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andrewsadventures  > 2011 > Cairngorms, Scotland, in April.
After slaving for weeks on a top secret project, finally it was time to escape for Easter. After 90 mins sleep we gathered our gear and laptop and headed for the train. We planned to head for the wilds of Northern Scotland, working all the way there on the train. Unfortunately, however, a few thousand other Londoners appeared to have the same idea, meaning that work continued at our wilderness destination. Glenmore Lodge in the heart of the Cairngorm Mountains is the UKs premier outdoor training centre. I was in heaven...
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The next morning, we headed up the mountain. It was odd to discover a snow-board competition, albeit a small one, when people were all over the beaches in 26 C London. Amazing to think it's all here in the same Kingdom.
We left the ski resort and headed higher.
Finally, after blundering around in the fog, we found the summit of Mt Cairngorm at 1,244 m. We initially missed it by about 30 m. The view was not the best, and it was bloody cold! About 3 C max, and we'd forgotten our gloves/warm gear in the rush to leave the London heat wave.
However, I really wanted to get beyond Mt Cairngorm and its ski resort into the unknown wilderness of the main range, beyond.
Finally, we made it.
Cairn Lochan JdeB
Gairngorm Lodge was full of awesome pics of their outdoor course participants and the mountains. This one shows the same location, in winter.
Then, you need skies to get very far.
In spring the snow had melted from most, but not all of the ranges. We overheard an old guide say there were places where the snow had never melted, and others where it was melting for the first time known, revealing frozen flora and fauna now extinct. Global warming working its evil magic - or rather, humankind.
The next morning, we headed up the mountain. It was odd to discover a snow-board competition, albeit a small one, when people were all over the beaches in 26 C London. Amazing to think it's all here in the same Kingdom.
The next morning, we headed up the mountain. It was odd to discover a snow-board competition, albeit a small one, when people were all over the beaches in 26 C London. Amazing to think it's all here in the same Kingdom.
The next morning, we headed up the mountain. It was odd to discover a snow-board competition, albeit a small one, when people were all over the beaches in 26 C London. Amazing to think it's all here in the same Kingdom.
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