Rachel and Carlton
@cairngormless.bsky.social
In search of higher mountains, whiter snow and bluer skies…
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Trying to take a photo of Bear with his blue rope toy to send to his aunty. Bobbie thought otherwise…
September 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Trying to take a photo of Bear with his blue rope toy to send to his aunty. Bobbie thought otherwise…
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Bobbie and Bear have had a very busy day. Quickly becoming the very best of friends.
August 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Bobbie and Bear have had a very busy day. Quickly becoming the very best of friends.
Bobbie and The Bear. It’s gonna be fun! 😍
Bobbie the beautiful labradoodle is setting an excellent example for the newest member of the family. His name’s Bear. He’s got the biggest paws 😍. Two Very Good Dogs.
July 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Bobbie and The Bear. It’s gonna be fun! 😍
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Fodderletter Lum near Tomintoul in the Cairngorms National Park.
Not the remnants of a croft as I first thought, but a freestanding chimney that roadmen would have pulled their mobile wooden hut against before lighting a fire to keep warm.
#motosky #BMWR100GS
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Not the remnants of a croft as I first thought, but a freestanding chimney that roadmen would have pulled their mobile wooden hut against before lighting a fire to keep warm.
#motosky #BMWR100GS
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June 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Fodderletter Lum near Tomintoul in the Cairngorms National Park.
Not the remnants of a croft as I first thought, but a freestanding chimney that roadmen would have pulled their mobile wooden hut against before lighting a fire to keep warm.
#motosky #BMWR100GS
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Not the remnants of a croft as I first thought, but a freestanding chimney that roadmen would have pulled their mobile wooden hut against before lighting a fire to keep warm.
#motosky #BMWR100GS
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June 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
A snapshot of this morning's birds via Merlin Birds.
June 13, 2025 at 6:07 AM
A snapshot of this morning's birds via Merlin Birds.
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Pickled spruce tips.
I suspect this might be the sort of recipe middle-class halfwits like me do for the 'gram rather than to actually eat.
I suspect this might be the sort of recipe middle-class halfwits like me do for the 'gram rather than to actually eat.
June 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Pickled spruce tips.
I suspect this might be the sort of recipe middle-class halfwits like me do for the 'gram rather than to actually eat.
I suspect this might be the sort of recipe middle-class halfwits like me do for the 'gram rather than to actually eat.
The easy part was opening the gate so the hens could roam free. We suspect training Bobbie not to play with them might be more challenging!
June 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The easy part was opening the gate so the hens could roam free. We suspect training Bobbie not to play with them might be more challenging!
Possibly the most charming and funny seven minutes of your week. #cycling
May 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Possibly the most charming and funny seven minutes of your week. #cycling
Spent a very satisfying couple of hours uncovering the steps the professor laid.
Great slabs of stone, hidden for a decade or two under the lawn.
#theprofessorsgarden #Cairngorms
Great slabs of stone, hidden for a decade or two under the lawn.
#theprofessorsgarden #Cairngorms
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Spent a very satisfying couple of hours uncovering the steps the professor laid.
Great slabs of stone, hidden for a decade or two under the lawn.
#theprofessorsgarden #Cairngorms
Great slabs of stone, hidden for a decade or two under the lawn.
#theprofessorsgarden #Cairngorms
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Beautiful Bobbie too 😍
May 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Beautiful Bobbie too 😍
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A year ago today we came to see the house we now call home. When we got out of the car the first thing we heard was a cuckoo. A good day.
May 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A year ago today we came to see the house we now call home. When we got out of the car the first thing we heard was a cuckoo. A good day.
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May 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We could do with buying a new bed and mattress.
Curtains too, and an armchair.
So of course we bought a baby grand piano. 😁
Curtains too, and an armchair.
So of course we bought a baby grand piano. 😁
May 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We could do with buying a new bed and mattress.
Curtains too, and an armchair.
So of course we bought a baby grand piano. 😁
Curtains too, and an armchair.
So of course we bought a baby grand piano. 😁
Lots of fir, spruce and/or pine activity at the moment.
May 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Lots of fir, spruce and/or pine activity at the moment.
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Free this weekend? Pledge | Process | Planet, the debut exhibition from the new Cairngorms Creative Cooperative, features art that pushes boundaries and connects landscapes and community ⛰️ OPENSPACE Gallery, Grantown-on-Spey, 9am – 5pm #Cairngorms2030
May 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Free this weekend? Pledge | Process | Planet, the debut exhibition from the new Cairngorms Creative Cooperative, features art that pushes boundaries and connects landscapes and community ⛰️ OPENSPACE Gallery, Grantown-on-Spey, 9am – 5pm #Cairngorms2030
Bobbie doing one of her favourite things, walking along the drystone wall.
May 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Bobbie doing one of her favourite things, walking along the drystone wall.
"Nah, I'm good thanks. Just make the bed around me."
April 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"Nah, I'm good thanks. Just make the bed around me."
600ml of silver birch sap makes 2 teaspoons of syrup.
Tastes a bit like honey, but with a citrus edge.
Nice, but a lot of work - and it explains why maple syrup is so expensive!
Tastes a bit like honey, but with a citrus edge.
Nice, but a lot of work - and it explains why maple syrup is so expensive!
April 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
600ml of silver birch sap makes 2 teaspoons of syrup.
Tastes a bit like honey, but with a citrus edge.
Nice, but a lot of work - and it explains why maple syrup is so expensive!
Tastes a bit like honey, but with a citrus edge.
Nice, but a lot of work - and it explains why maple syrup is so expensive!
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Friday is BLOG DAY! 🥳This week Lotti writes about a busy day that she had back in early March, spending all day out in the hills herding reindeer!
www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk/2025/04/18/a...
www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk/2025/04/18/a...
A busy day on the hill
Yesterday was one of the best sorts of reindeer herding days, almost entirely spent on the hill. Me and Fiona were due to help Tilly in the middle of the day, so we set off early to find the reindeer ...
www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Friday is BLOG DAY! 🥳This week Lotti writes about a busy day that she had back in early March, spending all day out in the hills herding reindeer!
www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk/2025/04/18/a...
www.cairngormreindeer.co.uk/2025/04/18/a...
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While sled dogs can poop as they run, Bobbie can eat sheep poop as she runs, so the ford makes for a handy pitstop to wash it all down.
April 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
While sled dogs can poop as they run, Bobbie can eat sheep poop as she runs, so the ford makes for a handy pitstop to wash it all down.
This is simply wonderful. A tip of the hat to @racheldom.bsky.social for spotting it.
It's one of the greatest things I have ever seen.
This is high art
April 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is simply wonderful. A tip of the hat to @racheldom.bsky.social for spotting it.
Ridiculously warm again. So warm we've spotted two common lizards in the past couple of days, which is remarkable given the number of bloody pheasants around the place.
April 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Ridiculously warm again. So warm we've spotted two common lizards in the past couple of days, which is remarkable given the number of bloody pheasants around the place.
Late afternoon sun.
April 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Late afternoon sun.