Cairngorms National Park
Walking to Health at the Scottish Parliament
The Cairngorms Outdoor Access Trust (COAT) was recently invited by Scottish Natural Heritage to have a Cairngorms Walking to Health stand at the Scottish Parliament for a Scotland Outdoors ‘Our Natural health service’ event. A number of outdoor organisations promoting Health and Wellbeing across Scotland attended the event to highlight and discuss their initiatives with […]...
NEW WALKING GROUP IN TOMINTOUL!
NEW WALKING GROUP IN TOMINTOUL! “Do you ever fancy going for a safe led walk, but you don’t have anyone to go with, or perhaps you don’t really want to walk alone, and you’re not sure where to go. Well, maybe the NEW Tomintoul Friday Walking Group is for you! We meet every Friday morning […]...
Trainee Blog 4 – A Day on the Hill
By Ryan The course provided by COAT is a one of a kind experience in my opinion. It has given and is still giving the team and I an experience that will be with us all forever. Building these paths in the hills just can’t be beaten in my eyes, what with the ridiculously beautiful […]...
Cave of the Raits and other Stories
Today saw the filming of the Cave of the Raits, on location at the Souterrain at Lynchat and the Croft House at the Highland Folk Museum. It tells the story of the McNivens who built a cottage over the souterrain which was used as a hideout as they carried out a series of daring cattle […]...
New Volunteers Adopting Paths in the Cairngorms
Welcome to our 10 new Path Adopters and welcome back to three existing volunteers who attended 3 training days on CairnGorm Mountain Ltd and Mar Lodge Estate during May and June. Three excellent days out on the hill with enough time to discuss path condition surveying as well as appreciate the flora and fauna of the areas.Thanks to Nic Bullivant, Peter […]...
Remote Accommodation System at Lairig and Laoigh
Today saw they deployment of the RAS at Lairig an Laoigh. After a less than promising start with harr and hill fog preventing the helicopters from flying in the morning, we did, infact, get the whole system flown out. We were also visited by two of the funders of the Cairngorms Mountain Heritage Project. Audrey […]...
Filming the Stories of the Cairngorms
Call for Archive Photos / Footage We are producing 6 audio visual podcasts that will tell the Stories of the Cairngorms. There are many hundreds of stories and legends but these have been narrowed down to six stories which encompass the broad themes of Journeys, Working and Legends. Some of the stories relate to Cairngorms traditions […]...
Trainee Blog 1 – The Beginning
By Amelie The course began with a day of paperwork, eight trainees sitting around a table piled high with forms and folders and cups of tea. All excited to be there and eager to get out into the hills we got all the boring stuff out of the way in time to spend the last […]...
Remote Cabins heading for Lairig an Laoigh
Received the excellent news that we have been granted Planning Permission to site the cabins on Lairig an Laoigh. So the generators been serviced, the cabins have been maintained over at Mar Lodge Estate and Gordon’s bought a new tattie masher for the kitchen …… I think we’re all set! Fingers crossed for good flying weather […]...
Trainees Tackle Maintenance on Meall a Bhuachaille
The Trainees took to the heights of Meall a Bhuachaille to learn all about path maintenance and why its one of the key factors in path construction. They learned how to clean out waterbars, cross drains and make sure all ditching was all clear from any debris.They were also taught how to rebuild the 7 waterbars that […]...
