Findhorn Beach

Our usual base when we’re up in the Cairngorms is close to Tomintoul, which not only makes accessing nearly all of the Cairngorms national park in less than an hour possible, but which is also…

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Ben Rinnes

A few years ago on a trip to the Cairngorms, we did a rather long, boggy hill walk on the Glenlivet Estate, which was mostly spent walking in a cloud. It wasn’t the most enjoyable…

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Randolph’s Leap

When we visited the Cairngorms at the start of July, I’d worried beforehand that it would be too hot for us to get out for long walks with the dogs. Given that this was the…

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Return to the Cairngorms

It feels like both five minutes and a lifetime since our trip to the Cairngorms at Christmas. Saying that we had a wonderful time feels insubstantial to describe how much we loved it there: and…

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Christmas in the Cairngorms

First off, I should confess that the title of this blog is a bit of a fib. We didn’t actually spend Christmas Day in the Cairngorms, heading up instead two days later and spending the…

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