Tag Archives: MBA

Covid Dreams 12: The A Team

Posted on May 3, 2020 by cairngormwanderer

After a few landscape photos, a nice cheery one of my mates. These guys are the A Team – some of it anyway – the core of the Eastern area of the MBA and the Friends of Bob Scott’s, who … Continue reading →

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New toilets for Corrour

Posted on September 11, 2018 by cairngormwanderer

Following extensive work over the first two weekends in September, the toilet at Corrour Bothy – closed since the end of June – has now been reopened. Other than that the number of seats has been doubled to four, and … Continue reading →

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Glas Allt Sheil refurbishment completed

Posted on November 28, 2017 by cairngormwanderer

After a third weekend work party, MBA members have completed a major refurbishment of Glas Allt Sheil bothy near the western end of Loch Muick. A good turnout of volunteers at the final work party at the weekend there included … Continue reading →

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50 years in the Cairngorms

Posted on August 27, 2017 by cairngormwanderer

It was  an inauspicious start: 1967, nine years old and chasing my brother through the heather. Suddenly I was doing a Wiley E Coyote impression, feet windmilling through the air as I fell into a gravel quarry at the side … Continue reading →

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Hotting it up at Glas Allt Sheil

Posted on May 18, 2017 by cairngormwanderer

Partnership working seems all the rage these days, and last weekend up Loch Muick was a great example. The bothy at Glas Allt Sheil – the one in an outhouse of the Queen’s big picnic hoose – is officially looked … Continue reading →

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Lochnagar… almost

Posted on April 21, 2016 by cairngormwanderer

The great thing about heading for the hills is that even your failures can turn in great days. Last weekend I was bound for Lochnagar, to the Gelder Shiel for the area meeting of the MBA. You’ll all be absolutely … Continue reading →

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Bothy Life – countdown

Posted on December 1, 2015 by cairngormwanderer

Just a very brief post from a far flung outpost of the Cairngorms where the internet is frustratingly slow. For anyone who hasn’t already heard via Facebook, BBC Scotland will shortly be showing an hour-long documentary about bothies in Scotland. … Continue reading →

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Plans approved for Feshie Bothy renovation

Posted on November 13, 2015 by cairngormwanderer

As of the start of September 2016, work has now started and the bothy will be closed until further notice – although it is expected it will be completed by the end of the month. Please don’t make any plans … Continue reading →

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A make-over for Callater Bothy

Posted on September 8, 2015 by cairngormwanderer

It’s been said – and with some cause – that a bothy without a fire is just a shed. Well Callater Bothy may not have a fire yet, but it’s looking considerably more welcoming after this weekend. Callater Bothy, sitting … Continue reading →

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Work and wildlife in the Cairngorms

Posted on April 25, 2015 by cairngormwanderer

When you walk in to the woods and sit with your back to a tree and don’t move for, oh, maybe half an hour or more… sometimes you still see nothing. The wildlife, as ever, runs to its own timetable. … Continue reading →

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