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Category: Cairngorms

By Rachel M Posted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

An Lochan Uaine and the BMW i3

I managed to tick swimming in An Lochan Uaine (green loch) off my bucket list today. It’s an emerald-coloured lochan with a sandy beach about 5 miles from Aviemore. It’s … Continue reading An Lochan Uaine and the BMW i3

Categories: Cairngorms, Journal, Photos, Scotland, TravelTags: An Lochan Uaine, Aviemore, BMW i3, Cairngorms, electric car, green loch, wild swimming
By Rachel M Posted on February 1, 2015February 2, 2015

Cairngorm Mountain, Aviemore

We awoke today to the loveliest day I’ve ever seen. It snowed overnight, so there was a fresh coating of the powdery stuff everywhere, and then the sun came out … Continue reading Cairngorm Mountain, Aviemore

Categories: Cairngorms, Photos, ScotlandTags: Aviemore, Cairngorm Mountain, Cairngorms, photos, snow, trains
By Rachel M Posted on January 31, 2015January 31, 2015

Aviemore, Scotland

Snows transforms the outside into one giant playground. Every hill becomes a slippery slide, every twig a potential arm for a snowman, and every flake of snow a potential snowball … Continue reading Aviemore, Scotland

Categories: Cairngorms, Photos, ScotlandTags: Aviemore, Cairngorms, photos, Scotland, sledging, snow, snowing
By Rachel M Posted on January 30, 2015

The train to Aviemore

We’re spending the weekend in Aviemore in the Cairngorms and I’m writing this from the train. Oh, how I love trains, even all the bad things like when the people … Continue reading The train to Aviemore

Categories: CairngormsTags: Aviemore, Cairngorms, Scotland, train, trains, transport
By Rachel M Posted on December 27, 2014January 17, 2015

Ballater in the snow

It snowed this morning in Ballater. I was ecstatic. An Australian in the snow is a bit like a puppy with a smelly leather shoe to chew. Ben was less … Continue reading Ballater in the snow

Categories: CairngormsTags: Ballater, Cairngorms, golf, Highlands, MacKay clan, River Dee, Scotland, snow
By Rachel M Posted on December 25, 2014December 25, 2014

Christmas in the Cairngorms

Christmas Day in the Scottish Cairngorms looks like this: Lots of people said to me before we moved here that we’d be shocked by the number of people and the … Continue reading Christmas in the Cairngorms

Categories: Ballater, Braemar, Cairngorms, Photos, ScotlandTags: photos

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