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Reflections on, and from, running, walking and, sometimes, standing still in the Cairngorms, Scotland.

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  1. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Being heard (opens the original)

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    A robin is singing from the lilac tree. The wistful, doodling song is achingly familiar, yet I realise I haven’t heard it for a while. Not that robins have been absent; I have seen them flicking through the hedge and bouncing across the lawn all summer. But with the avian orchestra at full strength – visiting warblers adding their voices to the tumbling tune of the chaffinch, the seesaw squeak of the great tit and the resonant refrain of the song thrush – the contemplative notes of the sweet lit

  2. Issue · Aug 8, 2026

    Beyond the nature cure (opens the original)

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    I woke up feeling stressed and doom-heavy. Work deadlines loomed; a forthcoming weekend away squeezed time even tighter. I needed a full day at my desk, yet I lingered in bed, trying to banish the ghost of yesterday’s migraine with tea and ibuprofen. Morris jumped on the bed, eyeing me tentatively. Walkies?<div c

  3. Issue · Jul 31, 2026

    Smouldering (opens the original)

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    I have found myself strangely silent about the Cairngorms National Park wildfire that continues to burn just a few kilometres from my home. For the past two weeks, I’ve watched smoke rise from a blackened landscape. On some days, its acrid smell has permeated the house, even with the doors and windows closed. The village community centre has become the headquarters for the emergency services; fire engines and police cars whizz past my window and there’s the distant drone of helicopters as they w

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