Cairngorm Mountain Railway

Cairngorm Mountain Railway: A Train Journey Through The Clouds! (873 words)
by lel1969 - written on 26.11.07 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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Even although I live in Scotland, I love it and really can't get enough of visiting it's spectacular, breathtaking scenery. It's hard to explain the feeling I get when travelling through the mountains in particular, the eerie stillness is so haunting and peaceful, you really feel content with yourself when travelling through this beautiful remote wilderness. One of my favourite mountain ranges in Scotland is the Cairngorm Mountain Range and the best way to visit this mountain range is on the Cairngorm Mountain Railway. This railway is a funicular system, there are two carriages which are connected by a cable and therefore pull each other up and down the ...

Reach Out And Touch The Sky (2838 words)
by kenjohn - written on 11.10.03 (Very useful, 236 readings)
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~ ~ A visit to the Highlands of Scotland wouldn’t be considered complete unless you had ventured at least once out into the natural environment; the rugged and spectacular mountains. It’s the mountains and surrounding scenery that attract countless thousands of visitors to the Cairngorm area of the Scottish Highlands every year, both as tourists in the Summer, and in the winter season, to ski on the mountain’s snow covered slopes. ~ ~ I have to admit to a certain stirring of my Scottish blood when I visit the Highlands, as images are conjured up in my head of the “Heilanders” of old, and how the clans used to gather here in the ...