THE JOURNAL
Notes from the estate.
Written by the people who work here, mostly about weather, deer and things that needed fixing. No listicles.
THE ESTATE
4
MIN
The week the tarn froze
It happens perhaps one winter in four, and it changes the sound of the whole glen.
Fiona Ross
THE HILL
6
MIN
Nine deer, and where to stand
The rut runs through the corrie from late September. Here is how to watch it without ruining it.
Callum Bain
THE HONEST BIT
5
MIN
What the midge actually wants
Six weeks a year, one insect decides how pleasant the evenings are. Understanding it helps more than complaining about it.
Fiona Ross
THE BUILD
7
MIN
Rebuilding the bothy roof
Two hundred years of walls, and a winter spent putting a proper roof back on them.
Iain Ross
AFTER DARK
4
MIN
A night walk with no torch
There is no light pollution here worth the name. Give your eyes forty minutes and the glen gives you the rest.
Callum Bain
THE WALK
8
MIN
The drove road, end to end
Eleven miles of the old cattle route, from our gate to the sea loch. A long day, and the best one here.
Fiona Ross
Come and see it for yourself.
The journal is better read after a day on the hill than before one.