How nature has colonised my notebooks as I’ve learnt more about the landscape and wildlife of the Cairngorms. A journey into observation.
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Posted on 26th April, 2021
The Ospreys are Back!
The ospreys are back! It’s that exciting time of year in the Cairngorms when some of our most iconic species return for their summer breeding …
Posted on 15th March, 2021
The Winter that Was
Here in the Cairngorms, Winter has put on quite the show. I know it might not be over. There is probably more snow and ice …
Posted on 8th February, 2021
The Cobbler Code
It started well. The party included my new husband, Alistair, and three friends, all experienced climbers. I was the only newbie but, hey, I’d grown …
Posted on 11th January, 2021
Winter Canoe
It was one of those lost days between Christmas and New Year when we should have been travelling home from family in Yorkshire but had …
Posted on 14th December, 2020
Broken Bread – The Story of a Story
The regulars were arriving for their slap-up Christmas dinner. Some faces glowing, others uncertain and sad. Damp coats steaming on the hooks above the radiator. …
Posted on 17th November, 2020
Festival of Light in Kathmandu
Millions of people around the world are celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Light, and it always takes me back to South Asia where I was …
Posted on 26th October, 2020
October in the Cairngorms
“October is the coloured month,” Nan Shepherd wrote in The Living Mountain her now-celebrated account of her relationship with the Cairngorm range of Scotland. Here, …
Posted on 14th October, 2020
Two-Book Deal For Merryn Glover’s Cairngorms
Friends and faithful readers of Writing the Way, I cannot tell you how happy I am to share this news with you. Below is today’s …