Staff away days can be notorious for press-ganging resistant folk through ‘team-building’ exercises like tying Betty from accounts to intern Joey’s back and asking them …
Category: Landscape and Nature
Posted on 26th April, 2019
The Long Flight Home
Mark Denman with a Grey Jay in Grand Teton National Park Of all the bird books and field guides lying around my house, the one …
Posted on 5th April, 2019
Lambing Snows
It is the beginning of April and, here in the Cairngorms, the beginning of lambing. Everyone up here knows about the notorious ‘lambing snows’: that …
Posted on 29th March, 2019
The Nature Writer & The Big Surprise
When I arrive at Speyside High School the welcome from Lesley Williamson, Head of English is warm, though a little surprised. She confesses with a …
Posted on 22nd March, 2019
The Cairngorms Lyric is Born
Atop the cnoc, the moon is new And scooping swifts adorn The inky blue. Catriona
Posted on 8th March, 2019
Destination Unknown
Driving to the first workshop of the year-long Shared Stories: A Year in the Cairngorms Project I was feeling bleak. It shouldn’t be that way …
Posted on 1st March, 2019
Doggy Don’t
This week’s post is not pretty. It doesn’t feature wildlife guides, dignified gentlemen in evening light or gorgeous children. Sorry to disappoint, but there are …
Posted on 22nd February, 2019
Wonder
“Can I throw her stick?” cries my godson J, careering down the path ahead of me with our golden retriever, Sileas, who got her Gaelic …
Posted on 14th February, 2019
Goldenacre
The view from Goldenacre looks out across Loch Insh to the Feshie hills beyond. John Anderson, who is nearly 80, serves me tea and Victoria …