1. 2010

Cairngorms, Scotland, in March.

After many tedious weeks, Jasmijn successfully reached a half-way point in her research about the uptake of alternatives to animal experiments; and so we headed to the Cairngorms for a 3 day break. They're accessible by train (8 hours from London), thereby minimising carbon emissions, and the coldest winter for decades promised outstanding snow. Day 1 was spent falling from snowboards in ungainly heaps. On Day 2 we enthusiastically abandoned the boards, donned skies, and hiked to the top of Cairn Gorm mountain. On Day 3 we hiked 20 km along snowy forest trails.
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    This castle may be impregnable within its lake most winters, but not this time. Footprint trails led out to it, but unfortunately the hot day was melting the ice. And so Jasmijn successfully managed to restrain me on dry land, with renewed determination to revisit as many Scottish loch-bound castles as possible, the next rare occasion that the ice freezes solid.
    A well-deserved vegan dinner at the Indian restuarant in Aviemore - heart of Scottish winter mountaineering.