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Continue reading →: Cairngorms: A Secret History by Patrick Baker
Book Review – Cairngorms: A Secret History by Patrick Baker I very much enjoyed Baker’s more recent book, [book:The Unremembered Places: Exploring Scotland’s Wild Histories|53403479], and read this, and enjoyed it almost as much, while in the eastern Cairngorms. He manages to balance his own adventure, with the nature, history…
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Continue reading →: Day 44 – At BraemarDay 44 – At Braemar Tuesday 8th June ‘Who is the third that walks beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together.’ TS Eliot – The Wasteland In these hills, a giant, yeti-like creature, stalks the hillside, often in conditions of mist and snow. He is…
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Continue reading →: Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn
Book Review – Islands of Abandonment by Cal Flyn This is a very informative piece of writing. The places Flyn visits, while possessed of an eerie attractiveness, are hardly beauty spots, in her series of visits she investigates the ecological impact of human activity on each location and to what…
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Continue reading →: Day 43 – To BraemarDay 43 – To Braemar Monday 7th June Just a handful of miles south, meandering around the National Park, to Braemar, with a stop for some exercise at the Invercauld Estate. A bit of height gained, and the result is excellent views over the big hills of the Cairngorms, notably…
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Continue reading →: Day 42 – At TomintoulDay 42 – At Tomintoul Sunday 6th June I spent most of the day on the bike in the Glenlivet Estate riding partly on what is known as the Smugglers’ Trail. Glenlivet is the oldest distillery. There had been illegal distilleries in the area in the 1700s but the first…
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Continue reading →: Day 41 – At TomintoulDay 41 – At Tomintoul Saturday 5th June The Bowling Club car park offers 8 quite spaced apart pitches. When I’d arrived yesterday afternoon I was the only one, but a few other larger motorhomes turned up later in the afternoon. One of the pitches was occupied by a Transporter…
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Continue reading →: Day 40 – To TomintoulDay 40 – To Tomintoul Friday 4th June I needed to go into Inverness for some dog food, fuel and a check of the crank (bike). All were achieved with no fuss. I had a click on the pedal and had left my pedal spanner and crank tool at home.…
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Continue reading →: Day 39 – To Culbokie, Black IsleDay 39 – To Culbokie, Black Isle Thursday 3rd June The mission for the morning was to ride through Alladale to Dearnich Lodge. The track is part of the Highland 550, but the real attraction is that it passes through the Alladale Wilderness Reserve, which has been relatively recently formed…
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Continue reading →: Day 38 – To Bonar BridgeDay 38 – To Bonar Bridge Wednesday 2nd June Another day another deserted beach. This time at Waulkmill. I was recommended to visit the OrkneyInga Saga exhibition at Orphir, but it was closed for the day.. At the moment it’s all run by the local community. It’s at the site…
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Continue reading →: Day 37 – To KirkwallDay 37 – To Kirkwall Tuesday 1st June I lingered at the Sands of Wright this morning as I had it completely to myself and the mist had cleared. There was a strong southerly wind that blew the sand around a bit, but it was a fine morning. Just after…
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Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
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