Cairngorms National Park Authority
The People and The Mountains – Major HLF Award for Scotland’s National Parks
We are absolutely delighted to announce that The People and The Mountains project, a joint venture between the Cairngorms and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Parks, has been awarded significant funding from Heritage Lottery Fund. The 5 year project will restore and upgrade 77 miles of paths, provide training for young people and work with schools […]...
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 […]...
Trainee Blog 3 – Deer Fencing at Balmoral Estate
By Carly As part of COAT’s training programme the 8 trainees on the course have the chance to learn other skills alongside footpath work. After a welcome two week break we were all ready to check in at a lovely hostel in Ballater and spend the next two weeks learning how to construct deer fencing […]...
Trainee Blog 2- Creag Bheag
By Josh During an eight week period the team of trainees constructed an upland footpath on Creag Bheag which is situated just outside the village of Kingussie. Everyone was in good spirit as it would be our first official work site and the fact our office was outdoors with stunning views made everyone that little […]...
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 […]...
Welcome to our new Trainees
We are delighted to welcome our new trainees to COAT, they are Alex Brown, Amelie Sumpter, Carly Raines, Josh Lee, Matthew Rochester, Neil Banks, Ryan Ward and Sarah Lawther. Starting last week, they’ve hit the ground running and have already completed their induction, first aid and manual handling courses and are now carrying out footpath […]...
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 […]...
