From the comfort of my sofa in a warm living room, I have just booked myself onto my first ever mountain winter skills course. It …
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Posted on 12th December, 2019
A Year in the Cairngorms in Five Words
…Grant, Will, Kate, Nancy, Emma, Lucy, several Jackies (several spellings) and many more, I’m sure. (I’m sorry for missing anyone!) Most of all, my thanks …
Posted on 5th December, 2019
Anthology Launch & Celebration
…Park, by donation to The Cairngorms Trust. And for those who don’t have a copy yet, here’s my …
Posted on 21st November, 2019
Wonder of Wonders
…pocket and confessed she’d scribbled some Cairngorms Lyrics, too. (And for those who don’t know Doric, the translation is below.) It’s nae the pine I’ll …
Posted on 14th November, 2019
Having Words with the Non-Writers
Though the Glen Tanar Health Walk group love where they walk and were very happy to have me join them, it was made clear that …
Posted on 14th November, 2019
Having Words with the Non-Writers
Though the Glen Tanar Health Walk group love where they walk and were very happy to have me join them, it was made clear that …
Posted on 8th November, 2019
Hope for the Cairngorms
What is your hope for the Cairngorms? It’s a question I put to the audience at a talk I gave last month in Inverness. I …
Posted on 3rd October, 2019
National Poetry Day in the Cairngorms
…today’s walk we did talk, talk, talk Reading ‘On Today’s Walk’ Why not try it with your own group, whether on a family holiday, with …
Posted on 9th September, 2019
Walking Together for Health
It was quiet when I arrived at the edge of Anagach woods, sunlight filtering down through giant trees, a soft breeze shifting the leaves. Gradually, …