The past few days we have been enjoying the Cairngorms. To most folk the Cairngorms mean mountains – and indeed it is a fine range with many of Scotland’s highest mountains and on top a tundra upland. But it is also the land of Lochs…some small, some very large. It is also an area of Forest with names like Rothiemurchus and Abernethy where there are still stands of of ancient Caledonian Pines. So join us on a quick trip round these forests and also the Lochs of Garten, Morlich, Ghamhna and Loch an Eilein…..
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We have been in some remote places over the past few weeks. Mobile signal and links to the web have been spasmodic at times. At the moment we have a reasonable signal so I am looking forward to catch up with your blogs that I enjoy following….but if postings appear sparse please excuse the gaps!
22nd May
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Very nice trees and lakes, or maybe these are lochs. 🙂
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Definitely NOT locks!!! Best wishes
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Wonderful, David!
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Thank you for the tramp through these primeval trees and lochs 🙂
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I hope you are having a nice break in the Scottish highlands love from Julia xx Sent from my Hudl
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What a beautiful area! I know what a cairn is, but gorms? Any insight here, please?
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Cairn Gorm is the ‘Gaelic’ name of one of the highest mountains in this range. The Gorm translates into Blue…i.e. Blue Hill. In recent times the name has been bastardised to Caingorms and adopted as the name for the whole range of mountains. To complicate matters the original Gaelic name for the range is ‘Am Monadh Ruadh’ which translates to The Red Mountains……Simple you see!!!!
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