Hi

Roddie at Cairngorm Mountain put me in touch with your site,
because I'm looking for some old chair lift company pictures.

Straight away looking at the home page bought back memories.

I'm from Derbyshire, and have skied cairngorm since 94.
I remember staying in the poorly run Badenoch for a while.
This was through a company called Skills of Nottingham.
Their buses where green with black and yellow livery.
They pulled out of the Ski Supreme trips due to falling numbers
and poor management.  I still see the head teacher, Derek who
looks a tad like Peter Sellers, and his son Ross who works on one
of the estates.  I also stayed in the Mercury and there was a 
little radio station  close by I seem to remember. The coach always
had the station on for the ski reports (MFR?) I also remember an 
Ebay type bid show for unwanted items..
Wonder who got the hand painted cortina? 

It was a shame for what happened to the ice rink. I used to watch
the Curling in there at night, and the bar. The cinema though was
an experience.  The interlude halfway through the movie,
well behaved children... It's was like a step back in time.

 

Mind, I'm up in 4 weeks time, though I stay in Newtonmore now
at the "Balavil", but I have found Smiffy's fish and chips to be the
best in the area, so after 8 hours behind the wheel, that's my first stop.

 

Regards

 

John A. Whilde