Tag Archives: Glen Derry

Covid Dreams 14: Light in Glen Derry

Posted on May 6, 2020 by cairngormwanderer

I love the light in this photograph: the clarity of the air, the glow of the sunlit pines; in the distance, the cloud thinning and lifting to reveal a first dusting of snow on the tops, the sun catching the … Continue reading →

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Walking through the (ice) ages

Posted on May 17, 2018 by cairngormwanderer

How far did the Devil’s Point stretch? It’s an odd question, but one that occurred to me one day as I sat on the side of Ben MacDui looking across Glen Dee at the rocky face of Bod an Deamhain, … Continue reading →

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Derry Dam bridge closed

Posted on June 20, 2017 by cairngormwanderer

Mar Lodge Estate announced on Facebook today that the metal footbridge at Derry Dam in Glen Derry (NO 039958) is closed due to flood damage. There are no further details at the moment but it’s likely that the problem lies … Continue reading →

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‘Extreme’ bothy maintenance

Posted on March 8, 2015 by cairngormwanderer

Just back from a wee trip to the Hutchison Memorial Hut with Neil Findlay for some ‘extreme bothy maintenance’. Neil and Walt had gone out a couple of weekend back to fix the door handle, only to find once they … Continue reading →

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Cairngorms August 11 flood round-up

Posted on August 17, 2014 by cairngormwanderer

Just spent the weekend up at Bob Scott’s Bothy and touring the area to see what damage has been done by Monday’s flood (August 11th). Started off on Saturday morning fording the Derry Burn, where the bridge has been swept … Continue reading →

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Two gullies, two Munros, two white-outs = great weekend.

Posted on February 24, 2013 by cairngormwanderer

What a cracking weekend! Just got back from the Cairngorms and two cracking climbing days. Friday night was a slithery cycle into Bob Scott’s with panniers full of coal, only to find the place empty, but a good book passed … Continue reading →

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Bluesky day on Beinn Mheadhoin

Posted on May 22, 2012 by cairngormwanderer

Sometimes it feels this blog is becoming a single issue affair, with the proportion of posts about the Garbh Choire. But I do now and then get out and about, and a recent trip up Glen Derry led to a … Continue reading →

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Escape from the Fords of Avon

Posted on August 28, 2011 by cairngormwanderer

I was going to write something about the replacement of the Fords of Avon Refuge which went on at the weekend. But that’ll have to wait until I’ve dried out. With work on the new hut all but finished by … Continue reading →

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Off the path

Posted on June 15, 2011 by cairngormwanderer

It’s nice to indulge in a whim now and then. Most times I go out on a walk I pretty much know where I’m going before I start, but now and then it’s good just to forget about route-planning and … Continue reading →

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Bootlegger to lumberjack to poacher

Posted on February 27, 2011 by cairngormwanderer

A tale of the two Derry Dams Take a walk up Glen Derry in the Cairngorms sometime. Pass Derry Lodge and veer right at the wee wooden bridge. Follow the footpath through some of the most beautiful pine woods in … Continue reading →

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