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Pete Crane
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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
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
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
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
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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?...
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Colourful start to the day ....this morning's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
A circle of beauty; the kerb stones of Aviemore Clava …. One of five cairns in and around the village #StandingStoneSunday

More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This morning's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Simple pleasures; enjoying the last of our daylight … tonight’s #sunset in the #Cairngorms
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tonight's #sunset colouring #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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?...
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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?...
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Arn is a beautifully dramatic location on a small hill with views all around #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'Quite nice'; this morning's #sunrise in the #Cairngorms
November 2, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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
Simple pleasures; enjoying this morning's #dawn over #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms
October 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Cold and colourful start to the day in the #Cairngorms .... this mornings #sunrise
October 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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?...
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Awe-inspiring #StandingStoneSunday
October 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Aviemore Clava looks good in winter too #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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?...
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Autumn in the Strath today but winter high in the #Cairngorms
October 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Nick, here's the Highland Historic Record Map showing the three hut circles
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Cloud and colour .... this mornings #sunrise over #BynackMore in the #Cairngorms
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Despite being clearly visible from A9 south of Inverness it seems Auchbain ring cairn was only rediscovered in 1996. #TombTuesday

More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM