tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post8385812034182769556..comments2024-03-27T21:31:59.376+00:00Comments on Chris Townsend Outdoors: In Praise of the CairngormsChris Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-66787000482191082112012-11-26T13:17:34.059+00:002012-11-26T13:17:34.059+00:00Thanks Chris, much appreciatedThanks Chris, much appreciatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-44955350213129765192012-11-23T00:36:12.505+00:002012-11-23T00:36:12.505+00:00If you're coming to the Cairngorms you could c...If you're coming to the Cairngorms you could camp in Glen Affric or, if the weather is fine, on the Cairngorm Plateau or the Moine Mhor. If you want to climb some peaks for a first visit I suggest Ben Macdui, Sgor Gaoith or Braeriach.Chris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-60468146804227972082012-11-22T14:59:23.710+00:002012-11-22T14:59:23.710+00:00Myself and my little bunch of happy campers are th...Myself and my little bunch of happy campers are thinking about taking a trip across the boarder next Sept to celebrate one of the guys 40th birthdays with a 2 night wild camp and hike in either Glencoe or the Cairngorms. Hoping for some truly unforgetable scenery and it seems almost criminal not to visit such amazing looking places when they are only a few hrs drive away. We don't know the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-33432019931967259102012-11-19T17:49:48.212+00:002012-11-19T17:49:48.212+00:00What's the rationale driving such a large deve...What's the rationale driving such a large development? I've looked at some of the online information and it doesn't look like an affordable homes for local people type of proposal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-45801461233195065072012-11-19T13:49:44.199+00:002012-11-19T13:49:44.199+00:00I think the Cairngorms National Park has helped wi...I think the Cairngorms National Park has helped with conservation, though of course it's not perfect and I agree the new town proposal is disgraceful. The Park Authority has rejected some housing plans though - I think there would be even more new housing without the park. The Park Authority also has a policy of no wind farms in the park - again I am sure some would have been proposed withoutChris Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04282926597863688874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7063908328061898266.post-34633329928078006432012-11-18T09:46:15.241+00:002012-11-18T09:46:15.241+00:00It's good indeed of National Geographic to lis...It's good indeed of National Geographic to list the Cairngorms as one of the 50 last great places in the world. Let's hope that will have an impact on the Allt Duine decision.<br /><br />I'm not quite sure how creating the Cairngorms National Park has helped though. Unless I'm getting things wrong, the Park is fully supporting the new town at Coylumbridge, all 1,500 homes of them!Andynoreply@blogger.com