Craigellachie National Nature Reserve

A walk on a grey day

21 January 2019 / Walking / Aviemore, Aviemore Orbital Path, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, iPhone photography, Photos 2019, Scotland, snow, walking

The Craigellachie National Nature Reserve is a short walk from the house here in Aviemore and is an excellent place for a walk on a cold damp day.

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Geocaching, Pokemon, coffee and cake.

13 August 2018 / Walking / Aviemore, Aviemore Orbital Path, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, walking

We went walking along the trails around Aviemore today.

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25 January 2018 / Photography / Aviemore, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Photos 2018, Scotland

The weather is a lot warmer now than it was last week, but there is still ice on the loch.

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Walking to the summit of Craigellachie

23 January 2017 / Walking / Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, iPhone photography, Scotland, walking

The day started off mild and sunny here, so taking advantage of the sun I headed up Craigellachie – which overlooks Scandinavian Village. It is a fairly straightforward walk, but most of it is up until you reach the “flatish” summit.

I also made a mistake, yesterday was not my coldest day. The summit and approaches were still frozen and icy, add the wind chill from the strong steady wind and it was several degrees below zero. But sunny.

One benefit of a sub-zero summit was that the boggy, muddy path was frozen so no wet and muddy boots on my return.

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The Cairngorm Mountains from Craigellachie

23 January 2017 / Photography / Aviemore, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, iPhone photography, Photos 2017, Scandinavian Village, walking

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Walking and Geocaching

14 August 2016 / Outdoor Gear, Walking / Alpkit, Alpkit Kraku, Aviemore, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Geocaching, lightweight walking, Scotland, walking

I headed out for a couple of miles walking today. The Craigellachie National Nature Reserve is a few minutes away from the timeshare so it is a regular destination when I do not want to get the car out. The plan was to walk a bit then find somewhere to make a brew, eat my lunch and read.

A few years back the boys and I used to go geocaching a lot. Then we stopped – the boys grew up and I started walking more on my own again and did not need the incentive of looking for a cache to get out and about. Now with both of them off looking for Pokemon – did I mention that they had grown up – I thought I would go and start searching for caches again.

Found it!

Gear

Lunch using my Alpkit minimalist lightweight cookset

Lightweight Sea to Summit pack
Map and compass
Rain jacket and bush hat
Lunch
Backpacking cooking set
1l water
Sit mat – pads the back of the pack
Swiss Army Knife

Long sleeved lightweight shirt
Crag Hopper long trousers
Karrimor hiking shoes with Bridgedale hiking socks

Pocket first aid kit, pack of tissues, whistle, space blanket, length of cord, four large safety pins, glucose tablets
Head lamp
Emergency power pack for my smartphone
Lightweight roll up jumper, fleece hat and gloves

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Today’s photo and some extra Scotland photos

24 January 2016 / Photography / Aviemore, Cairngorm Mountains, Cairngorms National Park, coffee, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, ice, Loch Morlich, outdoor gear, Photos 2016, Scandinavian Village, Scotland, snow

Something from the garden today – I have gear and equipment to clean and sort today, it is too wet and gray to get the MX-5 out and I have Octagon work to organise for the coming week.