• Brian Luckett
  • Brian Luckett

The Cairngorms

A short but fine adventure by Brian Read more
  • Trip start
    January 20, 2026

    The Highland Chieftain

    January 20 in England ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    The name of this LNER Azuma train from London to Inverness . I boarded at York.. and getting off at Aviemore.. 5h 20 m..the starting few hours of this trip to Scotland🏴

  • .. extreme weather

    January 21 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

    Cannot say I wasn't warned🙄..wind gusts up to 60 kph.. snow...ice... but it's there to be climbed.. right... this weather info was suggesting don't go up.. but am only here 2 days... all ski runs suspended due to the adverse weather.Read more

  • Cairn Gorm.. 1245 m

    January 21 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C

    ... got up to the ski run.. around 1000 m... it got so bad.. the wind was near to pushing me over.. I'd been walking into the wind.. the snow was by now blinding me .. hard to see the path ..being on my own.. was time to think safety first.. also.. it had got really cold due to the windchill . I was very cold and wet... definitely getting into hypothermia territory..so time to cut losses.. and turn back... good exercise.. try again tomorrow... ☺️Read more

  • .. as bad as it gets❄️❄️

    January 22 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 6 °C

    The weather forecast spelled the worst..but I wanted to go back into The Cairngorms Mountains .. to see if it was really as bad as they said it would be . It was.. atrocious weather.. windspeed of 80 kph.. a "feels like" temperature of -12 c... some hiking was completed . but thoroughly miserable in driving sleet ..the authorities were closing the snow gates at midday . so this meant an early bus back... mixed results on this trip.. Aviemore Resort Hotel is excellent.. but it's January in Scotland.. this is what you can get...Read more

    Trip end
    January 23, 2026