_in_Glen_TiltBalaneasie Cottage now - a sad ruinhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/balaneasie_cottage_-_glen_tilt_1968.jpgBalaneasie_Cottage_-_Glen_Tilt_1968Balaneasie Cottage in the late '60s or early '70s2016-09-18T15:10:12+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/the-mystery-of-the-bath/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/cropped-image-of-bath.jpgCropped image of bathThe famous Tarf Hotel bathtub, seen here modelled by Graeme Hunter2014-12-25T21:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/09/28/back-at-the-tarf-hotel-with-ian-mitchell/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/lookc30mph_2.jpgLookC@30mph_2Graeme Hunter on his way to Look C Gully with the 30mph speed limit sign. As if his sack wasn't heavy enough as it was!https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/up_the_tarf_2.jpgUp_the_Tarf_2The Tarf Hotel bath, modelled here by Graeme Hunter and fondly remembered by a surprising number of people - including the present owner!https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/tarf_hotel_2.jpgTarf_Hotel_2 (GH)Graeme Hunter and others - I don't know who is who - outside the bothy in what looks to be the late '60s or early '70s. The AA sign is resplendent on the wall beside them.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/tarf_hotel_ii_march_83.jpgTarf_Hotel_II_March_83The Tarf Hotel from behind, 1983. Of the two rear extensions in the photo only the further away remains.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/tarf_hotel_march_83.jpgTarf_Hotel_March_83The Tarf Hotel in 1983. Two AA signs can be seen on the ground either side of the door.2015-02-08T15:42:59+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/dicing-with-death-above-the-eternal-snows/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/head-of-gleann-einich-coire-dondhail.jpgHead of Gleann Einich & Coire DondhailA last look back up Gleann Einich and Choire Dhondailhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/braeriach-summit.jpgBraeriach summitThe summit of Braeriachhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/infant-dee-2.jpgInfant Dee (2)The infant Dee, taken from its source looking towards Braeriachhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/wells-of-dee-2.jpgWells of Dee (2)One of the main Wells of Dee on the Braeriach plateauhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/pinnacles-snow-patch-garbh-choire-2.jpgPinnacles snow patch, Garbh Choire (2)The Pinnacles snow patchhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/sphinx-snow-patch-garbh-choire.jpgSphinx snow patch, Garbh ChoireThe Sphinx snow patch in the Garbh Choirehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/michaelmas-fare-snow-patch-garbh-choire-2.jpgMichaelmas Fare snow patch, Garbh Choire (2)The Michaelmas Fare snow patch, with my rucksack giving scale. (The snow patches are named after the climbs above them)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/angels-peak-crown-buttress-spur.jpgAngel's Peak & Crown Buttress SpurLooking across the Garbh Choire to Angel's Peak. The Crown Buttress Spur is the ridge parallel to the line traced by the foot of the Angel's Peak cliffshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/head-of-gleann-einich.jpgHead of Gleann EinichSunlight illuminates the head of Gleann Einichhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/garbh-choire-snow-patches-from-below.jpgGarbh Choire snow patches from belowScene of the (nearly) eternal snows and of an escapade2014-08-22T01:17:39+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/looking-after-the-bothies-why-bother/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/neil-f-with-ndew-toilet-seat.jpgNeil F with ndew toilet seatNeil Findlay carries in the new seathttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/glen-geusachan-sunbeams.jpgGlen Geusachan sunbeamsShafts of sunlight shine into Glen Geusachanhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/coire-odhar-and-cairn-toul.jpgCoire Odhar and Cairn ToulLooking across the top of Coire Odhar to Cairn Toulhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/corrour-toilet.jpgCorrour toiletThe twin toilet seats at Corrourhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/corrour-bothy.jpgCorrour BothyCorrour Bothy -2015-09-12T16:12:18+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/a-ramble-on-the-loch-avon-slabs/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/1b.jpg1bPhotos never seem to portray the excitement I feel when I first see Braeriach peeping over the crest of the plateau. I think it's the sense of scalehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/9.jpg9I love the vivid colours of this mossy spring on the plateauhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/7split-slab.jpg7split slabA curious slab of granite which has split along the line of a quartzveinhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/6shelter-stone-crag-through-snow.jpg6shelter stone crag through snowA novel view of the Shelter Stone Crag see through a snow bridge on the slabshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/5shelter-stone-crag-over-slabs.jpg5shelter stone crag over slabsZoom shot of the Shelter Stone Crag from high on the slabshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/4loch-avon1.jpg4loch avon1Looking back on Loch Avon, with the Stag Rocks on the lefthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/3beinn-mheadhoin.jpg3beinn mheadhoinBeinn Mheadhoin, with the cliffs of Stacan Dubha clear in the foregroundhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/2hells-lum-crag.jpg2hells lum cragLooking across to Hell's Lum Crag, with the 'Lum' visible on the lefthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/1shelter-stone-crag-3.jpg1shelter stone crag 3Looking back at the Shelter Stone Crag from below the routehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/1a.jpg1aLooking up into the slabs from below2013-10-17T08:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/tarf-hotel-work-party/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/tarf-from-north.jpgTarf from northFeith Uaine Bothy2013-07-31T22:20:36+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/cairngorm-memories-on-the-bbc/2013-08-01T13:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/tarf-hotel-update/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/0011.jpg001The famous Tarf Hotel sign2013-07-12T22:14:36+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/feith-uaine-bothy-tarf-hotel/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/010.jpgTarf Hotel from northThe bothy today (2013), pictured from the northhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/tarf-summer.jpgTarf summerThe Tarf in the late '90s, with the 'sun porch' open to the elements.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/tarf-interior.jpgTarf interiorThe one habitable room in the bothy when it was taken over by the MBA. The remains of a sprung bed can be seen, along with chairs and a fireplace, which has just been renovated (in 2013).https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/tarf-with-two-signs.jpgTarf with two signsTarf Hotel with the 'sun porch' shuttered with corrugated iron - and two signs.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/001.jpgTarf Hotel AA signThe famous AA sign on the door of the Tarf Hotelhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/008.jpgTarf HotelThe Tarf Hotel during a work party in 20132016-08-04T17:19:51+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/on-holiday-in-the-arrochar-alps/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/cobbler2.jpgcobbler2And a last view of The Cobbler before heading down to Arrocharhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/southsummitcobbler.jpgnorthsummitcobblerLooking back up from under the north summit of The Cobbler. The path comes down somewhere here.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/cobblersummitpic1.jpgcobblersummitpichttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/cobblersummithole.jpgcobblersummitholeLooking through the hole in the summit block towards the north tophttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/beinnime.jpgbeinnimeBeinn Ime from Beinn Narnain.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/beinnnarnain2.jpgbeinnnarnain2Looking back down Beinn Narnain past the Spearheadhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/beinnnarnain.jpgbeinnnarnainLooking up Beinn Narnainhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/cobblerandtent.jpgcobblerandtentThe cloud-capped Cobbler at 7 am, from my pitch by the Nairnain Bouldershttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/navcourse2.jpgNavcourse2MCofS Mountain Safety Adviser Heather Morning teaching navigation near Loch Lomondhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/cobblersummitpic.jpgcobblersummitpicThe author on top of Ben Arthur - The Cobbler. Picture by Lloyd Gibbs2013-10-01T16:44:01+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/unconscious-at-the-summit/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/5-0601.jpgDerry CairngormLooking down Derry Cairngorm from the 'armchair nap'https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/5-060.jpgDerry CairngormLooking down Derry Cairngorm from the 'armchair' nap.2013-06-30T22:26:53+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/refurb-at-the-tarf-hotel/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/011.jpgMusic at the TarfChef turned musician: Andy entertained the workers in the evening. (Is that a music stand we see? In a bothy?)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/030.jpgTarf fireplaceOne of the new fireplaces at Tarf Hotelhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/007.jpgTarf floor layingLaying the new floor in the west roomhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/009.jpgTarf Hotel 1Working outside during a break in the rain2013-09-25T13:40:04+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/a-60-year-experiment/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/021.jpgsapling on Carn CromThis one's for Malcolm: a young pine growing near the summit of Creag Bad an t-Seabhaig with no need of a fence, just a few hundred feet up from where Malcolm fenced off his first experimental plot, a story coming to fruition after more than half a centuryhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/0021.jpgDeer fence and trees, Loch MuickNice view, shame about the fencehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/001.jpgEstate noticeAn admission of poor estate management: having to fence off an area for regenerationhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/002.jpgTrees at LuibegThe same area in 2013https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/derry-wood-fenced-area-1.jpgDerry Wood fenced area 1The enclosure opposite Luibeg Cottage in 1960https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/040.jpgTom Dearg 2013Tom Dearg in 2013 - covered in treeshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/an-toman-dearg-2.jpgAn Toman Dearg 2Malcolm Douglas' Land Rover parked at the top of a bare Tom Dearghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/an-toman-dearg-gate.jpgAn Toman Dearg gateThe gate to the Tom Dearg enclosure. I recall walking past this in the late '60shttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/vole-cage.jpgVole cageMalcolm Douglas in 1959, fixing a 'vole cage' to protect pine seedlings from rodent damagehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/an-toman-dearg-1.jpgAn Toman Dearg 1Tom Dearg when it was first fenced off in 19592013-05-27T09:45:53+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/the-year-of-the-bridges/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/5-110.jpg5-110The Coire Etchachan footbridge. The rather timid approach to crossing is explained by the fact there was a full gale blowing, the planks were slippery and the burn was a torrent.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/025.jpg025The 'new' Derry Dam Bridge, est 1959. The photograph is taken looking in the opposite direction to that of the 1956 bridge, but examination of the boulders in the river bed show it to be in almost exactly the same spot.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/012-2.jpg012 (2)The bridge at Corrour which Malcolm helped to build in 1959 - pictured here in March 2013 with the Dee almost frozen over.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/5-108.jpg5-108The Glas Allt Mor in full spate. The 1959 bridge was upstream of this point.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/old-derry-dam-bridge-1956.jpgOld Derry Dam bridge 1956The old bridge at Derry Dam2013-06-09T21:14:41+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/refuting-the-case-for-destruction-of-garbh-choire-refuge/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/garbh_choire_jan_12_0022.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAn MR team member outside the Garbh Choire Refuge. Picture courtesy of Heather Morning.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/garbh_choire_jan_12_0021.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA MR team member outside the Garbh Choire Refuge. Picture courtesy of Heather Morning2013-03-17T18:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/a-future-for-the-forest/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/4-010.jpgDerry Woods 2Just because... another view of the Derry Woods.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/4-012.jpgNatural regeneration in the CairngormsNatural regeneration: the result of being a deer-free zone for several decades, this hill shows what can be achieved by mother nature.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/4-009.jpgScots Pine seedlingsScots Pine seedlings, flourishing even on the gravelly banks of the Derry Burn.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/4-019.jpgDerry woodsThe Derry Woods: the recovery starts here.2013-03-16T08:02:11+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/495/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/037.jpg037Heavy snow on the way back to the carshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/024.jpg024Corrour Bothy in the morning sunshinehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/015.jpg015Devil's Point looming large over Corrour Bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/004.jpg004Neil Findlay and Alfie - extreme dog-walkinghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/006.jpg006Beinn Bhrotain from the summit of Devil's Point2013-03-11T15:10:45+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/bill-ewen-a-cairngorm-inspiration/2013-03-02T12:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/two-gullies-two-munros-two-white-outs-great-weekend/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/029-2.jpg029 (2)Look closely or you'll miss it. The summit cairn was a welcome site when it finally appeared.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/024.jpg024Zoom shot of the Forefinger Pinnacle at the top of Pinnacle Gullyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/023.jpg023Looking up Pinnacle Gully, between the Shelter Stone Crag and the Garbh Uisge Craghttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/010.jpg010Prime position for my sleeping bag.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/008.jpg008A footbridge without a burn in Coire Etchachanhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/003.jpg003Morning sun on the pines looking up Glen Derry2013-02-24T21:37:02+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/allt-scheicheachan-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_0517.jpgIMG_0517A welcome site in a fold in the hillsidehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_0511.jpgIMG_0511Allt Scheicheachan Bothy2020-08-29T17:41:08+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/serious-damage-to-faindouran-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/faindouran02.jpgFaindouran02Close-up of the damaged gablehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/faindouran01.jpgFaindouran01The east gable of Faindouran Bothy showing the damage caused in the winter storm of 20132013-02-15T09:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/new-bothy-pages/2013-03-06T07:51:43+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/luibeg-bothy-pictures/2013-02-04T20:07:34+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/a-bridge-and-some-fences/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/040.jpg040The new fence. Since this photo was taken a gate has been put across the boardwalk.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/035-2.jpg035 (2)Unfettered. The woods south of the Black Bridge, no longer behind a fence.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/019.jpg019Look. No fence! Only the gate posts remain in this shot, nicely framing Carn a Mhaim.2014-03-02T21:57:09+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/photo-of-the-original-bob-scotts-bothy/2012-12-28T22:49:43+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/adam-watson-its-a-fine-day-for-the-hill/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/fine-day-for-hill.jpgFine day for hillIt's a Fine Day for the Hill, by Adam Watson2012-12-31T18:18:28+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/check-the-snowgates/2012-12-21T22:28:55+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/the-hutchie-and-hutch/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/a_hutchison1.jpgA_Hutchison2Arthur Hutchison, the man in whose memory the Hutchison Memorial Hut was built in 1954. He is pictured here in Colombia in 1949.2012-11-12T23:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/halloween-story/2015-11-02T21:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/bob-scotts-the-bothy-and-the-man/2012-10-08T10:41:53+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/curtains-for-the-hutchie/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0111.jpg011Volunteers at the final Hutchie workparty. Front row, from left: Kenny Freeman, project manager; Ian Shand, joint maintenance organiser; Dod Thompson. Back row, from left: John Frae Kent, Neil Reid, Dave Knowles, Kevin Campbell, Neil Findlay.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0031.jpg003Roofing sheets and insulation recovered from about half a mile downwind of the bothy after the storm.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0011.jpg001Domestic harmony: Dod Thompson and Ian 'Piper' Shand get the curtains ready to go up in the new Hutchie.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/014.jpg014The scene of crime. The Hutchison Memorial Hut2012-11-12T21:04:44+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/hutchison-renovation-pt-2/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0301.jpg030After a hard day's work Saturday was a quiet affair: a seat by the new stove, a couple of beers and an early nighthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/030.jpg030https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/029.jpg029The new storm porch takes shapehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0271.jpg027The flue is put in place - temporarilyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0261.jpg026Midge nets were now and then still essential PPE, even though they made vision a problemhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/019.jpg019Progress in closing in the new storm porchhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0102.jpg010Posers on the roof. MOs Lithgae Jim and Piper putting on new roofing sheetshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/006.jpg006The new see-through, double-glazed, opening windowhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/015.jpg015The Saltire flies above the Hutchie during the renovation2013-11-27T18:53:35+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/09/04/hutchison-hut-renovation-begins/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0381.jpg038(Nearly) all the tools and materials for the renovation, looking like more than the bothy could hold.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/038.jpg038https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/050.jpg050Neil Findlay spreading the concrete subfloor over the dampproof membranehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/049.jpg049Ian Shand mixes the 9000th load of cementhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0351.jpg035A load of timber arrives for the renovationhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/027.jpg027The midges on my hand gathered there in the time it took me to remove my glove, pick up the camera and shoot - about two seconds tops.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/026.jpg026The midges were so bad hoods were essential. Blow this pic up and you can see how thick they were.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0121.jpg012Excavating the earth floor to make room for the new concrete subfloorhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/0101.jpg010Ripping up the old floorboardshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/012.jpgHutchie - lowering the floorExcavating the earth floor to make room for the new concrete sub floor2012-09-29T10:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/blueskye-day-on-beinn-mheadhoin/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/038.jpgLoch EtchachanLooking down on Loch Etchachan, with Ben McDui behindhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/033.jpgShelter stone crag and Hell's LumLooking across to Carn Etchachan, the Shelter Stone Crag and Hell's Lum Crag from the summit plateau of Beinn Mheadhoinhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/030.jpgBeinn Mheadhoin - all the torsThe granite tors of Beinn Mheadhoin - a striking Cairngorm summithttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/026.jpgBeinn Mheadhoin summitGranite, ice, snow and a clear blue sky. Tops don't come much better.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/005.jpgCoire EtchachanLooking into Coire Etchachan from the Lairig an Laoigh path. I love the curves which are accentuated by the snow cover.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/002.jpgCoire an Lochan Uaine and Beinn MheadhoinBeinn Mheadhoin, on the right, uncharacteristically well-endowed with snow for mid May. On the left the cliffs above Lochan Uaine of Derry Cairngorm. As I was returning down the glen a large avalanche could be heard and seen at a mile's distance.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/019.jpgBeinn Mheadhoin summit torThe first sight of Beinn Mheadhoin's summit tor rising from the snow2012-06-15T15:06:02+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/garbh-choire-update/2012-05-22T04:19:58+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/support-for-the-garbh-choire-refuge/2012-05-14T21:08:50+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/foreign-holiday-aonach-eagach/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/096.jpg096The bold mountaineer, lazing in the sunshine in the Lost Valleyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/082.jpg082Duror Bothyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/070.jpg070Looking across to the Bidean massif from the western end of Aonach Eagachhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/035.jpg035Dave about to make a descent on Aonach Eagachhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/024.jpg024Looking west along the Aonach Eagach2012-03-29T08:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/why-save-the-garbh-choire-refuge/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/5-0512.jpg5-051The Garbh Choire Refugehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/5-0511-e1552221807692.jpg5-051The Garbh Choire Refuge - only offers the most basic shelter2012-05-23T19:51:47+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/the-bothies/corrour-bothy/gallery/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/015.jpgCorrour Bothy interior 3A rather crowded windowsill in Corrour. Unlike the old one, this window opens.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/013.jpgCorrour interior 2The sleeping platform in Corrour Bothy. Just out of the picture to the left is the storm porch inside the front door.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/011.jpgCorrour interior 1Inside the bothy, looking from the door towards the fireplace wallhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/0091.jpg009https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/009.jpgCorrour Bothy toilet interiorThe interior of the toilet. There are no 'dual sittings': only one seat is in use at any one time.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/004.jpgCorrour toilet, exteriorThe toilet extension from the south, showing the stone steps leading to the doorhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/001.jpgCorrour Bothy 1Corrour Bothy2016-11-10T21:25:10+00:00weekly0.6https://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/not-quite-climbing-again/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/037.jpgCoire EtchachanLooking across Glen Derry from Beinn Bhreac and into Coire Etchachanhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/024.jpgBob Scott's partySaturday night in Bob Scott'shttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/018.jpgDevil's PointFrom Sron Riach. looking over the ridge of Carn a Mhaim to the Devil's Point. (If you zoom in just right of the Devil's Point you can see a ptarmigan standing on a rock)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/016.jpgSun through cloudAs close as the sun came to breaking through, on our way along the tops of the cliffshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/014.jpgColin in the mist, Sputan DeargColin, just visible as he heads into the cloud and Narrow Gully. The last sighting until he came down the Main Spout to meet me.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/012.jpgColin in Sputan, below Narrow GullyColin is just visible in the centre of the picture, heading up towards Narrow Gully, hidden in the misthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/011.jpgSputan Dearg, looking southLooking back down the glenhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/009.jpgSputan in cloudA mountain appearing out of the misthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/005.jpgSputan in the cloudThe cloud moved in and out, at first, creating some great effectshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/001.jpgSputan Dearg 11.2.12Looking up Coire Sputan Dearg to see the tempting sunshine on the cliffs2014-08-21T23:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/back-again-with-a-new-page/2011-12-30T12:42:05+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/we-apologise-for-the-loss-of-service/2011-11-13T05:57:26+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/the-not-so-secret-howff/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/5-018.jpgCoire an Dubh Lochan campsiteOne reason you'll seldom find the Smith Winram busy: lightweight tents and the proximity of a beautiful pitch by the Dubh Lochanhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/5-016.jpgSmith Winram 2The largest fragment of the rockfall just outside the bivouac.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/5-015.jpgSmith-Winram-1The Smith Winram Bivouac: pokey inside, but not as pokey as you'd think from the outside.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/beinn_a_bhuird_2010_001.jpgbeinn_a_bhuird_2010_001The author inside the Smith Winram Bivouac on Beinn a Bhuird. Photo by Neil Findlay2020-06-05T16:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/08/16/return-to-the-secret-howff/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/5-010.jpgSecret Howff interiorThe interior of the Secret Howff, complete with dodgy wall ornament (the bird, not Walt)https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/5-009.jpgSecret Howff plaqueThe plaque in the Secret Howff naming the buildershttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/5-011.jpgSecret Howff 1The Secret Howff, still going strong2016-11-11T16:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/escape-from-the-fords-of-avon/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/5-110.jpgSinbad crossing the Derry BurnSinbad crossing the plank bridge over the Derry Burn. The undignified stance is due to the galeforce winds and an urge to stay alive.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/5-108.jpgGlas Alt Mor in spateThe torrent. This is where a couple of boulder hops normally take you across the Glas Alt Morhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/5-107.jpgPacking upDoncha just love packing up? Sunday morning at the Fords of Avon construction site.2014-08-22T09:16:18+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/cairn-toul-straight-up/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/5-027.jpgGarbh Choire Mhor and Garbh Choire DhaidhGarbh Choire Mhor (left) and Garbh Choire Dhaidh, showing the extent of snow remaining on July 2, 2011https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/5-023.jpgGarbh Choire MhorThe 'everlasting' snowbeds in Garbh Choire Mhor, July 2, 2011https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/5-029.jpgCairn Toul ridgeLooking across to the ascent route: those rocks are steeper than they look, but easyhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/5-010.jpgCairn Toul summit ridgeRidges converging. Near the top of the ridge, climbers can be seen coming up the normal routehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/5-006.jpgCairn Toul East Ridge of south topThe first of the scrambling: looking up the ridgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/5-002.jpgCairn Toul mossBeautiful win-coloured moss has overcome a stream on the way up to the Coire an-t Sabhail ridgehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/5-095.jpgCairn ToulCairn Toul. Corrour is visible just right of centre at the foot of the hill. The ridge in question is the straight, grey ridge, bounding the left side of the small hanging coire below the summit2011-07-12T20:40:36+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/off-the-path/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/5-0351.jpgCairn Toul and BraeriachLooking north to Cairn Toul and Braeriach from the west side of Carn a Mhaimhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/5-0371.jpgBeinn a GhloA long view of Beinn a Ghlo from near the top of Carn a Mhaimhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/5-035.jpgCairn Toul and BraeriachLooking north to Cairn Toul and Braeriachhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/5-037.jpgBeinn a GhloA long view of Beinn a Ghlo from the side of Carn a Mhaimhttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/5-022.jpgDevils PointThe Devil's Point, looking a wee bit like the Buachaille at first glancehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/5-018.jpgNeil Findlay on Carn a MhaimNeil Findlay on the way up Carn a Mhaim by one of the west face gullieshttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/5-029.jpgBy the Derry BurnA bleached tree stump beside the Derry Burn below Lochan Uainehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/5-033.jpgLochan Uaine of DerryLooking out over Lochan Uaine on Derry Cairngorm2011-06-26T11:43:30+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/garbh-choire-memories/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/new-pics-173.jpgBraeriach armchairArmchair viewing: a strange rock 'seat' on the east shoulder of Coire Bhrochain, with views across the Garbh Choire and down Glen Deehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/new-pics-159.jpgAngel's Ridge & Garbh Choire MhorGarbh Choire Mhor from the Lairig Ghru, with Garbh Choire Daidh on the right. Top left is Sgorr an Lochain Uaine, showing the magnificent Angel's Ridge on the skylinehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/new-pics-174.jpgGarbhChoire MhorLooking into Garbh Choire Mhor in May 2010, from the eastern shoulder of Coire Bhrochain2012-09-27T21:36:32+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/a-new-door-for-the-garbh-choire/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/5-055.jpgGarbh Choire Refuge 3The interior of the Garbh Choire Refugehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/5-054.jpgGarbh Choire Refuge 2A close-up of the new door at the Garbh Choire Refugehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/5-051.jpgGarbh Choire RefugeThe Garbh Choire Refuge, with the cliffs of Garbh Choire Mhor in the background2011-05-10T19:33:57+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/who-was-roger/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/picture-094.jpgRoger's Pond 2Another view of Roger's Pond from abovehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/picture-091.jpgRoger's PondRoger's Pond? The artificial lochan in Clais Fhearnaig2019-02-19T13:19:03+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/a-new-stove-for-bob-scotts-bothy/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-082.jpgBob Scott's ceilidh 4Hugh and Ricky making music in Bob Scott's.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-080.jpgBob Scott's ceilidh 3The torchlight troubador: Elaine Freeman at the evening ceilidh.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-075.jpgNew stove ceilidh 2Honest: these guys had a good night!https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-076.jpg5 076Making music in the evening.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-046.jpg5 046Sinbad (left), John Bygate (hidden) and Walt assembling the stove.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-042.jpg5 042Replacing the chimney pot at Bob Scott's: Neil Findlay on the roof, Walt on the way up and Stornoway Bill keeping them all grounded.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-058.jpg5 058Neil Findlay lights the first fire in the new stove at Bob Scott's2017-12-18T10:59:02+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/bootlegger-to-lumberjack-to-poacher/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/5-063.jpgDerry dam storyThe metal bridge at the Derry Dam. The mound above the middle of the bridge is one of the ends of Davidson's dam.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_0360.jpgGlen Derry in Winter 2Glen Derry in winter, from the slopes of Carn Crom. The flat floor of the glen, with the prominent river meanders, might once have been a huge loch.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/img_0359.jpgGlen Derry winterLooking down on Glen Derry in winter. The glacial dam can be seen towards the right, just before the trees.2011-03-21T22:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/winter-bivvy-no-goretex/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-073.jpgDeer bivvy 2One of the sleeping spots under the treehttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-0721.jpgDeer Bivvy 1Deer sleeping spots under a tree in the Derry Woods in the Cairngorms. It appears as though the deer have scraped the snow away before lying down.https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-072.jpgDeer bivvy 1Sleeping spots under a tree in the Derry Woods. It appears as though the deer have scraped the sites clear of snow before lying down.2011-03-21T18:03:59+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/fords-of-avon-refuge-to-be-refurbished/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/5-0091.jpgFords of Avon RefugeA rickle o' stanes: the Fords of Avon Refuge on a (very) dreich day.2011-03-08T23:18:22+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/63/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_0595.jpgSheilin' o' MarkSheilin' o' Mark bothy in the daylighthttps://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/img_1226.jpgClova hinterlandOne of the 'summits' in the featureless hill country between Glen Clova and Glen Muick - in daylight.2013-01-30T11:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/a-bounce-in-your-step-literally/2018-07-08T19:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/on-not-getting-avalanched/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/picture-0311.jpgRetreat from Central ChimneyIn full retreat from the first attempt on Central Chimney, in March 2010https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/picture-031.jpgRetreat from Central ChimneyIn full retreat from Central Chimney during the first attempt in March 20102011-02-14T19:08:13+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/living-on-the-edge/https://cairngormwanderer.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/picture-028.jpgCreagan a Coire EtchachanCreagan a Coire Etchachan. Quartzvein Edge goes up the left-hand side of The Bastion, at the left of the crag.2012-08-28T13:22:55+00:00monthlyhttps://cairngormwanderer.wordpress.comdaily1.02021-02-03T23:05:12+00:00