Who on Earth has a 200 year plan for anything? Most Governments, Corporations, Individuals have plans for the next 5, 10, 25 years at the most. But when it comes to saving our environment, these timescales will not do.

In 2022, Hillgoers and about 30 young people from across the UK were lucky enough to work with the Conservationists and Rangers on the National Trust for Scotland’s 70,000 acre Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorm National Park. The NTS have a 200 year plan to regenerate the estate: the great, great, great, great grandchildren of those working on this project will see the fulfilment of this project. But that’s not to say that there are not clear signs of progress. And you could be part of this!

The capercaillie is the largest grouse in the world yet hardly seen in Scotland once again. In Gaelic, capall-coille, the ‘Horse of the Woods’, describes their size in relation to other forest birds