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Tag: Cairngorms

Up and Down Days, Part Eight: Commitment
Art, Painting, Prose, Writing

Up and Down Days, Part Eight: Commitment

“…one never quite knows the mountain, nor oneself in relation to it.” “One walks among elementals, and elementals are not … Continue reading Up and Down Days, Part Eight: Commitment

Up and Down Days, Part Four: Cold Mountain
Painting, Prose, Writing

Up and Down Days, Part Four: Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain’s full of strange sights Men who go there end by being scared. Water glints and gleams in the … Continue reading Up and Down Days, Part Four: Cold Mountain

Poetry

The Silence of the Birds

In June, 1960, a group of Moray House students from Edinburgh University went on a week’s field trip to Glenmore … Continue reading The Silence of the Birds

Hillwalking, Landscape, Photography, Prose, Writing

A Winter Camp in the Cairngorms

The night was cold but still as we left the Sugarbowl, crossing the rushing Allt Mor in darkness. Nothing stirred … Continue reading A Winter Camp in the Cairngorms

Hillwalking, Writing

Connecting with the Mountains – A Personal Journey

“Traditionally approached from either Speyside in the north or Deeside in the south, I would not have to think too … Continue reading Connecting with the Mountains – A Personal Journey

Landscape, Photography, Prose, Writing

Adventures in Miniature

No no nooooo! Arms windmilling wildly, I pull my left foot out of the thick goopy bog and try to … Continue reading Adventures in Miniature

Landscape, Photography, Writing

Today Was a Gift

A few days ago the first snows of winter arrived on the mountains. There was a hard edged clarity of … Continue reading Today Was a Gift

Hillwalking, Landscape, Photography

A Glorious Cairngorms Trip Above The Clouds

Sometimes tiny details in the weather forecast are worth pursuing. Towards the end of last week the gloomy outlook was … Continue reading A Glorious Cairngorms Trip Above The Clouds

Art, Painting

Fishing Rods and Paintbrushes

My elder son is now old enough that I can take him out on a boat and share one of … Continue reading Fishing Rods and Paintbrushes

Prose, Wild Swimming, Writing

Swimming High in the Cairngorms

The Cairngorms National Park is a wild swimmer’s paradise. Famous for having some of the cleanest rivers in Europe, as … Continue reading Swimming High in the Cairngorms

Landscape, Long Form, Prose

Come Further Up, Come Further In

“Over the garden fence, behind the railway and the cherry trees, the Cairngorms are waiting. They should be more than a mere background to life.” Continue reading Come Further Up, Come Further In

Craft, Music

Woods, Wood and Woodwork.

If I source, cut, split and stack wood myself, I feel I’ve earned the right to be warm in winter.  … Continue reading Woods, Wood and Woodwork.

The Elder has Flowered!
Blog, Music, Video

The Elder has Flowered!

Another magical tree of the Scottish Highlands, the elder has just come into bloom in Strathspey. Elder is represented by … Continue reading The Elder has Flowered!

The Whirlpool
Music, Video

The Whirlpool

Looping, Eddies & Pictish Words Writing about your creations and how they connect with nature inevitably throws up some unusual, specialist … Continue reading The Whirlpool

‘The Woods’ Video – A Collaboration between David and Hamish
Music, Video

‘The Woods’ Video – A Collaboration between David and Hamish

This is where it all began, the first collaboration between David and Hamish on Hamish’s latest album – The Woods. Continue reading ‘The Woods’ Video – A Collaboration between David and Hamish

Wood and Water: A Passion Project from the Caledonian Forest
Video

Wood and Water: A Passion Project from the Caledonian Forest

Over the course of a year I collected footage from the Caledonian Forest of the Cairngorms National Park to compile into a short film. I wanted to show the unbelievable diverse beauty of Scotland’s ancient woodlands, in every season and type of weather. Continue reading Wood and Water: A Passion Project from the Caledonian Forest

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