After a very long bus journey following the river Dee upstream I finally arrived at my destination! The bus journey although long passed through some stunning scenery; the rivers were all partially frozen; woodlands and moors..stunning!

Derry Cairngorm is a Munro on the edge of the Cairngorm range and is best reached by a long 10k track through Glen Derry from Linn of Dee. The only way to do it in a day is to do the first part on mountain bikes and so that's what we did. After a very early start, and on the drive to Ballater seeing a large stag leap across the road in front of ...