Born to be Wild
10 June 2013
"Like a true nature child we were born, born to be wild" sang Steppenwolf in their famous rock
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Planning in action
03 June 2013
We had a very interesting mix of applications at our recent planning meeting in Kingussie. First on
Hide and Seek
06 May 2013
At 0355 the alarm on my mobile vibrated in my chest pocket. It had been a windy night, so I'd not
In the Park
26 April 2013
I think it's a real sign of advancing years when you find things you associate with your childhood
In the Park
08 April 2013
Years ago I got into the habit of carrying a snow shovel in the boot of the car during the winter
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Park Talk
By Duncan Bryden CNPA Convener, 08th April 2013
Last week, I had the pleasure of helping John Swinney and local children open the new Ranger Base and Visitor Centre in Blair Atholl and cut the National Park's 10th Birthday cake. The centre is a joint venture with the estate, community and local business, exactly the kind of Park project we like to support. Blair Atholl has been the Cairngorms 'front door' for centuries. A good quiz question could be - Name another John who, 700 years ago, built the first road north from Blair Atholl - now a...
First months in my new role
By Eleanor Mackintosh, 26th March 2013
Well four months into my new role as the Cairngorms National Park Planning Convener and when I said at the outset it would be a baptism of fire I must have had a premonition as it most certainly has been! Some adjectives to describe my last few months I would use (in no particular order) are challenging, frustrating, infuriating, satisfying, enlightening and rewarding. I am not going to blog about individual planning cases as obviously that would not be appropriate, however, it gives me a chance...
The Power of 10
By Duncan Bryden CNPA Convener, 08th March 2013
10 years seem to have passed quickly. The Cairngorms became a National Park on the 22nd of March 2003 and on its tenth birthday the park is still a work in progress. The Scottish model of a national park is a distinctive one - our democratically elected government was clear on that principle. So direct comparisons with state owned and managed national park models elsewhere in the world, or the English and Welsh versions, are easy to make , but rarely are they transferrable to our unique...
In the Park
By Brian Wood, 27th February 2013
Now that I’m no longer working as a head teacher I had believed that situations like this were a thing of the past but no, here I was sitting behind a large conference table in a hotel in Aviemore with two other CNPA Board members, our Head of Human Resources and an employment consultant. We were about to conduct the final interviews which would result in the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officer for the Cairngorms National Park Authority. Over the years I must have...
Say Cheese!
By Duncan Bryden CNPA Convener, 08th February 2013
Sam Carroll is not very big. Aged only 6, the folds of his white cheesemaker's hat and smock were well tucked in. Yet on screen, amid the milk and curds of the Cambus o May cheese works near Ballater, he looked at ease stirring and cutting a tasty batch of Lochnagar cheese. I met Sam, the star of the short film 'Say Cheese', last Saturday while launching the Cairngorms Food on Film DVD. After Aggie Mackenzie's cookery demonstration we watched his film. The occasion was the Food on Film Festival...
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