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Netflix series The Crown brings back memories of Queen Motherâs picnic on Stroma By Jean Gunn Published: 08:45, 06 February 2021
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The Queen Mother sets out for Stroma along with all her picnic hampers on board the Primula from Harrow harbour, just down from her home at the Castle of Mey. Pictured with the Queen Mother (from left) are Commander and Lady Vyner, Thurso provost John Sinclair, two security officers, Malcolm Simpson, Eric Shaw, Billy (Borax) Mackay (back to camera), Alex Thompson and skipper Angus Macintosh on the quayside.
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Remnants of a Caledonian pine forest in Glen Derry, Deeside, in the Cairngorms. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian
Remnants of a Caledonian pine forest in Glen Derry, Deeside, in the Cairngorms. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/The Guardian
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Burning and overgrazing have ensured that natural tree lines have almost been eliminated in the UK. So it is good to see Merryn Glover (Country diary, 24 December) exploring the best remaining example, in the Cairngorms, where the old Caledonian pinewood extends up to its altitudinal limits.