Getting about in the hills on foot and by cycle.

 The Dava Way follows an abandoned railway track from Grantown on Spey down to Forres. Having parked up near to the bridge over the river Spey we cycled into Grantown and passed by the Camping Site to reach an under bridge to then engage with the route.  The trains that operated on the track here were in operation until the savage cuts to rail services in the mid sixties. As far as I know the service from here to Forres was the only available way at that time in the eighteen hundreds to get to both Inverness or to Aberdeen?  The later service beyond Aviemore to get to Inverness directly must have affected what happened to passenger numbers on this service. Typical travel on the old track now overgrown and producing a tunnel to cycle through. Looking down on the gatehouse to the old Grant Estate from the Dava Way, on a bridge, that crosses the road into Grantown on Spey. Marif beside the gate used by the Estate Laird to gain access to the train service. The gatehouse to th...

  A Sunday walk on our local hill above Kincraig . Up from the Wildlife Park entrance past a farm bothy. A Suidhe come into view from the farm track at this time of the year used for getting feed out to animals. In the middle distance the hills above Glenmore....Craiggowrie, Creagan Gorm and Meall a'Bhuachaille. Yummicking through the snow on the lower slopes, Outlook to Loch Insh, partially frozen over, and to the Sgorans that are obscured by the clouds. Summit cairn.          The summit area....An Suidhe seems to translate as The Seat. Image taken on the 1st of January. On descent passing the animal scratchings for food in a tough environment. Into February when the snow build up was deeper. Skiing down became possible. The Sgorans, the westerly Cairngorms, an image taken on the 8th, of January.  A few images from the a week ago taken on the edge of the Cairngorm Plateau. A couple of the Northern Coires with the crags of both Sgoran Dubh Mor and Sgor...

A Few of the Sgorans range of hills above Glen Feshie. First hillwalking trip after the halt on account of the Virus. An area of the Cairngorms on the Western fringe of the National Park well the part of the Park that contains what we know of as the Cairngorm hills. I left my motor at the Allt Ruadh parking area just managing to Squeeze in beside another twelve vehicles. Using the good path up from the area I left the path just before the ford crossing of the Allt Coire na Cloiche and headed up to the high point on pleasant vegetation. Although there was the possibility of coming across at least 25 or so folks on the hills in fact in such a large expanse of terrain during the day humanity became just specs on the distant paths with only occasional meetings with folks on the same itinerary as me but doing the walking in the reverse direction.                                         ...