Tag: landscape

June 20, 2016 Nick Kempe 1 comment

Following my post https://parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2016/06/17/ring-ouzels-new-vision-cairngorm-ski-area/  Ron Greer sent  parkswatch some photos of montane scrub from North America and Norway and some useful links which help illustrate the type of landscape that might result from planting the ski area.     Here are some useful links from Ron: http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/heritagemanagement/montanescrub/ http://www.nhdfl.org/about-forests-and-lands/bureaus/natural-heritage-bureau/photo-index/labrador-tea-heath-krummholz.aspx    (more photos from eco-equivalent zones in North…

June 2, 2016 Nick Kempe 3 comments

I have been meaning for a couple of weeks to refer readers to the excellent piece from Neil Reid, the Cairngorm Wanderer on the National Trust for Scotland’s latest proposals to renovate Derry Lodge Plans announced for Derry Lodge development   I remember discussing the future of Derry Lodge at the Mountaineering Council of Scotland twenty…

May 12, 2016 Nick Kempe 2 comments

David Lintern, the wild land photographer who writes for Walk Highland,  contacted me last week about the Ben Glas hydro scheme, above the Beinglas farm campsite at the head of Loch Lomond.   He has written a heartfelt and poetic piece on his blog http://www.davidlintern.com/blog/  about this, along with photos which show the destruction that is taking…