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Pete Crane
@petecrane.bsky.social
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Stravaiging & posting about Scotland's great outdoors, ancient & modern, & other stuff .. inc life in the #Cairngorms

Director Mountaineering Scotland & MBA vmo
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There's enjoyment to be found up there: "the hills themselves lack interest but this walk gives a real feeling of space" @walkhighlands.co.uk .... well for us anyway a couple of years ago.
November 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Our eight hours of daylight in the #Cairngorms coming to a colourful end ... tonight's #sunset over the Old Kirk, Nethy Bridge.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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James Hamilton Maxwell died, aged 22, at Ypres in 1915 - two lasting tributes from his parents were to open a nursery in Edinburgh where he grew up & this 'hidden' #Cairngorms memorial where he 'loved these hills' Photo taken today … #RemembranceDay
A memorial stone standing in an opening in Scots pine woodland.
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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A tomb with a view …. Avielochan Clava Cairn looking down the passage to the #Cairngorms (on a clear day) #TombTuesday

Location & more pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
In the front of the picture is a circular, stone walled, burial chamber with a walled passage leading out. A bridge over the nearby railway is in the background with cloud covered mountains beyond.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Colourful start to the day ....this morning's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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A circle of beauty; the kerb stones of Aviemore Clava …. One of five cairns in and around the village #StandingStoneSunday

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A 13m wide circle of many boulders on grassland with a single leafless tree and a tall evergreen hedge in the background.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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This morning's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Simple pleasures; enjoying the last of our daylight … tonight’s #sunset in the #Cairngorms
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Tonight's #sunset colouring #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Ballinluig Cairn, the remains of one of at least seven Clava Cairns in Strathspey in the western #Cairngorms … #TombTuesday

More pics & location on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
A part circle of large boulders forming the western side of the ring cairn …. The cairn itself is largely gone.
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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With only six stones still standing it’s hard to covey the sheer size of Sheldon …. A circle 24m in diameter #StandingStoneSunday

More pics doing a better job on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
A large standing stone in the centre of the picture with three others on the horizon either side.
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Arn is a beautifully dramatic location on a small hill with views all around #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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'Quite nice'; this morning's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Our nine hours of daylight coming to a colourful end over the Old Kirk in Nethy Bridge in the #Cairngorms
November 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Simple pleasures; enjoying this morning's #dawn over #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Cold and colourful start to the day in the #Cairngorms .... this mornings #sunrise
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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A range of prehistoric funeral sites are clustered along the Strathnairn including 'Hangman's Hill'; a burial cairn of Wessex type, said to be uncommon in Bronze Age Scotland. #TombTuesday

Location and one more pic on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
A large burial mound rising 3.3m high from a green field and measuring 25m in diameter.
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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Awe-inspiring #StandingStoneSunday
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Aviemore Clava looks good in winter too #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Rediscovered only 26 yrs ago Ballinluig is a hidden gem in the #Cairngorms. Close by are small cairns, hut circles and a km SE is a Ring cairn … an ancient community? #StandingStoneSunday

More pics & location on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
A solid 1.3m high stone standing in grassland with mature, autumnal, broadleaf trees behind.
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Autumn in the Strath today but winter high in the #Cairngorms
Main picture is a cyclist on sunny Speyside Way - inset top right is a picture of the high mountains with light dusting of snow.
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Nick, here's the Highland Historic Record Map showing the three hut circles
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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For 20 yrs I've cycled and driven past this abandoned, 2,500 yr old, round house .... yet only saw it this week .... just west of #BoatofGarten in the #Cairngorms
Looking through the entrance of a large, raised, 17m diameter, earth circle.
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Cloud and colour .... this mornings #sunrise over #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Despite being clearly visible from A9 south of Inverness it seems Auchbain ring cairn was only rediscovered in 1996. #TombTuesday

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A ring of small stones on morainic knoll overlooking Strathairn
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM